Matteo Rizzi

We created Italiansonline.net in 2003 in Paris and back then, we had no idea exactly what it was. For one, we didn’t know that we were creating a social network and that was simply because it was before portals like these started to be labelled as ‘social networks’. After holding thousands of events with close […]

One of the few things you would enjoy as a digital FinTech Nomad is that every new day comes with its own streaks and lessons. In no specific order, see below for some of the things that happened as well as the things I learnt last week. I gave the closing keynote at the European […]

Just last week I had a great session at Seamless Africa, (@Seamless_Africa) with my great friend Kosta Peric (@copernicc) and we ended up interviewing each other. Seamless is a dynamic summit and large scale exhibition bringing together the converging worlds of ecommerce, retail, fintech and payments, so it was a great platform for us. The […]

Over thirty hours on a plane and I am compensated with the fact that I will meet Kosta (@copernicc) and a bunch of friends in Cape Town, where in the opening plenary, Kosta and I will interview each other on the theme of collaboration, interoperability and Financial Inclusion. There are 400 Millions of people unbanked […]