Italy has certainly stepped up it's efforts to increase the share of digital transactions at the expense of cash transfers. To some extent I do actually support this move however in some areas we have gone in my humble opinion too far.

There have been already a good amount of input into the discussion but maybe it is worthwhile to add that cash provides key benefits at an expense to the taxpayers - not the agents of the specific transaction. You also don't need a credit score or a seal of approval to hold and use cash.

Maybe the poor are indeed hit harder by the push towards digital transactions, I take a look at some studies.