Rome, 23 July 2026 – The IT-Wallet System has entered an important new phase in its development journey. A national testing environment is now available for private digital wallet providers, marking a key step towards accelerating the launch of the new ecosystem.

"With 12 million activations over the past year and a half, digital documents in the IO app have become part of citizens’ everyday lives thanks to IT-Wallet. Opening the IT-Wallet testing environment to private operators represents a fundamental step towards building a national ecosystem of interoperable digital identities and electronic attestations, capable of leveraging both public and private innovation for the benefit of citizens and businesses. IT-Wallet does not mandatorily replace physical documents; rather, it offers those who wish to use it a digital wallet that enables faster access to both public and private services," said Alessio Butti, Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with responsibility for technological innovation.

The initiative is led by the Department for Digital Transformation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which works in collaboration with the Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), responsible for the system’s central infrastructure and for the digital issuance of public electronic attestations and personal identification information, and with PagoPA S.p.A., operator of the IO app and provider of the public IT-Wallet.

Designed to simplify access to public and private services, the IT-Wallet System will enable users to securely manage digital identities, documents, and electronic attestations, facilitating simpler and more immediate interactions both online and in the physical world. The ecosystem will consist of a public digital wallet integrated into the IO app, developed by PagoPA S.p.A., alongside private digital wallets provided by market operators, all compliant with common standards for security, interoperability, data protection, and service delivery.

Companies interested in participating may request access to the testing environment by contacting the Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute. The testing environment allows operators to practically test their technological solutions against the main use cases of the IT-Wallet System in a secure and controlled environment, using data that cannot be linked to real citizens.

The opening of the testing environment, which took place in May 2026, represents a strategic milestone towards the system’s activation. It enables private providers to verify the interoperability of their solutions with the national infrastructure and to contribute, through testing and experimentation, to the progressive strengthening of the entire IT-Wallet ecosystem.

Regulatory Framework

The rollout of the new functionalities of the IT-Wallet System and its opening to users will take place upon completion of the national regulatory framework provided for by Article 64-quater of the Digital Administration Code.

The two implementing decrees required by the legislation, namely the Prime Minister’s Decree (DPCM) on the roles and governance of the system and the DPCM concerning the operation of the system and the adoption of the relevant guidelines, have been signed and are expected to be published shortly in the Official Gazette.

The regulatory framework will be further completed by additional measures that have already been finalized, including decrees issued by the Department for Digital Transformation concerning the system’s technical specifications and the processing of personal data, developed in cooperation with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali), as well as the AgID regulation, which will govern the procedures for the participation of the various entities within the ecosystem.