Today, the Board of the Bank of Lithuania decided to issue two payment institution licences granting the right to provide a payment service envisaged in the Law on Payments, Article 5.6., Money Remittance. Licences will be issued to UAB “Kaišiadorių butų ūkis” and UAB “Kauno spauda”. Until now, 15 enterprises have been holding licences to provide payment services.
UAB “Kaišiadorių butų ūkis” intends to collect and transfer to the providers of utilities and/or other services the amounts paid by the consumers of those services (heating, hot/cold water, gas, electric energy, etc.). The Company informed that as soon as it receives a payment institution licence, the collection of payments from the payment service consumers will be carried out in two ways: payments from consumers in cash settled in litas will be collected in cash offices of a company or consumers will be provided a possibility to settle payments for the services provided via the internet.
UAB “Kauno spauda” collects payments in cash for the provided utilities, communication services, subscription of dailies and transfers of the payments to the providers of those services. Now, payments are collected at trading desks of UAB “Kauno spauda”, i.e. at 115 news-stands and 7 pavilions. The Company informed that it has concluded cooperation agreements on the provision of payment services with more than ten service providers (UAB ,,Omnitel“, UAB ,,Kauno vandenys“, UAB ,,Kauno energija“, AB ,,City Service“, etc.). UAB “Kauno spauda” intends to extend the retail chains and the list of service providers, and to install POS-terminals at all trading desks, etc.
The Board of the Bank of Lithuania also decided to include AB “Lietuvos paštas”, which is an agent of UAB “Viena sąskaita” payment institution (Kaunas), into the public list of payment institutions.