Investor protection on crowdfunding platforms
Today citizens and businesses have wide-ranging opportunities to invest their free funds – someone invests in business, another makes use of the option to invest through licensed and supervised investment service providers, while another is prepared to take risk and lose funds with unregulated investment service providers.
Technologies that have a significant impact on FinTech sector development
There has been an overwhelming impact of technology on the financial sector over recent years. The sector players have been forced to give up conventional financial practices and to implement digital transformation through innovative solutions.
A novelty in Europe and Latvia – cross-border testing of innovative financial technologies in regulatory sandboxes
Discussion “How can governments help the FinTech sector to grow”
On 1 June, Marine Krasovska, Director of Financial Innovation Department of the Financial and Capital Market Commission, took part in the Global Government FinTech Lab 2022 event in Tallinn, Estonia.
Financial innovations used by Latvia’s financial and capital market participants 2022
In spring 2022, the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) conducted a survey of Latvia’s financial and capital market participants for the third consecutive year with a view to clarifying the scope and trends of the innovative financial technology (FinTech) used in Latvia.
FCMC offers several support mechanisms to FinTech companies
To support enterprises seeking to develop innovative financial products and services and choosing Latvia as a place to expand their business in the global environment, the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) offers several support mechanisms – the Innovation Hub for consultations, the Regulatory Sandbox for testing innovative services and website fintechlatvia.eu containing up-to-date FinTech information.
Welcome to Latvian FinTech and innovation portal
Latvian FinTech sector is new and ambitious, it started to develop 10 years ago thanks to high concentrations of IT and skilled financial professionals.
Current developments in FinTech and FCMC support for industry players
Latvia is becoming an increasingly popular destination in Europe for FinTech companies – last year the venture capital company Index Ventures recognised Latvia as one of the start-up-friendly countries in Europe, FinTech companies operating in Latvia have successfully established companies in other countries and continents of the world.
