Satispay, the leading independent mobile payment network in Italy, today announced a strategic partnership with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, to eliminate the barriers in online digital shopping experience for Italian merchants and consumers.

Satispay, which is adopted by a growing 4,8 million users in Italy, Luxembourg, and France, provides a seamless and secure payment option for customers who can use the Satispay app to pay in physical or e-commerce shops in a simple and seamless manner.

Through this collaboration, select Italian online merchants using Stripe will be able to accept payments with Satispay and will join the already growing community of more than 350.000 retailers that are powering their day-to-day sales operations with Satispay.

In an era where the digital economy continues to develop at pace, this partnership further enhances the payment experience for merchants and consumers in Italy, as well as solidifies Satispay’s position as Italy’s most relevant independent payment network for international payment services providers and merchants to integrate in their payments offer.

Satispay's strength lies in its simplicity and transparency. Users only need to link their bank account to the Satispay app with an IBAN in order to send or receive money, no card networks or other intermediaries are involved.

Stefano De Lollis, Online Business Development Director at Satispay, added: "Joining forces with Stripe marks a significant milestone in our strategic approach to broadening our payment acceptance network, whilst ensuring that Satispay users continue to enjoy the effortless and secure payment experience they have come to expect, now across a growing number of online shops. This partnership also further solidifies Satispay’s position as the most relevant independent payment network in Italy for international payment services providers to integrate within their payment services.”