Andrew Zerzan

Who is Andrew Zerzan?

Andrew Zerzan is an author, former World Bank official and working group secretary for the United Nations Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force. He is a frequent speaker on economic development and financial crime issues. Zerzan has published and co-authored several policy papers including new research on the money laundering risks of mobile phone financial services, the risks of new technologies for payments and counter-terrorism.

Zerzan is involved in public discussions on the impact of technology on the poor. For instance, he was a guest speaker to the mobile industry at the global Mobile Money Summit in Barcelona, Spain in 2009. His speech covered mobile banking and financial crimes in developing countries. In 2006, Zerzan was noted for contributing to an information technologies report from the non-profit think tank RiOS Institute in Berkeley, California.

He is currently Director of Regulatory Projects for Mobile Money for the Unbanked, a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored initiative to extend financial services to those living under $2 day.