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Blockchain: France, Italy Partner to Submit Recommendations to European Commission Regarding Distributed Ledger Technology Usage

The French Autorité des Marché Financiers (AMF) and the Italian Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSAB), have joined to submit recommendations to the Europea Commission pertaining to the usage of blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT). The AMF shares that the European… Read More

Trustfull Announces New KYC Tools Powered by AI

Trustfull has announced the launch of Domain Intelligence, a package of services that aims to prevent fraud and enable identity verification all powered by artificial intelligence. Based in Milan, Trustfull was created to support businesses by leveraging OSINT-based fraud prevention solutions. Created in 2020, Trustfull… Read More

Cash Transactions: NCR Atleos’ Cashzone Network Expands into Italy, Enabling Improved Access to Cash

NCR Atleos Corporation (NYSE: NATL), a key player focused on expanding self-service financial access for financial institutions, retailers and consumers, announced that it has expanded its ATM network, under the Cashzone brand, into Italy, providing access to cash for both residents and tourists. Although many… Read More

Bitcoin Adoption: Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo Acquires 11 Bitcoin (BTC) Valued at $1 Million

Italy’s largest bank has embraced Bitcoin, which may be considered a key milestone in financial evolution. In a significant development for crypto adoption, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, has recently acquired 11 BTC worth €1 million, marking the first instance of an Italian bank… Read More

UniCredit to Move Back-Office Activities for Securities Services In-House Across Italy and Germany

UniCredit has recently announced plans to bring its back-office activities for securities services across Italy and Germany in house, standardizing its set-up and suppliers in a move that is expected to create more than 200 new professional roles. As explained in the update, the internalization… Read More

Real Estate Investment Platform Italy Crowd Shuts Down

Italy Crowd, an investment platform focused on Real Estate offerings, has shut down. Italy Crowd was reportedly the first platform of its kind in Italy. Last year, Italy Crowd withdrew its application from the CONSAB (the securities regulator in Italy) to issue securities under the… Read More

Milan’s Habacus Reports $5M Seed Round to Connect Education with Digital Financial Services

Milan based Habacus has reportedly finalized a $5 million seed funding round in order to offer students / learners an ecosystem of services, including various financial services and products. Habacus, the Milan-headquartered student service ecosystem, has raised the new funding in order to develop its… Read More

Israeli Fintech Morning Said To Be Acquired by Italy’s TeamSystem in $150m Deal

Israeli Fintech company Morning is set to be acquired by Italian software firm TeamSystem for an estimated $150 million, according to sources cited by CTech. The sale represents a major milestone for Morning, which is best known for its “Green Invoice” SaaS platform offering invoicing… Read More

Italian Fintech Axyon AI Reports €2.1 Million in New Funding

Axyon AI, an Italian AI fintech firm which enhances asset manager performance by delivering alpha opportunities via AI-based rankings and AI model strategies, has reportedly closed a further € 2.1 million in funding. This latest investment round had the participation of the US-based venture capital… Read More

Bitpanda Research Report: Gen Z and Millennial Investors in Italy Are Increasingly Investing in Bitcoin and Other Digital Assets

Bitpanda has shared research examining the crypto investment market in Italy. In Italy, Bitpanda said they have found that nearly one in ten people (9%) across the European nation currently invest in virtual currencies, however, the update clarified that this number rises to 16% for… Read More

Bitpanda Teams Up with Blockpit to Offer Clients in Italy a Way to Obtain Licences, Advice on Filing Crypto Taxes

Bitpanda and Blockpit are teaming up again to offer Italian Bitpanda users discounted licences and expert advice to help you stay on top of regulation. Using Blockpit can help you understand how “to save when doing your crypto taxes.” Bitpanda has shared key insights in… Read More

Jet HR Reports €12M Seed Round After Launching Operations Last Year

One year after launch, after growing faster than the founders initially expected, Jet HR – the startup founded by Marco Ogliengo and Francesco Scalambrino to eliminate the bureaucracy surrounding payroll, HR and generally running a company in Italy – attracts a seed round of €12… Read More

Italy’s Banca Sella Is Providing Bitcoin Services via its Banking Platform

Italian Banca Sella now provides Bitcoin (BTC) trading. Established back in 1886, Banca Sella is one of the most well-known banking institutions in Italy. Its mobile banking platform, known as Hype, now also includes a Bitcoin trading service as it operates with more than 1.2… Read More

Exein Raises €15m in Series B Funding to Expand IoT Cybersecurity Globally

Exein, a Rome, Italy-based company specializing in embedded IoT cybersecurity, announced it has secured €15 million (about $16.4 million) in a Series B funding round led by 33N, a firm focused on cybersecurity and infrastructure software investments. The round also included contributions from Partech and… Read More

CaixaBank Announces Participation in Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A’s Sustainability linked Revolving Credit Facility

CaixaBank claims that is the only Spanish bank participating in the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. (FS)’s new committed and revolving credit facility signed “with a syndicate of nine banks and financial institutions for a total amount of up to €3.5 billion with a three-year… Read More

Global Fintechs Adyen, Nexi, Stripe Introduce Apple Tap to Pay Service in Italy

Global Fintech firms Nexi, Stripe, Adyen have introduced Apple‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Tap to Pay service in Italy Payments Fintechs Nexi, Stripe and Adyen have begun providing firms in Italy a way to take payments from clients that relies on Apple’s iPhones. Apple’s Tap to Pay service… Read More

Rome Is Reportedly First European City to Provide Open Loop Transit Payments to UnionPay Cardholders

Boarding public transport and pay the fare by simply tapping with a contactless payment card or mobile phone (to which the card is binded) on turnstiles or authorized readers: Rome is reportedly the first city in Europe to “offer this contactless payment service to cardmembers… Read More

Regtech Sumsub Chosen By Onda Più for KYC and Anti-Fraud, Supporting User Verification for Italian Energy Services

Sumsub announced that it has teamed up with Onda Più, an energy services company based in Sicily. Together, the two companies are supporting digital user onboarding and fraud prevention for Italian electricity and natural gas services. This collaboration will help Onda Più ensure smooth verification… Read More

Digital Asset Firm Gate Group Registers as VASP in Italy

Gate Group has announced that has registered as a VASP, or virtual asset service provider, via the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM) in Italy. Launched in 2013 and based in Cayman, Gate.io is currently ranked as the 8th largest crypto exchange in the world, according… Read More

Payments Firm Worldline Italia and Cassa Centrale Group Consider Launching Business Partnership

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global enabler of payments services, has been chosen by the Cassa Centrale Group to pursue exclusive negotiations for a long-term partnership in the acquiring world. The collaboration involves the provision of services “along the value chain of digital payment acceptance and… Read More

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