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Lithuanian digital neo bank
EMBank European Merchant Bank
Company typePrivate company
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedDecember 14, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-12-14) in Vilnius
HeadquartersVilnius, Lithuania
Key peopleSarp Demiray (CEO)
Ekmel Cilingir (Chairman of Supervisory Board)
ProductsCommercial banking, fintech
Websiteem.bank

The European Merchant Bank (trading as EMBank) is a small Lithuanian digital neo bank established in 2018. The bank focuses on Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the fintech space.

History

EMBank was founded in 2018 in Lithuania. On 14 December 2018, the bank received a banking license from the European Central Bank.

By the end of 2021, Bank’s business loans reached €29.7 billion. That same year EMBank managed to break even.

In 2022, the bank was involved in a copyright dispute with the European Union about the use of the bank name. The bank is not part of the European Union, as it is a commercial bank based in Lithuania.

Features

The bank offers a number of financial products and services:

  • Direct access to banking services for both fintech and SMEs business.
  • The bank offers Banking as a Service (BaaS) and has a single Embedded Finance API to Fintechs. Safeguarding Accounts are another key product that the bank provides to Fintechs.
  • Lending facilities for SMEs.
  • SEPA payment services, via SEPA Instant Credit Transfers or SCT Inst which lets transfers in euros and SEPA Direct Debits which allows merchants to collect Euro-denominated payments from accounts in SEPA countries and associated territories.

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