{"id":8875,"date":"2025-03-30T23:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T20:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/?page_id=8875"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:08:10","slug":"what-should-latvias-next-national-fintech-strategy-look-like","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/en\/what-should-latvias-next-national-fintech-strategy-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should Latvia\u2019s Next National FinTech Strategy Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:200px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-top-medium:110px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:10px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-padding-top-small:0px;--awb-bg-color:#2f3e4c;--awb-bg-color-hover:#2f3e4c;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:60px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Cocofrmt&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><h1>WHAT SHOULD LATVIA\u2019S NEXT NATIONAL FINTECH STRATEGY LOOK LIKE?<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-top-medium:110px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:10px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-padding-top-small:0px;--awb-bg-color:rgba(47,62,76,0);--awb-bg-color-hover:rgba(47,62,76,0);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:14.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:14.4%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:14.4%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:14.4%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/12\/What-Should-Latvias-Next-National-FinTech-Strategy-Look-Like.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"FinTech v\u0101ks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/FinTech-vaks.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/FinTech-vaks-724x1024.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-8877\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271414%27%20height%3D%272000%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201414%202000%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271414%27%20height%3D%272000%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/FinTech-vaks-200x283.png 200w, https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/FinTech-vaks-400x566.png 400w, https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/FinTech-vaks-600x849.png 600w, https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/FinTech-vaks-800x1132.png 800w, https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/FinTech-vaks-1200x1697.png 1200w, https:\/\/finance.rbs.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/FinTech-vaks.png 1414w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:10px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-padding-top-small:0px;--awb-bg-color:rgba(47,62,76,0);--awb-bg-color-hover:rgba(47,62,76,0);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.2%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:24px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-right:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:50px;--awb-margin-left:0px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Marcellus&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">To support this process with independent, evidence-based analysis, the RBS Baltic Finance Center has developed a research report\u00a0<strong>\u201cWhat Should Latvia\u2019s Next FinTech Strategy Look Like?\u201d<\/strong> that evaluates the implementation of the previous strategy, analyzes best practices from other countries, and provides recommendations for Latvia\u2019s FinTech development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The authors are BFC experts and economists <strong>Madara Ambr\u0113na<\/strong>, <strong>Alexander Apostolides<\/strong>, and <strong>Krist\u012bne Dambe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-top-medium:110px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:10px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-padding-top-small:0px;--awb-bg-color:rgba(47,62,76,0);--awb-bg-color-hover:rgba(47,62,76,0);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:4.8%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:4.8%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color7);--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:30px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Cocofrmt&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>THE RESEARCH PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION<\/strong><\/p><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-animated\" 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