Lithuania
Bank of Lithuania Seeks to Strengthen the Country’s Financial Market
The Bank of Lithuania has entrusted development issues to a specialised Centre for Financial Market Development in order to promote the continued successful growth of the country’s financial market. It will look for ways to strengthen the existing financial market
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Fintech Funding Momentum Continues This Year in Baltic States
2021 was a record breaking year for the Baltic States’ startup landscape with a total of EUR 1.6 billion in capital raised, an amount that’s nearly three times the sum secured by the region’s startups in 2020, data from local
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In the Baltics, Estonia Has Minted the Most Fintech Mini and Unicorns
In the Baltic region, Estonia is emerging as a fintech powerhouse, having minted the most fintech unicorns and being home to the largest number of fintech minicorns, or startups on the rise to becoming billion dollar companies. A new infographic
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Payment Firms Dominate Mastercard’s Lighthouse FINITIV 2022 Programme
Five payment acceptance startups were among the 15 selected to meet Mastercard in the Lighthouse FINITIV programme. Since its launch in 2018, Lighthouse FINITIV has created a forum for selected startups to enter partnership discussions with Mastercard and its largest
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Lithuania Fintech Report and Map 2022
2021 was a successful year for Lithuania’s fintech industry with record funding volumes, an expanding startup ecosystem, and strong revenue growth for companies in the sector. The momentum is set to continue this year on ward, a new report says.
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AlternativePayments Now Offers iDenfy for Merchant Identity Verification
AlternativePayments, a leading FinTech company and local payment solution provider based in Vilnius, Lithuania, and iDenfy, also based in Lithuania, announced the availability of iDenfy’s identity verification solution. Mindaugas Rizgelis, CEO of AlternativePayments, stated that this will ensure a smooth
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Lithuanian Crowdfunding Startup Merges With Europe’s Largest Real Estate Aggregator
Lithuanian start-up InRento has merged with EvoEstate, the largest real estate aggregator in Europe, and has become the largest licensed buy to let crowdfunding platform in Europe further operating under the name of InRento. According to Gustas Germanavičius, founder and
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Lithuania Introduces Unique Business Expansion B2B Matchmaking Tool
Lithuania introduced a new business partnership and business networking platform “B2Lithuania” to boost export and facilitate international partnerships with foreign companies. The platform, which is free of charge, displays over 2,600 profiles of Lithuanian export companies operating in high-tech engineering, ICT, life
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Lithuania’s BENKER Set to Launch as Europe’s First Licensed Blockchain Neobank
BENKER, developed by BEM Europe that is headquartered in Lithuania, has been officially licensed to be what has been touted as the first blockchain neobank in Europe. Receiving the approval from the Bank of Lithuania on January 13, 2022 to
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10 Reasons to Work and Start a Business in Vilnius
As businesses become more global, companies planning to relocate or expand are looking for cities that are attractive both for economic reasons and for the wellbeing of their employees. Finding locations matching these criteria may not be easy, but Vilnius
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