European Merchant Bank

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EMBank European Merchant Bank
Company type Private company
Industry Financial services
FoundedDecember 14, 2018;5 years ago (2018-12-14) in Vilnius
Headquarters
Vilnius
,
Lithuania
Key people
Sarp Demiray (CEO)
Ekmel Cilingir (Chairman of Supervisory Board)
Products Commercial banking, fintech
Website em.bank

The European Merchant Bank (trading as EMBank) is a small Lithuanian digital neo bank established in 2018. The bank focuses on Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the fintech space. [1]

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History

EMBank was founded in 2018 in Lithuania. On 14 December 2018, the bank received a banking license from the European Central Bank. [2] [3] [4] [5]

By the end of 2021, Bank’s business loans reached €29.7 billion. [6] That same year EMBank managed to break even. [7] [8]

In 2022, the bank was involved in a copyright dispute with the European Union about the use of the bank name. The bank is not part of the European Union, as it is a commercial bank based in Lithuania. [9]

Features

The bank offers a number of financial products and services:

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