Mr. Cirasino joined the World Bank in July 1998 and is is Manager of the Financial Infrastructure & Remittances Service Line and Head of the Payment Systems Development Group of the World Bank Group's Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice. Mr. Cirasino has been involved in payment system reforms in 50+ countries. Mr. Cirasino worked at Banca d’Italia in the Payment System Department from 1993 to 1996, and, later on, in the Representative Office in New York.