In autumn 2024 the Ministry of Finance in cooperation with other ministries, sectoral regulators and the industry started work on the new national FinTech strategy to replace the previous one. To support this process with independent, evidence-based analysis, the RBS Baltic Finance Center has developed a research report “What Should Latvia’s Next FinTech Strategy Look Like?” that will evaluate the implementation of the previous strategy, analyze best practices from other countries, and provide recommendations for Latvia’s FinTech development.

The research presentation and panel discussion will take place on December 9th from 2:30-4:30 PM at the EU House, 28 Aspazijas Boulevard, Riga.

Attendees are invited to register by December 4th: https://forms.gle/TV9BCRd6T9NAHnjb9

PROGRAM
2:00 PM Arrival, Coffee
2:30 PM Opening Remarks
Kristīne Dambe, BFC Director

2:35 PM FinTech Policy Development Drivers in the Baltic States
Vytautas Kuokštis, Associate Professor and Lead Researcher at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

2:50 PM Presentation of Research Findings “What Should the Next Latvian FinTech Strategy Look Like?
Madara Ambrēna, BFC Expert,
Alexander Apostolides, BFC Expert

3:20 PM Panel Discussion: What Should the Next Latvian FinTech Strategy and Its Priorities Be?
Participants:
Aija Zitcere, Director of the Financial Market Policy Department, Ministry of Finance;
Ilze Lore, Director of the Entrepreneurship Support Department, Ministry of Economics;
Marine Krasovska, Head of Financial Technology Supervision, Bank of Latvia;
Tīna Lūse, Executive Director of Fintech Latvia Association;
Uldis Cērps, Executive Director of the Financial Sector Association.

Moderator: Aldis Greitāns, RTU Lecturer, Chairman of the LVRTC Council

4:30-5:00 PM Coffee and Snacks

The event will be in Latvian and English, with translation available.

The study is implemented within the framework of the European Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Facility funded project No. 5.2.1.1.i.0/1/23/I/CFLA/001 “Strengthening Knowledge and Research Capacity in the Areas of Anti-Money Laundering, Financial Technologies, and Sector Analysis”. The authors are BFC experts and economists Madara Ambrēna, Alexander Apostolides, and Kristīne Dambe.