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EBRD: Baltics ahead in national insolvency policy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released the 2023 Survey Report of Insolvency and Secured Transaction Regimes. The survey highlights national-level policy issues that prevent companies from being able to restructure funds or declare insolvency. The Baltic countries overall have exceptionally good insolvency policies compared to other countries surveyed. The issues According […]
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Certain B2B lenders will now have to report data to Bank of Lithuania
From now on, the obligation to provide certain information to the Bank of Lithuania is also established for companies providing unlicensed financial services. Non-banking financial companies or their branches established in Lithuania providing B2B lending (including mortgage loans) and B2B financial leasing services and meeting the significance criterion will be required to provide the Bank […]
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Approaching deadline for resubmitting notifications regarding benefiting from limited network exclusion
On 1 June 2022, the decision of the Bank of Lithuania (the BoL), stipulating that subjects which are benefiting from limited network exclusion under the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) are obliged to resubmit a notification to the BoL, entered into force. The notifications based on the provisions of the guidelines prepared by the European […]
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Stricter regulation of the cryptocurrency sector is under consideration in Lithuania
The Ministry of Finance, together with the Bank of Lithuania, the Financial Crime Investigation Service and the Centre of Excellence in Anti-Money Laundering, has drafted amendments to the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (AML). The amendments were presented during a meeting of the Committee on Budget and Finance of the Parliament […]
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More opportunities for crowdfunding in Europe
On 5 October, the European Parliament adopted a Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business. The regulation entered into force on 20 October 2020 opening much wider opportunities for crowdfunding service providers, investors, and project owners looking for alternative sources of financing, as well as for Lithuania. Easier access to new markets for crowdfunding […]