Lithuania

Turning Compliance Burden Into FinTech-Regulator Collaboration
Turning Compliance Burden Into FinTech-Regulator Collaboration
November 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Lithuania wants to become a global FinTech powerhouse. In recent years, the market has gone from one struggling with high financial illiteracy and limited card...

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Lithuania Suspends SatchelPay Operations
Lithuania Suspends SatchelPay Operations
August 07, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Bank of Lithuania has suspended the majority of activities of payments company SatchelPay, reports said Tuesday, barring the Lithuanian company from issuing electronic money...

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As Brexit Looms, FinTech Firms Scramble For Lithuanian Licenses
As Brexit Looms, FinTech Firms Scramble For Lithuanian Licenses
February 08, 2019  |  International

With Britain set to leave the European Union on March 29, financial companies from Britain and elsewhere are scrambling to secure electronic money institution licenses...

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Google Gets EU eMoney License
Google Gets EU eMoney License
December 26, 2018  |  Google

Google Payment Lithuania, a unit of Alphabet’s Google, was granted an electronic money institution license by The Board of the Bank of Lithuania. Finextra, citing Google,...

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Russia Hacks Biggest Risk To The Financial Stability of Lithuania
Russia Hacks Biggest Risk To The Financial Stability of Lithuania
June 07, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Cyber-attacks launched by Russia are the biggest threat to the financial system in Lithuania, a new survey of financial institutions conducted by the country’s central...

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