The world’s leading international PayTech companies returned to growth in 2021. The global and Italian sector operators with revenues in excess of €1bn posted 14.4% YoY growth in the first nine months of the year, to reach €110.6bn, following the downturn recorded in 2020 (when revenues were down 2% on 2019 at €140bn). The global market is dominated by the US Paytech companies, which have a market share of 88%, followed by the European groups (10%) and by Latin America (2%). In Europe Worldline ranks first by revenues, with a top line of €4.8bn, followed by the European divisions of MasterCard (€4.4bn) and Visa (€3.1bn), with Italian operator Nexi in fourth position (€2.9bn). This is the picture to emerge from the Mediobanca Research Area’s first report on the Paytech industry. The survey also includes a focus on the Italian market, which recorded aggregate turnover of €240m in 2020 (up 25.7% on 2019).

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