Francesco Di Salvo is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank’s Payment System Development Group. He joined the World Bank in 2020. He provides technical assistance to governments and central banks. The assistance is aimed at supporting policy reforms and implementations in a series of thematic areas related to the financial systems: regulatory and policy frameworks, payment systems development, innovation, digital identity, financial inclusion, government payments, and international remittances.
Previously, Francesco held several roles within Mastercard, the last being Director of Product Management for the Data & Services Unit. He also served for three years as a market infrastructure expert at the European Central Bank.