⚡ Online Payment Services in Italy

Online payment services allow businesses to securely accept and process transactions by supporting a variety of payment methods such as credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and Buy Now, Pay Later options.

Italy is a Southern European country with a population of around 59 million people.

According to our data, online payment services are detected on 7.3% of websites from Italy.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top online payment services on websites in Italy in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal, which dominates the market with a substantial 73.8% share.
It is followed by Apple Pay with 34.4% and Shop Pay with 18.4%.

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in Italy than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

✨ Best Online Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 69 online payment services used on sites from Italy, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
PayPal
San Jose, California, United States

An online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details.

$$$
2
Apple Pay
Cupertino, California, United States

A mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users make secure contactless and online payments with iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro devices.

Free
3
Shop Pay
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

A Shopify-exclusive accelerated checkout and payment method that lets customers save their billing, shipping, and payment information to complete orders quickly on Shopify stores and in the Shop app.

Free$$$
4
Stripe
San Francisco, California, United States

A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration.

$$$
5
Google Pay
Mountain View, California, United States

A mobile payment and digital wallet service developed by Google that enables users to make contactless and online payments using supported Android phones, tablets, and wearable devices.

Free
6
Visa
San Francisco, California, United States

A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.

7
Mastercard
Purchase, New York, United States

A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.

8
Klarna
Stockholm, Sweden

A Swedish payment service provider and licensed bank that specializes in Buy Now, Pay Later options for online and in-store purchases.

$$$
9
Scalapay
Milan, Italy

A European "buy now, pay later" payment method that allows customers to split online and in-store purchases into three or four interest-free installments at checkout.

10
PayPal Enterprise Payments
San Jose, California, United States

A full-stack payments platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in their apps or websites.

$$$
11
American Express
New York, United States

A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.

12
Amazon Pay
Seattle, Washington, United States

An online payment service that allows customers to complete purchases on third-party websites using the payment methods and shipping information stored in their Amazon accounts.

Free$0.30+
13
Worldline
La Défense, France

A European provider of payment and transaction services.

14
Arcot
Palo Alto, United States

A payment authentication network that enables card issuers, merchants, and payment processors to authenticate cardholder identity during online payments.

15
Postepay
Rome, Italy

A rechargeable prepaid card service operated by Poste Italiane.

Free$$$
16
Wirecard
Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany

An insolvent German payment processor and financial services provider whose executives have been arrested.

Legacy
17
Satispay
Milan, Italy

An Italian payment system that allows users to send money to friends and pay in stores from their smartphone.

18
Authorize.net
San Francisco, California, United States

A payment gateway that facilitates the submission and routing of credit card and electronic check payment transactions to the processing networks on behalf of its client merchants.

$25+/month
19
Discover
Riverwoods, Illinois, United States

A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.

20
Adyen
Amsterdam, Netherlands

A financial technology platform that provides end-to-end payment processing, acquiring, and related financial products for online, mobile, and in-store commerce.

$0.13+/transaction
21
Skrill
London, United Kingdom

A digital wallet and online payment service that lets users pay online and transfer money using just an email address and password.

Free$5.50+
22
Neteller
London, United Kingdom

A global payments platform and digital wallet used to transfer money to and from merchants, such as forex trading brokers, social networks, and gambling websites.

23
Revolut
London, United Kingdom

A digital financial platform that offers personal and business accounts, multi-currency spending, debit cards, international transfers, and investment options.

SumUp
London, United Kingdom

A payment processor and point-of-sale provider that lets merchants accept card payments in person and remotely through proprietary readers, a mobile app, and online tools.

Free$99+/month
25
Mollie
Ansterdam, Netherlands

A Netherlands-based payment platform that provides online and in-person payment processing, recurring billing, invoicing, and business financing services.

$$$

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