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Banca D'Italia published a paper on financial technology providers and their crucial role in enabling firms - even small ones - to become more efficient and keep pace with innovation. It draws attention to how interdependencies between such providers and financial entities may pose new systemic risks, deserving the attention of financial regulators and overseers. Although it doesn't cover central bank digital currency (CBDC) explicitly, all of the points it makes seem relevant to the role such technology providers play in CBDC launches and pilots.