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Illustration about the digital euro: a large digital euro coin is shown at the center, connected to icons for banks, security, checklists, technology, and growth. On the left, an ATM and a woman with a tablet are shown; on the right, a man with a clipboard stands beside a smartphone and payment terminal, illustrating why 2026 matters for banks and payment infrastructure.

In Italy, 62% of ATMs supported contactless transactions in 2025. That is a measure of installed ATM capability, not a count of contactless withdrawals or a forecast based on shoppers tapping at a till. Italian ATM withdrawals still fell 5% that year, to 998 million. The question for a deployer is what the reader, software, host, and customer interface must do together when someone taps a card or device and requests cash.

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