SME Finance secures €100m credit facility from London’s Fasanara Capital
The latest funding brings the total committed from Fasanara to €240 million.
Lithuania
Lithuania’s central bank reportedly investigating Railsr over AML failures
The Telegraph reports that Railsr’s Lithuanian subsidiary is being investigated by the country’s central bank.
Finora Bank taps regtech iDenfy for automated customer onboarding
The partnership will help Finora Bank manage fraud risks and gain insights into its financial operations.
Bank of Lithuania taps Regnology for supervisory tech solutions
Regnology will help the central bank transform its data management capabilities and regulatory reporting platform.
Lithuania’s OKEO taps Mambu for multi-currency payments offering
Founded in 2019, OKEO provides payment services and IBAN accounts for businesses in Europe.
Lithuania’s SME Bank partners kevin. for A2A e-commerce platform
The new offering is a unified payment infrastructure enabling account-to-account (A2A) payments across the Baltics.
Payments infrastructure start-up kevin. secures $65m Series A funding
The funding will be used to double the size of its team and develop new products.
SH Payments hires Irmantas Kamienas as new CEO to drive European expansion
Kamienas joins from financial group SEB and will be tasked with expanding the company’s European footprint.
Lithuania’s Fintech HUB LT appoints new board and chairwoman, Asta Grigaitytė
Grigaitytė joins from the Bank of Lithuania where she worked on payment system CENTROlink.
Paysera appoints new CEO, awaits banking licence
Gintautas Mezetis is Paysera’s new CEO as it plots a move into the banking business.
EU’s first blockchain financial institution BENKER receives EMI licence
BENKER CEO sees the introduction of blockchain to banking as the beginning of a “New World Order”.
Case study: Covery helps GlobalNetInt automate transaction monitoring
How Covery helped GlobalNetInt become one of the five most rapidly growing Lithuanian EMI institutions.
Signicat acquires e-signature firm Dokobit
The deal is Signicat’s third acquisition this year and fourth in two years.
Former EU commissioner joins fintech start-up W1tty ahead of planned launch
W1tty’s finance app is set to launch in Poland and Lithuania this autumn.
Launchpad Capital unveils $35m fund with Lithuanian fintech focus
Vilnius has dubbed itself the “the G-spot of Europe” since 2018.
Luminor Bank selects FIS Ambit Focus for risk management
Estonian bank aims to optimise its liquidity and manage risk.
Lithuanian fintech SH Payments picks Nano as new core system
Baltic Amber Systems beat “several” competitors to the deal.
SumUp acquires Lithuanian core banking firm Paysolut
SumUp continues its acquisitive spree, buying its fourth firm since 2018.
Lithuanian paytech kevin. raises €1.5m in seed funding
Lithuanian firm plans availability across Europe by Q4 2021.
European Investment Bank invests $80m in Lithuania’s SME Finance
The firm is charged with backing Baltic enterprises through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bank of Lithuania calls for parity in EU digitalisation
Lithuanian central bank wants a more unified approach to innovation in the EU.
Web browser Opera to buy digital challenger Fjord Bank
In December 2019, the digital challenger landed a specialised bank licence.
Lithuania’s central bank launches e-shop for digital collector coins
Some 4,000 digital LBCOINs will go on sale via the bank’s e-shop from 23 July.
Baltic bank Luminor signs on FA Solutions to simplify cross-border ops
Luminor has been working on centralising its IT systems.
OP Financial chooses Finnish fintech Enfuce for turn-key PSD2 services
The services will help develop APIs alongside evolving regulations.
Revolut launches deposit-insured bank in Lithuania
Revolut says it also plans to roll out consumer lending services to the region.
Bank of Lithuania opens up reporting API tests to three local fintechs
ConnectPay, Interpaylink and Paysolut will all be part of the regtech sandbox.
Why has Lithuania become a key destination for licensing in Europe?
As part of its newly devised strategy, Lithuania put several tools in place.
Bank of Lithuania pits IBM against Tieto for new blockchain project
Two technology firms go head to head in final sandbox stage.
How to thrive in an ever changing market, a conversation with the COO of Qualco
Spyros Retzekas, COO at Qualco says agility is the key.
Thought Machine deploys Vault core platform at SEB innovation hub
SEB’s studio set to experiment with cloud-based core system
Lithuania seeks to attract more fintech firms
Thought leaders in Vilnius wish to increase their C-suite intake.
EBRD partners with Swedbank to boost Lithuanian start-ups
The new innovation hub will focus on fintechs.
Evarvest prepares new type of stock trading app
Inspired by social media apps, for ease of use.
Swedbank to acquire Vilnius’ Barclays Operations Centre in Lithuania
Banks are planning to complete this transaction by 1 July 2019.
Europe’s dance of fintech hubs
As a strong and united ecosystem, the European fintech scene can finally discover its true potential.
Ibanera signs for iSignthis banking and payment tech
iSignthis’ subsidiaries Probanx and BSS will provide CorePlus and CoreConnect systems.
Factris has X factor for Lithuanian expansion
Its investment plans follow on from Debifo acquisition last month.
iSignthis muscles into Lithuania’s paytech space with BBS acquisition
iSignthis will pay €150,000 upfront for BBS (half in cash and half in issued shares) and then a further earn-out fee.
Announcing Genome beta launch at White Nights Berlin 2019
Genome opens for public beta in Berlin on 12 February 2019 introducing a unified finance ecosystem like no other.
