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11 articles on the founders, capital and policy shaping Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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The Tallinn company charges 3.9 per cent plus 40 US cents a sale and takes on the tax filing itself. Its home page says it covers 190 countries of tax, and its pricing page says 50.
The Tallinn company now combines open banking data from Yapily with credit bureau files from more than 20 countries. From 20 November, EU lenders have to justify turning away an applicant because of where they live.
A Riga company has expanded its deal with Visa to roll out biometric payments across Europe, starting with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and expects to move from pilots to production this year. The technology is the easy part.
A KPMG analysis of 2025 funding shows where the money actually went, and why the region's advantage is narrower and more specific than its reputation suggests.
PSD2 took effect in September 2019 and promised a wave of consumer products. Seven years on, the value went to the plumbing, and Brazil shows why.