European Payment Cards Yearbook

Italy - Summary

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Market Overview
Payment Organizations	Consorzio Bancomat, SIA (formerly SIA-SSB), ICBPI/CartaSi

Domestic Card Brand	Debit: PagoBancomat co-badged Maestro, Electron or V PAY; Postomat co-badged Maestro or MasterCard. Credit: CartaSi co-badged MasterCard or VISA

Market Structure	Bancomat/PagoBancomat is the domestic debit network, while CartaSi is the main credit card grouping. Historically, Italy had a smaller card payment market than the other large EU economies. After a phase of growth, credit card payments slowed to a rise of 1.4% during 2010 while card transactions at the ATM declined by just 0.7%.

Major Issuers	BancoPosta, CartaSi, UniCredit, Intesa Sanpaolo, MPS.

Major Acquirers	CartaSi, BNL Positivity, Intesa Sanpaolo, MPS.

Key Statistics 2010
Population	60.468 million
Cards	Debit: 36.2 million Credit: 33.9 million Total: 70.0 million E-money prepaid cards: 12.4 million.