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The Istituto Affari Internazionali, in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo and with the support of the Bank of Italy, carried out a research effort on the risks and the opportunities related to...

19/07/2024

On April 13th, a roundtable was co-hosted in Washington D.C. by Nexus25, the Center for Climate & Security, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Center for American Progress....

15/02/2024

The recent “weaponisation” of finance against Russia might intensify efforts to reduce the global dependence on Western-led currencies and payment infrastructure. Transformations in the...

12/05/2023


With the digitization of society, new means of payment are gaining ground. In addition to mobile money apps, which operate within the traditional payment infrastructure, digital currency...

01/04/2023

Financial technology has been driving financial inclusion worldwide. The development and adoption of digital currencies could be a game-changer to further scale up efforts towards universal...

01/04/2023

The value of global cashless payments has been radically increasing worldwide. To keep up with the digitalisation of payments (and of the economy), central banks...

08/10/2021

Days after the European Central Bank publicly disclosed its roadmap for a digital euro project, the People’s Bank of China published a paper describing the...

08/10/2021

The IAI, in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo and with the support of the Bank of Italy, carried out a research effort on the risks and the opportunities related to Central Bank Digital...

26/07/2021

In the near future, and much sooner than you expect, you will pay your grocery or restaurant bill using your phone. Maybe you are already doing this through Google Pay, Apple Pay or one of the...

21/07/2021

A key element of the reform of the governance of the European Monetary Union (EMU) currently being discussed is the prevention and management of sovereign debt crises. While there is wide...

28/11/2020