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Nexi, PayDo launch Plick for Open Banking services

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 17 Feb 2021

Italy-based digital bank Nexi, has partnered with fintech PayDo to add Plick to Nexi Open, Nexi’s Open Banking ecosystem, according to ruetir.com.

Nexi, PayDo, Plick, Open Banking, real-time payments, Nexi Open, Italy

whiteCryption secures mobile payment ecosystem for ToothPic and Viva Wallet

News | Mobile Payments | 01 Feb 2021

Intertrust subsidiary whiteCryption has announced the adoption of its whiteCryption software tamper resistance solutions by Italy-based authentication service provider ToothPic and Viva Wallet

Intertrust, Viva Wallet, ToothPic, partnership, fraud protection, e-wallet, Europe, Italy, mobile payments

Scalapay raises USD 48 mln in seed funding round

News | Ecommerce | 29 Jan 2021

Italy-based buy-now-pay-later solution provider Scalapay has announced that it has raised USD 48 million in a seed funding round.

Scalapay, Italy, Europe, investment, funding round, BNPL, buy-now-pay-later

SIA, WizKey partner for credits trading on blockchain

News | Cryptocurrencies | 26 Jan 2021

Italy-based fintech SIA has partnered with fintech WizKey to launch a platform available to banks, funds, and financial operators to negotiate credits on blockchain, according to the official press release.

SIA, WizKey, partnership, Credits, trading, blockchain, Italy, fintech, banks, DLT, NPL, credit trading, digitisation, due diligence

BNL, Tink launch multi-banking service in Italy

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 14 Jan 2021

Italy-based bank BNL, part of the international group BNP Paribas, has launched a multi-banking service with Open Banking platform Tink.

BNL, BNP Paribas, Tink , multi banking, Open Banking, Italy, Europe, mobile banking, app, banks, account aggregation, money management

Ireland-based banks, Sia to develop instant money-transfer app

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 14 Jan 2021

A group of Irish banks have plans to set up an instantaneous money-transfer mobile app after selecting Italy-based fintech Sia to provide the technology, according to irishtimes.com.

Ireland, banks, SIA, Italy, fintech, instant money transfer, app, Revolut, Monzo, Nexi, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, CDP, N26, neobank, traditional bank, payment

Italy to take on USD 17 bln of UniCredit bad loans to ease MPS sale, Reuters

News | Payments General | 08 Jan 2021

Italy has plans to take on about EUR 14 billion (USD 17 billion) of UniCredit’s impaired loans to make a takeover of state-owned Monte dei Paschi more attractive for the bank, according to Reuters

Italy, UniCredit, MPS, Monte dei Paschi bank, takeover, AMCO, debt, high-risk loans, treasury, Mediobanca, UBS, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Orrick, ECB

Italian Banking Association initiates experimental digital euro project

News | Cryptocurrencies | 07 Jan 2021

The Italian Banking Association (ABI) has been conducting digital euro tests as the European Central Bank is yet to make a clear decision on a central bank's digital currency.

Italian Banking Association, ABI, digital euro, banking, digital coin, payments , Italy, commercial banks, SIA, blockchain

Italian Banking Association rolls out digital euro research project

News | Payments General | 23 Dec 2020

Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI) and its ABI Lab have launched a digital euro research project.

R3, Spunta, Italy, DLT, blockchain, digital euro, programmable money, CBDC, ABI

Italians sign up to 'cashback' card payment scheme despite objections, Reuters

News | Cards | 23 Dec 2020

In an attempt by Rome to curb tax evasion and help retailers hit by COVID-19 restrictions, Italians have signed up for a local ‘cashback’ card payment scheme.

tax evasion , cash back, COVID-19, retailers, digital payments, Italy, retailers, merchants, card payments

Consolidation in payments – upsides, downsides, challenges

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 09 Dec 2020

Marco Fava, Managing Director at CleverAdvice, makes a nuanced and detailed account of two of the most notable M&A stories of 2020 in the payments industry: Nexi-SIA and Worldline-Ingenico

Marco Fava, CleverAdvice, Nexi, SIA, Nets, Worldline, Ingenico, payments , online payments, mergers and acquisitions, merger, acquisition, Nexi Payments, Europe, Italy, France, Nordics, payments service provider, PSP, ATM management solutions, European Automated Clearing House Association, TARGET2, RTGS, Nexi SIA, Worldline Ingenico

Raisin launches partnership with Banca Sella in Italy

News | Payments General | 02 Dec 2020

Italian bank Banca Sella and pan-European deposits marketplace Raisin have teamed up to give the bank’s customers access to third-party savings products.

Banca Sella, Raisin, marketplace, banking, loans, savings, partnership, digital payments, partnership, Italy

Intesa Sanpaolo, Kyriba to offer the Dynamic Discounting SCF solution

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 26 Nov 2020

Italy-based Intesa Sanpaolo has partnered with Kyriba, a fintech offering supply chain finance solutions, to create the Dynamic Discounting service for global businesses.

Intesa Sanpaolo, Kyriba, partnership, product launch, dynamic discounting, SCF, fintech, invoicing, payments , ERPs, Italy

Stocard expands its mobile payments service across multiple European countries

News | Mobile Payments | 25 Nov 2020

Germany-based mobile loyalty wallet provider Stocard has announced the expansion of its Stocard Pay service to users in Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Stocard, Stocard Pay, Europe, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, NFC, mobile payments, virtual card, MasterCard, Android, iOS

Italian Fintech Satispay gets EUR 93 mln to further accelerate growth

News | Mobile Payments | 23 Nov 2020

Satispay, an Italy-based fintech startup tapping into mobile payments, has received a EUR 93 million in a Series C round.

Satispay, Italy, funding, fintech, Stripe, mobile payments, merchants, mobile payments

Italian challenger bank Aidexa gets over EUR 45 million

News | Payments General | 10 Nov 2020

Aidexa, an AI-powered and data-driven challenger bank based in Italy, has raised over EUR 45 million.

Aidexa, Italy, banking, fintech, funding, Generali Group, Banca Sella, IFIs, AI, data analytics

Nexi and Nets in talks for USD 10 bln merger

News | Payments General | 02 Nov 2020

Italy-based payments group Nexi has announced exclusive talks to agree a merger with Denmark-based rival Nets, in a potential deal worth nearly USD 10 billion, according to Reuters.

Nexi, Nets, merger, Italy, Denmark, SIA, digital payments, payments , Europe

EIF, Alba Leasing provide EUR 1 bln to SMEs

News | Payments General | 20 Oct 2020

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Italy-based Alba Leasing have come to an agreement to jointly provide EUR 1 billion in new financial resources to SMEs in Italy.

EIF, EIB, Alba Leasing, SME, Italy, corporate leasing, environmental investments

Enel X rolls out banking solution - Enel X Pay in Italy

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 20 Oct 2020

Enel X has entered the digital financial services and mobile banking sector with Enel X Pay, an online banking account from Enel X Financial Services.

pagoPA, SEPA, peer to peer money transfers, mobile banking, online banking, Enel X, prepaid card, Enel X Financial Services, Enel X Pay, Italy

Italian banks together with SIA, R3, NTT Data join Spunta blockchain infrastructure for payments

News | Payments General | 14 Oct 2020

Spunta Banca DLT, an Italian initiative providing a blockchain infrastructure that supports the ABI Spunta application, has announced that it is fully operational.

Spunta, banking, Italy, punta Banca DLT, settlement, blockchain infrastructure, SIA, R3, NTT Data, payments reconciliation