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Lietuvos Bankas sets out agenda for dialogue with financial sector

Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital
Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. Photo: Thierry Tronnel/Getty Images

Vasilka Lalevska

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The central bank intends to hold 17 events tied to compliance-central topics such as DORA, AML, and third-party risk management.

Lietuvos Bankas, Lithuania’s primary financial market regulator and supervisor, has announced its planned program for consultative events during 2026, inviting dialogue with financial market participants.

For compliance teams, the consultative events can serve as an indicator for regulatory priorities and a practical tool for compliance planning, risk management, and training.

In response to industry feedback and following regulatory changes, the planned 17 consultative events will focus on DORA implementation, anti-money-laundering requirements, developments with consumer credit and payment services, licensing matters, and restructuring.

Lietuvos Bankas started these dialogues in 2021, offering a platform for engagement between the regulator and financial market participants on supervisory expectations, new regulatory developments, and compliance. This year marks an increase in the number of consultations compared to 2025, when 14 events were organized.

Below is a selection of consultative events throughout 2026, with the full overview and preliminary schedule available here:

Q1 2026

  • Application of prudential requirements in the practice of crowdfunding platform providers and supervisory expectations.
  • Instant Payments Regulation: Reporting to Lietuvos Bankas.
  • DORA: Provision of the ICT services register to Lietuvos Bankas.

Q2 2026

  • Legislative initiatives and future regulatory developments in the field of fraud prevention.
  • Third-party risk management.
  • EU reform in anti-money-laundering (AML/CFT Package).

Q3 2026

  • DORA: Current issues in requirements application.
  • Changes to the Consumer Credit Directive.
  • Overview of the risks of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of weapons of mass destruction.

Q4 2026

  • Overview of the electronic money and payment institutions sector, supervisory priority, and innovations related to the third Payment Services Directive (PSD3).
  • Issues in the provision of payment services for the credit market.
  • Issues in the provision of payment services for the payments market.
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