Working Group Description

In 2016,UNHCR and other humanitarian agencies launched the Common Cash Facility(CCF) The CCF is a cash assistance platform that allows the financial service provider (Cairo Amman Bank) to authenticate refugee beneficiaries by linking its network of iris-enabled ATMs directly to UNHCR’s biometric registration database. This link is a server to server connection called the EyeCloud©, and all CCF members have free, secure access to identify and authenticate their beneficiaries at the point of cash withdrawal with 100% accuracy. The CCF increases coordination, and eliminates duplication of assistance, in addition to ensuring maximum accountability and further reducing overhead costs. At present nine humanitarian partners are using the CCF to disburse cash assistance, providing support to refugees in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible overheads”.