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Matteo Rizzi
Founder, Timepledge & Senior Advisor
Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
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 had a FinTech Investor and/or Venture Partner role with global VCs and CVCs (20+ deals, 5 exits). In 2015, he co-founded FinTechStage (FTSGroup.eu) - a platform for Investors and Innovators to boost FinTech innovation globally. In 2019, Matteo founded Timepledge a global initiative to foster financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. In 2025, Matteo aligned FTS and Timepledge’s into a single mission and founded the African Talent Academy. In 2019, he also launched Breaking Banks Europe (as the Executive Producer) and in 2025 the spin-off Breaking Banks Africa. In 2023, he was appointed Senior Advisor for Elevandi (MAS) now GFTN.com. He is the author of "The FinTech Revolution" and "Talents & Rebels" and is fluent in 5 languages.
Speaking At
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4:15–5:45pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 4OpenModerator
Global Frameworks and Shared Best Practices in Payments Chains
Rethinking Instant Payment Infrastructure from the Ground Up
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Blaise Pascal GasabiraChief Executive OfficerRswitch Ltd
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Clara B. ArthurChief ExecutiveGhana Interbank Payment & Settlement Systems (GhIPSS)
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Irene Arias HofmanChief Executive OfficerMIRA
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John MukonoChief Executive OfficerKenswitch
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Julie GuettaManaging DirectorThitsaWorks
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Mark MunneHead of TechnologyNexus Global Payments
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Musa Itopa JimohDirector, Payments System Policy DepartmentCentral Bank of Nigeria
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Pandu PutraDirector for AsiaCo-Develop
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Steve HaleyGlobal Director, Mojaloop EcosystemMojaloop Foundation
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Matteo RizziFounder, Timepledge & Senior AdvisorGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Most conversations about improving instant payment systems focus on iteration: faster rails, lower costs, broader interoperability. This roundtable asks a more foundational question: are there aspects of how these systems are typically architected that are worth revisiting at the root, rather than only refining at the edges?
Many systems today rely on a model where a payment is sent, and if something doesn’t match up, the two sides exchange after-the-fact messages to reconcile what happened. This reconciliation-heavy approach carries real ongoing cost, and emerging approaches, including early pilot evidence, suggest that dependence on it can be reduced through pre-validation, where payment data is checked and verified before a transaction is executed. Such design choices made early in a scheme’s architecture can shape how easily it extends to full inclusion later.
This session aims to bring together development institutions, instant payments players, central banks, and relevant voices to discuss whether the iterative path – where systems are made incrementally better over time – or the fundamental path – where systems are rebuilt from the ground up – is a more viable solution for national payments systems looking to embark on pre-validation.
The roundtable aims to produce a practical roadmap for countries looking to implement prevalidation across financial institutions. Where available, early pilot data will serve as evidence, discussed frankly under the Chatham House Rule.
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