When he speaks about inclusion, he speaks as the payments leader who has built the corridors himself, across four regions, and who brings the culture with him.
What the diaspora corridor has taught the industry, and what it still has to fix: cost, speed, and the last mile to a family’s account or mobile wallet.
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Why the corridor matters more than the app
Payments are built on licences, partners and trust across borders. A view from someone who has opened corridors in four regions.
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Financial inclusion first, cultural inclusion follows
How money that moves safely lets families invest at home, and why culture travels the same routes.
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Building trust across borders
Partnerships between banks, money transfer operators and mobile money: what makes them last.
Formats
Keynote20 to 40 minutes
PanelContributor or moderator
ConversationFireside, podcast, interview
LanguagesEnglish and French
Appearances
Stages and press
c. 2023 · SpeakerGlobal Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID) SummitUnited Nations, Nairobi · Source: gfrid.org/speaker/richard-meseko
Cross-border payments executive and storyteller, carrying value and culture between Africa and its diaspora.
Short · 47 words
Richard Meseko has spent more than twenty years building cross-border payment corridors between Africa, Europe and North America, with leadership roles at Ecobank, WorldRemit and Travelex. He has led global sales for Ecobank’s Rapidtransfer International. Fluent in English and French, he is also a storyteller and musician.
Speaker card, programme listing
Long · 109 words
Richard Meseko is a payments executive whose career has followed the money that families send home. He has held operational and leadership roles at Ecobank in Côte d’Ivoire and Congo Brazzaville, led Travelex Money Transfer’s Africa region from Ghana, and served WorldRemit as Country Director for Canada, North America, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. He has led global sales for Rapidtransfer International, Ecobank’s service for the African diaspora in Europe. Born in Nigeria and based between Montréal and Paris, he holds an MBA from the Université du Québec à Montréal. He believes financial inclusion is the first step to cultural inclusion, and tells Africa’s stories through music.
