Today, the Bank of Lithuania published the balance of payments for February 2021, which shows that:
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April122021
April082021
Today, on 8 April, the Bank of Lithuania transferred €16.63 million to the state budget from its 2020 profit. This is the largest amount allocated by the central bank since 2012.
April022021
In supervising the domestic financial market, the Bank of Lithuania is increasingly using on-site visits as one of its supervisory measures. Such visits differ from usual inspections, as they are shorter, their subjects are specific and narrow and...
April012021
Today, on 1 April, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania appointed Gediminas Šimkus as the new Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania. Nominated by President Gitanas Nausėda, the candidate to the position received 120 votes in favour (2...
March312021
Lithuania’s financial accounts for Q4 2020
March312021
Today, the Bank of Lithuania published the quarterly financial account (QFA) data with times series going back as far as the first quarter of 1995. Longer time series of the QFA data allows to make more precise forecasts, as it better reflects...
March292021
Review of the Balance of Payments services exports and imports for Q4 2020 (Joint release by the Bank of Lithuania and Statistics Lithuania)
March292021
Direct Investment In Q4 2020 (Joint Press Release by the Bank of Lithuania and Statistics Lithuania).
March262021
Eight central banks of the Nordic and Baltic countries adopted a joint decision to delegate Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, to represent the region at the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
March252021
Balance Sheet and Interest Rates of Monetary Financial Institutions, February 2021
March232021
The ongoing pandemic has had its toll on Lithuania’s economy and credit demand. Despite the fact that its implications on different economic sectors greatly vary, the overall economic impact of the second wave of COVID-19 tends to be less...
March232021
Today, the Bank of Lithuania released the balance of payments data for Q4 2020, which shows that:
March192021
In 2020, the number of electronic money institutions (EMIs) and payment institutions (PIs), which comprise a significant share of Lithuania’s FinTech sector, and their income continued to rise, whereas the amount of their payment transactions...
March152021
Approval of the acquisition of the qualifying holding in Medicinos bankas’ authorised capital and voting rights Taking into account the application of Konstantinas Karosas and the proposal of the Bank of Lithuania, the European Central Bank did...
March152021
Today, the Bank of Lithuania published the balance of payments for January 2021, which shows that: