Sorainen assisted Akce Holding Malta in establishing the European Merchant Bank in Lithuania and obtaining a specialised bank licence. The licence was issued by the European Central Bank at the request of the Bank of Lithuania. Akce Holding Malta is among the first Lithuanian banking market participants to be granted a specialised bank licence. Akce […]
Mobile payment platform MoQ has launched its activities in Lithuania. The platform is managed by Mobilieji mokėjimai, a company founded by three biggest competitors in Lithuanian telecommunications sector – Telia Lietuva, Tele2 and Bitė Lietuva. This is the first mobile payment platform in the Baltics and the first such project in European practice to be […]
Sorainen assisted WePower, a blockchain-based green energy trading platform, in obtaining a ground-breaking ruling from the Lithuanian tax authorities confirming favourable VAT treatment for issuance of cryptographic tokens. The Lithuanian tax authorities issued a positive ruling confirming that ICOs are VAT-exempt, thus allowing the client to save up to USD 7 million. WePower raised USD […]
Deals & Cases / Tomas Kontautas, Laura Matuizaitė-Mikštė, Liutauras Vasiliauskas
Sorainen advised Via Payments, part of the VIA SMS Group, in obtaining an e-money institution licence from the Bank of Lithuania. The company will provide e-money and payment services and will enable its customers to open electronic money accounts. Via Payments belongs to the Latvia-based VIA SMS Group of companies, which specialises in consumer loans […]