Italy

How Payment Methods, Regulatory Regimes Are Shaping Italy’s FinTech Ecosystem
How Payment Methods, Regulatory Regimes Are Shaping Italy’s FinTech Ecosystem
July 28, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

After taking applications between November 2021 and January 2022, this month saw the official opening of Italy’s regulatory sandbox for FinTech innovation. As PYMNTS reported...

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The Italian Firms Riding the Digital Lending, PropTech Innovation Wave
The Italian Firms Riding the Digital Lending, PropTech Innovation Wave
July 22, 2022  |  Real Estate

With a generally healthy FinTech ecosystem, Italy is especially prominent in the areas of digital lending and PropTech. Where the two converge, a thriving community...

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Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement: Italy
Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement: Italy
July 06, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

In this latest installment of PYMNTS’ five-part series on digital engagement in the European Union, the spotlight is on Italy, one of the EU-5 countries...

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Nexi, Alpha Bank to Invest $104M in Greece’s Digital Payments Market
Nexi, Alpha Bank to Invest $104M in Greece’s Digital Payments Market
July 04, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Nexi, the Italian payments company, is working with Alpha, the Greek bank, to invest €100 million ($104 million) into the Greek digital payments market within...

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Nexi to Buy BPER Banca Payment Unit for $412M
Nexi to Buy BPER Banca Payment Unit for $412M
June 02, 2022  |  Partnerships

After months of negotiations, Italian payments group Nexi has agreed to pay as much as $412 million to buy the payments business of BPER Banca...

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Today in Crypto: Russia Considers Crypto for International Payments; Crypto.com, Coinbase Top List of UK Ad Breaches
Today in Crypto: Russia Considers Crypto for International Payments; Crypto.com, Coinbase Top List of UK...
May 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin and ether have lost important support levels in the last day, with the sentiment for the overall crypto market weakening, CoinDesk writes. This has...

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EMEA Daily: Google Ad Practices Investigated in UK
EMEA Daily: Google Ad Practices Investigated in UK
May 26, 2022  |  Europe

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the U.K.’s Competition and Market Authority launches its second investigation this year into Google’s...

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Scalapay CEO Says BNPL Super App Strategy Disintermediates the Merchant
Scalapay CEO Says BNPL Super App Strategy Disintermediates the Merchant
May 26, 2022  |  BNPL

Competition in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space has intensified over the last few years as established players compete with new entrants vying for...

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Italian Credit Managment Firm Generalfinance Plans IPO in June
Italian Credit Managment Firm Generalfinance Plans IPO in June
May 18, 2022  |  IPO

Italian credit management company Generalfinance plans to go public via an initial public offering on the Milan bourse  next month. As Reuters reported Wednesday (May...

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