Excellence Payments
Innovative consulting to support transformation in digital payments.
Founded in 2023, Excellence Payments is the Excellence Group’s entity dedicated to digital payments. With a team led by CEO Andrea Gnetti it boasts deep consulting experience in the issuing and acquiring world. It offers growth strategies, offering innovation, operational development, and management of SME and corporate portfolios.
It positions itself as a strategic partner to support clients in a rapidly transforming market, integrating:
- artificial intelligence
- blockchain
- digital-first distribution models
The future of payments is not observed. It is driven.
OUR AREAS OF INTERVENTION
We guide the evolution of payment systems with innovative, scalable and tailor-made solutions for an ecosystem in rapid transformation.
Our insights
10 June 2025
Payments in Italy: from the dominance of debit cards to the new challenge of Digital Wallets
By Andrea Gnetti, CEO at Excellence Payments
On May 26th, the Bank of Italy published the first of its two annual reports entitled "Payment System", containing data on the use of payment services a…
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18 March 2025
Cryptocurrencies and payments, tests of dialogue
by Carlo Liotti and Davide Oliveri, respectively Partner and Associate Manager in Excellence Payments
"OK, I give up. Klarna and me will embrace crypto. More to Come!" (Sebastian Siemiatkowski,
…
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28 February 2025
Italian teenagers are increasingly digital in payments: 57% use electronic tools, but traditional banks lag behind
Milan, 02/27/2025 – 57% of Italian teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 use digital payment tools, with a percentage that rises to 66% in the 15-17 age group, however, only 22% of parents choose a …
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Our insights
10 June 2025
Payments in Italy: from the dominance of debit cards to the new challenge of Digital Wallets
By Andrea Gnetti, CEO at Excellence Payments
On May 26th, the Bank of Italy published the first of its two annual reports entitled "Payment System", containing data on the use of payment services a…
Read more →
18 March 2025
Cryptocurrencies and payments, tests of dialogue
by Carlo Liotti and Davide Oliveri, respectively Partner and Associate Manager in Excellence Payments
"OK, I give up. Klarna and me will embrace crypto. More to Come!" (Sebastian Siemiatkowski,
…
Read more →
28 February 2025
Italian teenagers are increasingly digital in payments: 57% use electronic tools, but traditional banks lag behind
Milan, 02/27/2025 – 57% of Italian teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 use digital payment tools, with a percentage that rises to 66% in the 15-17 age group, however, only 22% of parents choose a …
Read more →