Bologna, 2 April 2026
Satispay continues its steady growth and confirms Bologna and Emilia-Romagna as key areas for adoption of the super-app, created to make managing money and financial services simple and accessible.
With approximately 250,600 users out of the population of more than one million people in the province of Bologna, use of the service is approaching the 25% threshold: today, almost 1 in 4 residents uses Satispay for everyday payments.
For the benefit of this community, Satispay has developed an ecosystem of services to manage a wide range of financial needs, from interest-bearing savings to investing, as well as Government Payments, slips and mobile top-ups. Alongside this is a dense local network of 12,066 merchants affiliated with the Satispay network. For them in particular, the fintech is also constantly committed to developing an increasing number of more flexible acceptance services and solutions.
One example is the innovative Satispay Meal Vouchers, which allow bars, restaurants, delicatessens and large-scale retailers to receive payment in just 24 hours, sharply reducing the market's long average waiting times. Satispay guarantees full reimbursement and crediting to the account within one working day: by eliminating the delays and risks of manual management, it ensures merchants have immediate and dependable liquidity.
Added to this is Satispay Buy Now Pay Later, which with exceptional simplicity and discretion brings in-store merchants the same growing sales opportunities offered online by Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), as confirmed by leading Observatories.
The extensive reach achieved in the Bologna area demonstrates how paying by smartphone has now become a true standard. This milestone confirms Satispay's commitment to optimizing money management for people and supporting merchants' sales, becoming increasingly integrated into the city's consumer habits.
Satispay
Founded in 2015, Satispay is the super-app and proprietary payment network that makes managing money and financial services simple and accessible. With a constantly growing community of 6 million people, the platform allows users to pay via smartphone (at in-store and online merchants), exchange money free of charge and access numerous value-added services: the Cashback Points loyalty program, Buy Now Pay Later to split everyday expenses into 3 interest-free installments, mobile top-ups, payment of slips, car and motorcycle road tax, PagoPA, gift cards, donations and savings. After consolidating its experience in the B2C world, Satispay extended its model to B2B. In September 2023, it entered the corporate welfare market with its innovative Satispay Meal Vouchers and Fringe Benefits, followed by the Satispay FlexBen platform, which simplifies the management of reimbursements and pension funds. In just over two years, Satispay has established itself as one of the sector's leading providers, with more than 40,000 client companies whose employees it offers a new generation of welfare tools that are simple and quick to use, as well as one of the widest acceptance networks in Italy (more than 400,000 affiliated in-store and online merchants). Finally, Satispay has expanded its offering with the Investments section and the Invested Money Box, making investing accessible even to those approaching capital markets for the first time.
Satispay
Tiziana De Icco - PR Lead Satispay
E-mail: tiziana.deicco@satispay.com T. +39 348 350 6005
Angèlia Comunicazione
Simona Vecchies
E-mail: satispay@angelia.it T. +39 335 1245190