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10 Exciting Fintech Startups from Lithuania to Keep an Eye on
Lithuania, which have been promoting itself as gateway destination to the European market for fintech startups from across the world, has seen its digital finance and fintech sector grow rapidly in the past years. In 2017, the country saw no
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Bearingpoint’s Regtech Solutions Open Up Lithuanian Market
BearingPoint’s RegTech platform Abacus has been taken up by Citadele Bank Lithuania. With the Lithuanian commercial bank, the international management and technology consultancy BearingPoint adds a new country to its global footprint. Citadele Bank decided for BearingPoint’s tried and tested
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P2P Lending is Being Taken Over by Millennials
Alternative lending observes a continuously increasing number of Millennials and Generation Z. According to the Latvian P2P platform Robo.cash, this tendency is supported by the interest of young investors in a simple and comfortable source of additional income and the
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Fintech In The Baltics: A Quick Overview
The Baltic states, which comprise Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are seeking to create an environment favoring entrepreneurship, modern technologies and international talents. Despite being a small market – these three countries comprise all together around 6 million inhabitants -, the
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Lithuania to Introduce Blockchain Sandbox in 2019
Lithuania is looking to become the first ever country to offer entities from around the world the opportunity to register and manage companies using blockchain technology. These Virtual Limited Liability Companies (VLLCs) would benefit from an innovation-friendly “sandbox” regulatory system
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European Countries join Blockchain Partnership
22 European countries signed this week a Declaration on the establishment of a European Blockchain Partnership. Switzerland is not yet in that list. The Partnership will be a vehicle for cooperation amongst Member States to exchange experience and expertise in
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Iuvo, an Estonian Peer-to-Peer Lending Platform, Reaches €10M in Investments
The Estonian peer-to-peer lending platform iuvo reached a significant milestone – over 10M EUR invested by investors from more than 80 countries from around the world. For the last year and a half, the platform is growing steadily with an
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Estland is Planning to Launch Estcoin — and that’s only the Start
The startup world is being rapidly transformed by Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Instead of giving up shares, many startups are now raising finance by issuing their own blockchain-based crypto coins to investors around the world. The US, Singapore, and Switzerland
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4 Promising P2P-Lending Countries
According to the study of the growing market of the alternative finance, conducted by the European P2P platform Robo.cash, Switzerland, Latvia, Russia and Argentina are expected to join the global alternative lending market in the coming 2-3 years. According to
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VIAINVEST Reaches Milestone of 10 Million EUR Loans Funded Through its Platform
Merely seven months after the launch, peer-to-peer lending platform VIAINVEST has reached a milestone of 10 million EUR loans funded through its platform. Listed consumer loans issued by the alternative financial services provider VIA SMS Group in Czech Republic, Poland,
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