https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Unicredit, Italy’s second largest lender by market value, will give €50,000 to the creator of the best mobile banking app as part of Appathon 2015, which takes place in November. https://www.thelocal.it/20151020/unicredit-to-give-50k-for-best-new-banking-app Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:28:57 +0200 unicredit-to-give-50k-for-best-new-banking-app Two Italian telecommunications companies, Wind and 3 Italia, announced their merger on Thursday, creating a group with 31 million mobile phone clients and revenues over €6 billion. https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/italys-wind-merges-with-3-italia Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:26:26 +0200 italys-wind-merges-with-3-italia Over 2,000 taxi drivers are converging in Turin on Tuesday for a protest against Uber, the mobile app which allows non-professional drivers with their own cars to take on passengers at budget rates. https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/over-2000-italian-taxi-drivers-in-uber-protest Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:33:00 +0100 over-2000-italian-taxi-drivers-in-uber-protest A driver in Genoa has been fined €1,700 and had his car seized after using the chauffeur car service Uber and offering someone a lift without a taxi driving licence. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/genoa-puts-the-brakes-on-uber-with-driver-fine Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:03:00 +0200 genoa-puts-the-brakes-on-uber-with-driver-fine An Italian taxi drivers union has launched a mobile application for their customers across the country, following the global success of the chauffeur car service Uber. https://www.thelocal.it/20140924/italian-taxi-drivers-launch-app-to-rival-uber Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:26:00 +0200 italian-taxi-drivers-launch-app-to-rival-uber