Luca Vanini has been heading since 2007 the international team managing and developing payments services for Unicredit Group. Born in Milan in 1962, with a Degree in Economic and Social Sciences at Università Bocconi, he started in 1990 the Futures & Options desk in Credito Italiano. He was then appointed head of correspondent banking products in 1995, and head of international payments in 1998. With his team he developed some innovative solutions for pensions payments, international pooling, advanced pricing schemes, and services supporting corporate administration, invoicing and accounting.