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Author, Co-Founder of FTS Group, BBE Executive Producer
About the Author
Matteo Rizzi is an unconventional entrepreneur with two decades of experience in Financial Services, constantly referred amongst the top executives in the industry. He spent 13 years at SWIFT - where he co-founded Innotribe, the innovation arm of the cooperative, launching the first global startup challenge. Since 2013, he has a FinTech Investor and/or Venture Partner role with global VCs and CVCs (20+ deals, 5 exits). In 2015, he co-founded FinTechStage (now FTSGroup.eu) - a platform for Investors and Innovators to boost FinTech innovation globally. In 2019, Matteo founded Timepledge.org a global initiative to foster financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. The same year he launched Breaking Banks Europe (as the Executive Producer). He is the author of "The FinTech Revolution" and "Talents & Rebels" and is fluent in 5 languages. Twitter:https://twitter.com/matteorizzi Website: https://matteorizzi.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matteorizziofficial Linkedln:https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteorizzi/ Provoke: https://provoke.fm/author/matteo/

Episode 76: SHE/HER 360

WELCOME TO SHE/HER – an honest checkpoint discussion on where gender equality is in the fintech sector and, more broadly speaking, in tech and innovation. Where do we still see the most problematic gaps, how we can ally to overcome them and how has the pandemic impacted this progress in different social clusters. A new…

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Episode 75: FinTech Journeys Across The World – Israel

Let’s take a trip to the Middle Eastern Silicon Valley – a progressive, disruptive and innovative ecosystem, that our audience must know more about! For this, our Executive Producer Matteo Rizzi, invites old friends and industry leaders to tell us the tales of their backgrounds and introduce you all to the country in the newest…

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Episode 73: Where Does The Money Go? Impact Investing & Corporate Innovation Programs (Africa)

“Where Does The Money Go?” is back, and this time it focuses solely on the African continent, with a specific nuance on “Impact Investing” and “Corporate Innovation programs” – crucial factors for local entrepreneurs in the region. For this, Matteo Rizzi called 3 experts to tells us more about the challenges and the exponential opportunities…

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Episode 65: FinTech Journeys Around The World: Pakistan

The Breaking Banks Europe World Tour landed in Pakistan! The country is an absolute force to be recognized with a tremendous potential build by its stakeholders. Talented entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem players, along with a rich and specific history to be discovered. This week local industry leaders – Nadeem Shaikh (Neem Exponential), Taha Anis and…

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Episode 64: Let’s Talk About Impact, Equal Opportunity and Empowerment: 3

Our “Let’s Talk About Impact, Equal Opportunity and Empowerment” quarterly series is back and this time is specifically about equal opportunity and positive change in this hectic sector with: Dr Anino Emuwa (Avandis Consulting) and Dr Leyla Hussein OBE (St.Andrews University) and for the first time in this format “The Future Farm” Founder Nektarios Liolios….

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Breaking Leaders: Minister Pierre Gramegna & Matteo Rizzi

Welcome to Breaking Leaders – our new series for Breaking Banks Europe’s network to invite some of the most inspiring and pioneering profiles in the financial services sphere. We wanted to launch this series in the very best way possible and hence – Matteo Rizzi (Executive Producer) invited Minister Pierre Gramegna the actual Minister of…

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Episode 57: Ecosystem Zoom In: Switzerland

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Episode 56: FinTech Journeys From Around The World – Nigeria

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Episode 51: Ecosystem Zoom In – Spain

We finally deliver a much waited for “Ecosystem Zoom In”, with two massive industry leaders in the country, that together embody both the corporate, the entrepreneurial, and the investment sectors within the region. Francesca Aliverti moderates this session and introduces you to Juan Jimenez Zaballos, the Head of Financial Industry Transformation at Santander Digital (bancosantander.es/)…

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Episode 49: News from The FinTech Front (October)

The “News From The FinTech Front” is back and renovated with a monthly edition to tell you what are the biggest industry players thinking about the latest news in the financial services headlines. This month, Francesca Aliverti leads the conversation, inviting Alessandro Hatami, Lázaro Campos and Ghela Boskovich to the show. The “too big not…

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Episode 46: Mambu, The Lego of Banking Technology

Mambu (mambu.com) leads on a “Show Takeover”, bringing along ABN Amro spinoff, New10 (new10.com) to talk about composable banking, and how an incumbent can launch a new digital bank with the right entrepreneurial mindset – co-hosted by Meaghan Johnson and Matteo Rizzi. These two companies show us what a great tech partnership can produce, and…

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Episode 44: Where Does The Money Go? – Angel Investing

This “Where Does The Money Go?” is split in two separate interviews with key figures in the “Angel Investing” sector, with decades of experience in understanding what works, what the sector needs, and how exactly does the money flow in this particular type of investments in the financial services industry. In the first part –…

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