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Italy’s Treasury selects KPMG to evaluate digital payment platform PagoPA for sale to Poste Italiane

  • Italy’s Treasury has chosen KPMG to value digital payment platform PagoPA
  • PagoPA is being sold to state mint and postal service Poste Italiane
  • Banks in Italy are concerned about the sale, fearing Poste could strengthen its position in the digital payments market
  • Poste will become a minority shareholder in PagoPA
  • PagoPA handled 46.66 billion euros in payments to Italy’s public administration this year
  • PagoPA will play a role in setting up IT Wallet, a digital wallet for Italians
  • Government project prevents Poste from having dominant influence over PagoPA

Source: channelnewsasia.com

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