Lithuania: Central bank chief invites German banks to Lithuania

The board chairman of Lithuania’s central bank, the Bank of Lithuania, Gediminas Šimkus, said that German banks would be welcome in Lithuania, ELTA reports. Speaking at an event hosted by Lithuania’s honorary consul in Germany, Šimkus noted that the Lithuanian banking sector was still concentrated, with only three major banks accounting for the majority of…

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Estonia: Over 500 phishing scams, 1,200 data breaches in M5/2023

Estonia’s Information System Authority (RIA) recorded around 550 phishing scams, where scammers tricked individuals into revealing their bank card details and PIN codes, in the first five months of 2023, ERR reports. The agency also documented around 1,200 incidents that compromised the confidentiality and availability of data or information systems. Additionally, RIA detected around 5,000…

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