Roberto Garavaglia

Management Consultant & Innovative Payments Strategy Advisor

Successful track record in Electronic Payment Systems business, for more than twenty-five years Roberto is committed on the conception of new business models and innovative products/services. In several companies leader in e-Payments arena, he led complex projects in Italy and around the Europe ranging in SEPA, m-Payment, e-Commerce. Experienced in market analysis and great expert in European regulatory for SEPA (PSD, PSD2, EMD2, IFR, AML4, etc.), since 2003 Roberto works as a free lance Senior Management Consultant, dealing with a strategic consultancy offering for banking institute and new-comers who are interesting to compete in the Retail Payment Services and Mobile Payment market.

In March 2008, Roberto created and launched CloseToPay (www.closetopay.com) the first Italian blog fully committed on the e/m-Payments knowledge transfer, pursuing the goal to bridge the gap between user and providers of Electronic Payment Services. Since 2008 Roberto works with Politecnico di Milano at Digital Innovation Observatory. Since 2011 he’s also associate member of EPC (European Payments Council) - CSG (Cards Stakeholder Group). 

Actually, Roberto advises several companies in Italy, by helping them to assess the right business model for innovative payment propositions or new services/products.

Appointment at the fair:
14 october
16:00 -17:00  Pav. C1
eNett Arena
Introduzione all´e-Payment/m-Payment

14 ottobre
17:00 -18:00 Pav. C1
eNett Arena
Sistemi di pagamento innovativi e nuovi scenari