RAMI AMIN
TALK
Public-Private Partnerships Can Open the Digital Economy to Billions
Even as smartphones and banking apps have become ubiquitous, billions of people remain digitally isolated and unbanked — meaning they lack access to financial services that would help them save and manage money. Drawing on his experiences from the World Bank to Visa, Rami discusses how collaboration between governments and the private sector could bring these people into the digital economy, improving lives and unlocking wealth in the process.
ABOUT
Rami is the Director of Innovation at Visa, and a Fellow of the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute. With a mission to uplift everyone, everywhere, his work brings together insights from innovation, product design, government policy, and social impact to re-imagine how fintech can support financial inclusion and advance economic development. Prior to joining Visa he led several initiatives at The World Bank, helping governments accelerate digital transformation objectives. He co-led the Bank’s Secretariat for Mainstreaming Digital and Disruptive Technologies, managed its thought leadership series on digital development, and served on several working groups including the UN-Interagency WG on AI, GlobalPolicy.AI, and the Global Forum on Law, Justice, and Development. Prior, he managed Oxford’s interdisciplinary research center, which provides early-stage funding for topics considered to be radically innovative with high-impact potential. He earned a PhD / DPhil from Oxford, an MPP from Harvard, and was an International Affairs Fellow at Princeton.