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- Compare payment fees applied by financial market participants
  Compare fees for most-used payment services. For your convenience, providers of least-costly services are also made available.
- Exchange litas into euro free of charge
  At the Bank of Lithuania cash offices, exchange unlimited amounts of litas banknotes and coins of all issues, starting from 1991, free of charge.
- Find out whether a banknote is genuine
  Find more information on distinguishing genuine banknotes from counterfeits.
- Exchange worn or damaged euro and litas
  Exchange worn or damaged euro and litas at the Bank of Lithuania cash offices. In case of any doubts regarding currency acceptability or genuineness, we also carry out evaluations.
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Credit unions
Electronic money institutions
Payment institutions
Operators of crowdfunding platform
Consumer credit providers, operators of peer-to-peer lending platform and consumer credit intermediares
Currency exchange operators
Lenders, operators of a peer-to-peer lending platform, and credit intermediaries operating in accordance with the Republic of Lithuania Law on Real Estate Related Credit

Last update: 01-04-2020

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