
Tinatin Akhvlediani
Dr. Tinatin Akhvlediani is the ECRI Research Coordinator. She is also a Research Fellow and Head of Financial Markets and Institutions Unit at CEPS. Her research outputs include scientific papers, book chapters as well as policy studies delivered for the European Parliament, European Commission, European Committee of the Regions, and several international organizations. Her research covers EU's financial stability and financial services, with a special focus on payments, anti-money laundering and international sanctions. On these topics, Tinatin is a frequent speaker and moderator at the high-level conferences and events and often comments at major media outlets, including BBC, Euronews, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America. In 2020, Tinatin was listed among 30 Under 30 in the category of science by Forbes Georgia.
The move to instant payments – is it really such ‘a seismic switch?’