Lithuania
E-Money Institutions Leads Lithuania’s Booming Fintech Sector
Fintech companies in Lithuania are among the best and fastest adapters to the Covid-19 pandemic. Fintech Hub LT statistics show that Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) have made the most progress. The latter have demonstrated excellent turnover and profitability figures, which
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Bank of Lithuania Continues Digital Euro Experiments
The Bank of Lithuania invites payment market participants and technology companies to participate in an experiment and together develop a payment solution that enables instant settlements in digital euro at points of sale. “The Bank of Lithuania is constantly assessing
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Multi-Cloud Security Firm vArmour Sets up Development Center in Lithuania
vArmour, a provider of application relationship management software, has just announced the establishment of their latest development center in Vilnius, Lithuania. The development center in Lithuania will be at the forefront of vArmour’s core development efforts and become one of
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SME Bank Backed by the EU to Offer €100 Million in Financing for Lithuanian SMEs
Lithuanian financial intermediary SME Bank has signed a guarantee agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) to support local small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). The agreement is made possible under the “European Guarantee Fund”, an initiative of the EIB
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Lithuanian Startup Okredo Raises €1 Million Ahead of EU’s Open Data Directive Launch
Open data startup Okredo has closed a €1 million seed funding round led by the Lithuanian Business Angels Fund and Presto Ventures, with support from Startup Wise Guys as well as several angel investors. Okredo said that this round of
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InRento Scales Abroad With Spain Expansion and Buys Estonia’s BitOfProperty
Lithuania’s buy-to-let crowdfunding platform InRento is scaling abroad by expanding its operation to Spain and acquiring Estonian real estate marketplace BitOfProperty, which offers a similar service. InRento said that its expansion into Spain was a natural move as there are
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Finnish Fintech Saldo Receives European Central Bank’s Specialised Banking License
Saldo Finance, a subsidiary of Finnish Saldo Finance Plc, has been granted European Central Bank’s (ECB) specialised banking license in Lithuania. ECB’s specialised banking license will make it possible for Saldo to accept deposits, grant loans and provide funds transfer
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Lithuanian Payments Firm kevin. Secured US$10 Million in Seed Funding
Lithuanian payments startup kevin. announced that it has has secured US$10 million of new capital in a seed funding round, bringing its total funds raised to US$14 million. The funding round was co-led by OTB Ventures and Speedinvest, European venture
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Luminor Bank Partners Ondato for Remote Opening of Business Accounts in Latvia
Luminor Bank has partnered with Ondato, a Lithuanian provider of compliance-as-a-service, to allow companies to remotely open business accounts at the bank in Latvia. Ondato’s identification platforms will enable Luminor’s business customers to open a new account from anywhere in
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Lithuania Issues Peer-To-Peer Insurance Guidelines
Bank of Lithuania published the peer-to-peer (P2P) insurance guidelines, which present its assessments, insights and recommendations on InsurTech financial innovations to the financial market, potential providers of P2P insurance services and consumers. “The purpose of the guidelines is to promote
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