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TOP 100

FinTech Leaders and Influencers in Italy

Le persone che devi assolutamente seguire per essere aggiornato sull'innovazione in ambito finanziario.

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Carlo Gualandri

CEO

Soldo

Soldo is a European FinTech startup, based in London, Rome, Milan and Dublin. Our international team has significant experience in payment services and unparalleled credentials in developing transactional systems and mobile products.

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Ignazio Rocco di Torrepadula

Founder & CEO

Credimi

30 years in Financial Services, with a bias for innovation and a special attraction for technology. Fintech entrepreneur. Lover of Europe and of my country, Italy.

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Claudio Bedino

Co-Founder and COO/CMO

Oval

Oval is the smartest solution for digital natives to manage their personal finances all in one unique, intuitive app. With Oval, everyone can find the tools they need to start small and make their money grow. It lets you pay smart, track expenses, save automatically, realize your goals, and invest easily.

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Demetrio Migliorati

Director | Innovation

Mediolanum

Demetrio is passionate about innovation, change, startups, technologies, paradigms, paradoxes, languages, cultures and diversity. He built his experience starting from the information technology industry, converting to finance/insurance in one of the most dynamic and complex Italian banking and insurance groups.

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Matteo Carbone

Non-Executive Director

Net Insurance

I ideated and I’m managing an international insurance think tank focused In IoT Insurance.
I’m internationally recognized as an insurance industry strategist with a specialization on innovation.

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Fabrizio Villani

CoFounder & Head of Growth

Fintastico

Fintastico is the place where to discover the most innovative financial services.
Fintastico curates a selection of fintech services and fintech news to address the financial needs of consumers, retailers, enterprises and financial institutions.

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Marie Johansson

Country Manager Italy

Tink

A partire dal 5 dicembre 2019 Marie Johansson è country manager per l’Italia della società Tink, piattaforma svedese di Open Banking che opera nella creazione di servizi digitali. La nomina segue l’ingresso in Italia dell’azienda, con l’apertura di un headquarter a Milano.

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Giacomo Zucco

Bitcoin Educator/Consultant/Researcher

BCademy

Sono milanese, classe 1983. Dopo la maturità classica mi sono laureato in Fisica all’Università degli Studi di Milano. Nel maggio 2012 ho lasciato la multinazionale Accenture, presso la quale ho lavorato per quattro anni in qualità di Technology Consultant, per diventare collaboratore e socio di minoranza di una giovanissima società attiva nell’ambito delle tecnologie informatiche.

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Alessandro Longoni

Head

Fintech District

International business development professional currently developing the Italian Fintech ecosystem in Italy and Europe @Fintech District. Involved from the early stages of the career in the most innovative areas in the digital world.

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Maurizio Pimpinella

Presidente

Associazione Prestatori Servizi di Pagamento

Currently Maurizio Pimpinella is the President of the Italian Association of Payment Institutions and E-Money Operators (A.P.S.P.) and Professor under contract to the Department of Economics and Business Organization, Università degli studi Internazionali di Roma UNINT on the couse "Electronic money"

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Antonio Lafiosca

Head of Marketing and Operations

BorsadelCredito.it

I'm working in Accenture since 2008 and I have taken part in several business consulting projects including finance, post trading, accounting, and organizational structures with lead Italian banking group.

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Riccardo Zanetti

Founder & CEO

Revives

I love challenges and I always face them with a creative spirit without brakes or prejudices and a vision that goes beyond the single project to find a win-win solution for every people involved every time!

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Stiven Muccioli

Founder

Ventis

C-level Executive and Tech Entrepreneur. During his career he founded multiple award-winning digital startups, sold with strong exit multipliers.

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David Casalini

COO

Italian Minister of Innovation Technology and Digitalization

Willing to aim high and grow our country to its full potential

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Pietro Michelangeli

Youtuber

Pietro Michelangeli

Mi chiamo Pietro e il mio mondo è la finanza personale.
Guadagnare, spendere, risparmiare ma soprattutto investire: ciò che facciamo ogni giorno rientra in queste 4 azioni.

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Filippo Maria Renga

Research Director - Fintech & Insurtech Observatory

Osservatori Digital Innovation

It is the reference point for Italy’s entire financial ecosystem (banks, insurances, management companies, service providers, start-ups, institutions, etc.) to ensure that the disruptive changes that digital innovations are bringing to the financial world are managed in the best possible way.

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Pierangelo Soldavini

Journalist

Il Sole 24 Ore

Pierangelo Soldavini è giornalista del Sole 24 Ore, dove si occupa di tecnologia e innovazione. Da sempre è innamorato della poesia del mondo legato alla bicicletta.

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Valeria Portale

Head of Innovative Payments Observatory and Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Observatory

Politecnico di Milano

Experienced Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Skilled in Digital payment, Blockchain & Distributed Ledger, Mobile Application, Fintech, Innovation in Retail, Business Planning, Innovation Management and Management.

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Gianluca Dettori

Chairman

Primomiglio SGR

Manager and entrepreneur in the Internet & high tech industry in Europe.
After being an entrepreneur my goal now is to help startups in pursuing their plans through dpixel. Our focus is seed and early stage financing and advisory for startups that have global ambitions. We target seed and early stage high tech investments in the media-tech space.

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Eloisa Marchesoni

Co-founder

Blackchain Consulting

Eloisa Marchesoni is better known as the youngest consultant in the Blockchain and A.I. sector, as well as influential author of articles for the major national and international newspapers.

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Vincenzo Di Nicola

Co-Ceo

Conio

My 3 passions: Technology, History and Numismatics. And I'm grateful to live in a moment of human evolution where I can contribute to these 3 fields at the same time. I co-founded Conio, leading cryptocurrency company in Italy, to pursue this goal.

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Aldo Pecora

Direttore

Italia2030

Giornalista. Marketing advisor, Business Developer, divulgatore Fintech & Blockchain. Ho fondato "Ammazzateci tutti" e diretto Ninja Marketing

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Paola Papanicolau

Executive Director - Group Head of Innovation

Intesa Sanpaolo

Paola Papanicolaou, holds a degree in economics. She is very experienced in Wealth Management, Private Banking, Project Management and Innovation. She has worked in Citibank Greece, in Monte dei Paschi di Siena, in Generali Group, ATKearney and for different Olympic Games Committees.

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Giulia Adonopoulus

Content Specialist

Money.it

Calabrese trapiantata a Roma, coordina le sezioni Attualità e Fintech su Money.it e si occupa soprattutto di startup, finanza alternativa e trasformazione digitale nei servizi bancari e finanziari.

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Matteo Masserdotti

CEO & Founder

Two Hundred

Entrepreneur and hard worker.
Passionate about IoT, sharing economy, crowd economy, fintech.

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Alessandra Perrazzelli

Vice Direttrice Generale

Banca d'Italia

Deputy Governor at the Italian Central Bank, Banca d’Italia, responsible for banking supervision, consumer protection and Fintech. Previously CEO and Board Member who started her career as a lawyer, working in the banking industry and utilities industry at international level.

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Paolo Zanni

COO

Plick

I have a strong technical background (10 years experience in ICT field) mixed with business skills acquired on the job and attending courses.

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Fabrizio Milano d'Aragona

CEO & Co-Founder

Datrix

FinScience (finscience.com) is an innovative tech company which enables the access to Alternative Data for investment purposes.

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Stefano Bison

Group Head of Business Development & Partnerships

Generali

As an ex-management consultant and, previously, investment banker in the FIG space, I am a passionate business professional now giving his contribution to innovate and transform Generali Group's business, especially through partnerships with innovative companies.

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Pasquale Orlando

CEO & Co-founder

Deus Technology

Experienced Head Of Strategic Marketing with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry.

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Fabio Bolognini

Co-Founder

Workinvoice

Finance, fintech, corporate banking, advisory, turnaround plans, commercial banking credit process, networking B2B

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Alberto Adorini

Director of Digital

Mooney

Our mission is to provide mainstream payment instruments which are really omnichannel, leveraging and combining top notch digital services and a network of almost 50,000 points of sale

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Ivano Asaro

Head of Innovative Payments Observatory

Osservatori Digital Innovation

Ingegnere Gestionale e Informatico, negli anni da Ricercatore all’interno degli Osservatori Digital Innovation della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano ho acquisito esperienza e competenze sui temi Digital Payment, Fintech e Mobile Application, attraverso anche un confronto continuo con esperti del settore e del mercato.

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Fabio Brambilla

Presidente

Fintastico

Investor in Renewables, Fintech and Asset Management Ventures

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Giuseppe Donvito

Partner

P101

Senior executive and Investment professional focused on TMT, Technology (Software, SaaS, FinTech, proptech, Artificial Intelligence, Health, Telecom, Mobile, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, IoT, IoE, Digital, Enterprise Software). Innovation based projects.

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Carlo Alberto Minasi

Chief Innovation Officer & Growth Drivers Leader

EY

Chief Innovation Officer at EY
Innovator, Game Changer and Strategy Consultant.
Founder of Pantry Trainer
International life experience in United States, Africa and many countries in Europe.

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Claudio Cubito

Co-Founder & CEO

GrowishPay

Strategic thinker with unremitting energy and resilience; strong negotiating and influencing capabilities; demonstrated leadership and relationship building skills. Focus on innovation.

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Nicola Furnari

Digital Marketing Manager

Two Hundred

+5 years' experience in online fundraising and digital paid advertising
+100 crowdfunding campaigns managed
+15.000.000€ raised

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Alessandro Collesano

CFO

Fondazione ENEA Tech

CFO with over 20 years’ experience leading overall financial operations: annual and long-term financial planning, forecasting, corporate and business unit financial insights and analytics, management accounting, financial analysis, investment project evaluation, internal and regulatory reporting, accounting operations, ERP implementation, SOX operations, M&A.

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Andrea Lapomarda

Associate Partner

EY

Experienced consultant focused on regulatory compliance for the banking sector, he is striving to foster innovation leveraging on RegTech. He is the co-author of the RegTech Top21 Report and Italy Financial Services RegTech Lead for EY

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Marco Berini

General Manager / AD

finleap connect Italy

finleap connect addresses the fragmented open banking landscape with a “full-stack” platform.

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Luca Carlomagno

Head of Fintech Ecosystem

Bocconi Students Fintech Society

Bocconi first-year MSc student with strong interest toward financial services, tech companies & innovation strategy

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Lucilla Incorvati

Giornalista

Il Sole 24 Ore

Giornalista professionista dal 1995, lavora per il Sole24 ore dal 1993 dove si occupa di finanza personale e mercati finanziari. Dalla nascita nell’estate del 2002 fa parte del team di Plus24, settimanale di approfondimento del Sole24, dove segue anche i temi della tutela degli investitori come gli effetti dei grandi crack

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Marco Crotta

Blockchain Expert & Consultant

Blockchain Caffe

Smart Contract and Dapp Developer (Ethereum, Solidity, IFPS, Web3. j's, Python).
Blockchain Trainer for Companies, Startups, Law enforcement or the simply curious.
Linux System manager and Architecture Designer (RHCE).
Public Speaking black belt.

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Federico Mattei

Innovation & Technical Manager

IBM

Mobile & Social Innovation Architect, Business Development, Digital Transformation Strategy.
Passionate about Fintech, Gamification and Quantum Computing.

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Alessio Bonetti

Head of Digital

Cassa Centrale Banca

Enthusiastic manager with an analytical mindset.
Strong interest in the strategic vision for business and technology innovation.

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Giovanni Bossi

Banker. Manager. Entrepreneur. Founder.

Cherry NPL

I'm passionate about innovation and I'm deeply convinced that a new way of banking is needed and possible. Technology driven innovation is the engine of change and evolution. A different more efficient way of doing business must and will benefit the entire system. That's what drives my work and my focus.

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Emanuela Campari Bernacchi

Partner - Head of the Structured Finance Department

Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners

Emanuela Campari Bernacchi si occupa di operazioni di diritto bancario, di derivati e di finanza strutturata. E’ socia del dipartimento di Diritto Bancario e Finance di Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners ed è la responsabile del Dipartimento di Finanza Strutturata dello Studio.

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Pietro Menghi

CEO

Neosurance

I am an international insurance and reinsurance leader with extensive experience with risk carriers and intermediaries. Along my commercial and underwriting journey at the convergence of reinsurance and retail insurance I have developed a unique perspective on B2B and B2B2C risk and distribution.

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Alberto Dalmasso

Founder & CEO

Satispay

A “bank account enabled” mobile payment platform that is independent from debit and credit card networks. The consumer app is available for anybody with a bank account, while merchants both online and offline can accept payments using any kind of device and POS.

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Elena Lavezzi

Head of Southern Europe

Revolut

Leading the growth of Southern Europe at Revolut, the most promising European tech scale up as is the only banking alternative designed for a global lifestyle.

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Andrea Isola

General Manager Italy & Southeast Europe

N26

International mindset having worked in 10+ countries (Western and Eastern Europe, North and South America, Asia)
Deep knowledge of Financial Services and Fintech industry, advising leading financial institutions and challengers.

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Pietro Sella

CEO

Sella Group

Currently leading Sella, the Italian banking group, where I started as a cashier in 1994.
Sella family’s tradition of innovation dates back to 1570, when our first textile company was founded, and passed through the first industrial revolution with the establishment of the bank in 1886.

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Giancarlo Giudici

Full Professor

Politecnico di Milano

Docente di 'Corporate Finance' (LM Management Engineering) e 'Economia e Organizzazione Aziendale (LP Ing. della Produzione Industriale, campus di Lecco). Direttore scientifico dell'Osservatorio Minibond e dell'Osservatorio Crowdinvesting della School of Management

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Oscar di Montigny

Chief Innovability & Value Strategy Officer

Banca Mediolanum

Expert in Innovative Marketing, Relational Communications and Corporate Education.
Creator of the Economy 0.0 principles which combine business and management with philosophy, art and science.
Passionate and motivating public speaker often invited to participate in many national and international forums and events.

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Benedetta Arese Lucini

CEO

Oval

Tech entrepreneur @OvalMoney, @Uber and @Zalora. Dreamer, Doer, and Daughter of an amazing entrepreneur! I started loving tech before I even knew it would shape my life!

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Edoardo Benedetto

Co-Founder & CDO

Oval

User Experience and Product Designer.
My professional focus is on defining the digital strategy and designing with the users the experience of digital products and services.

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Salvatore Borgese

General Manager

Mooney

General Manager Commercial & Banking Services per Mooney da gennaio 2020.
In precedenza dal 2017 è stato Direttore Generale di Banca 5 (Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo). Nel 2012, Borgese fa il suo ingresso in ICBPI (oggi Nexi) in qualità di Direttore Payment Services e nello stesso periodo assume le cariche di membro del board in EPC (European Payments Council), ECC (European Clearing Cooperative), Bancomat, CBI e CIPA.

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Christian Miccoli

Co-Founder

Conio

Pioniere dell’online banking in Italia, dopo l’esperienza in McKinsey, dove ha promosso il progetto di una banca diretta, proseguito poi in Rasbank, diventa Amministratore delegato di Ing Direct e dal 2008 Amministratore delegato di Che Banca!, per poi diventarne il presidente qualche anno più tardi. Nel 2015 fonda Conio insieme a Vincenzo Di Nicola.

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Alessia Maccaferri

Giornalista

Nòva24 Il Sole 24 Ore

È giornalista caposervizio nella redazione di Nòva 24 del Sole 24 Ore. Appassionata di innovazione sociale, impact investing, filantropia, beni comuni.

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Claudia Vassena

Head

buddybank

Laureata in Ingegneria Gestionale al Politecnico di Milano, è stata Business Consultant in Accenture occupandosi di Credit Processes, Basilea II, Credit Monitoring e Credti Risk Mitigation.

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Marco Mione

Core Business Operations & FinTech Chief of Staff

Deloitte Consulting

Marco heads up the Core Business Operations & FinTech Chief of Staff Team of Deloitte Consulting and he's currently the Vice President of SIAT - Italian Institution of Market Technicians.

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Antonio Valitutti

CEO

Hype

Experienced General Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Strong operations professional skilled in Business Planning, Management, Risk Management, and Mobile Payments.

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Alberto Garuccio

Innovation Leader

Reale Group - Reale Lab 1828

My background is in Business Innovation and Finance and I have gained over 15 years’ experience in innovation, investment and change management at KPMG, Fiat Group, Banca Sella and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center. Starting from 2019 I'm Innovation Leader at Reale Lab 1828.

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Paolo Zaccardi

Co-Founder & CEO

Fabrick

Fintech Entrepreneur and CEO specialised in leading and partnering with large Organizations (Banks, Payment Institutions, Corporates) to innovate their offerings and building new products and platforms in banking, payments and digital services.

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Giovanni Cucchiarato