The Bank of Lithuania will reorganise its portfolio of financial assets in accordance with the Eurosystem’s climate change-related sustainable and responsible investment principles. The Eurosystem, consisting of the European Central Bank and the...
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February252021
February252021
Balance Sheet and Interest Rates of Monetary Financial Institutions, January 2021
February232021
The Board of the Bank of Lithuania granted two awards for scientific research in economics amounting to €10 thousand and €5 thousand. The Vladas Jurgutis Award was granted to Audinga Baltrūnaitė for her relevant scientific research on the link...
February192021
Following the assessment and proposal of the Bank of Lithuania, the European Central Bank (ECB) granted the Lithuanian capital company UAB SME Digital Financing a specialised bank licence.
February182021
The Board of the Bank of Lithuania granted electronic money institution licences to Sezzle Lithuania, UAB andUAB “Lux International Payment System”, authorising them to issue electronic money and provide payment services set forth in the Republic of...
February182021
As a large part of businesses shifted online in 2020, areas like e-commerce and last mile delivery services started playing a more prominent role in our daily lives. Fintech solutions, in many cases operating in the background, help millions to send...
February172021
The Bank of Lithuania forecasts that the entire insurance market will see moderate growth in 2021: while the non-life insurance market should rise from the bottom this year, the life insurance market will grow more moderately, compared to 2020.
February122021
Today, the Bank of Lithuania published the balance of payments for December 2020, which shows that:
February112021
As the requirements for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) are tightened and financial market participants devote increasingly more attention to this area, the Bank of Lithuania receives more inquiries and complaints...
February112021
Issuers will be able to choose a format of their annual reporting When issuing their 2020 reports, the companies registered in Lithuania and licensed to trade their securities in the regulated markets will be able to choose to continue the...
February102021
Uncertainty about the economic consequences of the pandemic is the biggest hindrance to private investment, therefore, the public sector should take the lead to revive it. Mr Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chair of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, will speak...
February052021
Could the effects of the ECB's monetary surprises be heterogeneous between the core and periphery countries of the euro area? This was the hypothesis analysed by Valentin Jouvanceau and Ieva Mikaliūnaitė, researchers of the Bank of Lithuania, in their...
February042021
In accordance with the recommendations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Bank of Lithuania has compiled and is starting the publication of the data on annual foreign direct investment (FDI) by the ultimate investing...
January292021
Balance Sheet and Interest Rates of Monetary Financial Institutions, December 2020
January292021
The Bank of Lithuania receives increasingly more applications from residents who, after having suffered from fraudulent investment offers, seek to recover their lost funds. Defending our rights is always welcome, yet in many cases the subject of...