Leading up to final approval, payments-related aspects of Italy’s 2023 budget were hotly debated. One of those debates ended up with the government backtracking on...
Italian consumers are twice as likely to use a mobile wallet online compared to in-store. On a global scale, Italy emerged fourth in mobile wallet...
Italy’s 26% crypto tax shines a light on different global approaches to crypto taxation. When crypto assets first exploded onto the world stage, governments scrambled...
Italy’s new crypto tax is set to impose a 26% capital gains levy on traders. The tax on crypto traders is set to go into...
Nexi has signed an agreement to integrate its payment services with Olivetti cash registers. The memorandum of understanding will see the two Italian firms —...
Italian and Albanian authorities have broken up an organized crime group’s crypto scam. The group had stolen an estimated 15 million euros (about $16 million),...
The Italian government has scaled back plans to promote cash payments. After announcing in its 2023 budget that it would scrap fines for merchants that...
The Bank of Italy has chosen Algorand to serve as its public blockchain platform. The platform, due to roll out early next year, will be...
Italy’s ruling coalition may deploy a tax on banks in its fight against digital payments. The coalition’s proposed tax on banks — which has been...