Increasingly digital payments, driven by mobile, waiting for the wallet

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Payments in Italy are increasingly digital, so much so that they are very close to overtaking cash: we have now reached a digital share of 40% of total consumer spending (in constant growth) compared to 44% for cash (in constant decline) . But it is the innovative component that marks the most solid growth rates, but also values ​​that are by now very respectable.

The payments contactless they took the lion’s share of the digital component, reaching 186 billion euros (+45% on 2021…