The Italian economy is improving only slowly, with considerable unevenness both geographically and by sector. To maintain the recent positive signs and convert them into sustained, robust economic growth that can cut significantly into Italy’s high unemployment will require the country to finally tackle and begin solving a series of well-known structural problems on which action has been deferred for too long.
As online services and adoption of technology become increasingly the norm in the financial services industry, the possibility of wrongdoers abusing the system also increase. While the scams and other attempts at fraud are impossible to eliminate, they can, nevertheless, be mitigated to a tolerable level. On that front, financial education and digital financial literacy are key components to meet our objective.