Digital purchases exceeded 5 billion transactions in 2021, up 170% compared to 2015; the number of transactions reached 238 billion euros, almost double in six years. The number of cards in circulation (including credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards) is 106 million, on average almost two each for each Italian, up 17%. Debit cards are the preferred tool for purchases, with 183 billion euros in payments and 3.8 billion transactions last year, followed by credit cards with 84 billion euros and 1.3 billion transactions and then prepaid cards with 54 billion euros and 1.5 billion transactions. These are the numbers of electronic payments in Italy recorded by the Unimpresa Study Centre.
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