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AI-powered Siamese Networks for banknote quality control
A Banca d'Italia working paper applies Siamese Networks, an AI neural network model, to automate banknote quality control.
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BDIData
Italian financial assets grow in Q4 2025
Italian households' financial assets increased by €34.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, while non-financial corporations acquired €4.9 billion.
BDINews
Italian household wealth rises, inequality persists
Banca d'Italia has released experimental statistics on Distributional Wealth Accounts for Italian households, updated to the fourth quarter of 2025.
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BDIPaper
AI adoption in Italy lags EU, boosts long-term productivity
A new Banca d'Italia paper finds that artificial intelligence adoption in Italian firms is growing but remains significantly below the European average.
BDIPaper
Italian aid scheme boosts firm sales, not employment
A Banca d'Italia study on Italy's 'Decontribuzione Sud' program found it increased firm sales and profitability but had no measurable effect on employment or wages.
BDIPaper
EU bonds pay premium due to legal status, small investor base
A Banca d'Italia Occasional Paper finds that European Union bonds pay higher interest rates than comparable sovereign issuers.
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BDIDecoder
BDI's monetary stability enabled Italy's post-war rebirth
Banca d'Italia's monetary stabilization efforts were crucial for Italy's post-war economic rebirth, following the Republic's founding 80 years ago.
BDIPaper
Banca d'Italia details sustainable investment performance
Banca d'Italia's 2025 annual report details the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into its investment management.
BDIPaper
Banca d'Italia details 2025 sustainability efforts
Banca d'Italia's 2025 Activity and Sustainability Report Appendix provides comprehensive quantitative information on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics.
BDISpeech
Panetta: Global economy resilient, faces new risks
Banca d'Italia (BDI) Governor Fabio Panetta noted the global economy's unexpected resilience in 2025, with GDP growing by 3.4 percent.
BDIPaper
Information overload limits financial transparency effectiveness
Banca d'Italia presented a memorandum on May 18, 2026, highlighting that traditional transparency rules in banking and finance are only partially effective.
BDINews
Banks must report ICT incident costs to Banca d'Italia
The Banca d'Italia requires all directly supervised intermediaries to annually submit aggregated costs and losses from major ICT incidents.