There were 92 million payments using debit, credit and prepaid cards, issued in Italy and processed by SIA, during the week up to Christmas (from Tuesday 18th to Monday 24th December 2018), compared to the 65 million in the same period last year (+26%); of these approximately 77 million related to traditional stores, representing almost 84% of the total, up 32.8% over 2017, while the volume of online purchases has not changed (15 million payments).