Lithuania · Payments & e-money
Etapay Uab
Legal name in the LEI recordUAB Etapay
UAB Etapay is a Lithuanian private limited company based in Vilnius. The Bank of Lithuania authorises it as an electronic money institution under licence No. 49 (authorisation code LB001874). UAB Etapay investicija bought the firm, then named Verse Payments Lithuania UAB, from Decentralized Global Payments, S.L., a Block Inc. group company, in February 2025. It offers EUR business accounts with a dedicated IBAN and SEPA payments, and it opens accounts for legal entities only.
Licences and registrations
Held by Uab Etapay (LEI 984500A698H674BEF312). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBA PSD2 RegisterBank of LithuaniaLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Electronic money institutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | LB001874 | Lithuania | Active | 2019-05-30 | — |
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- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- VPLALT21XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Passive participant (no connection)This BIC is registered for identification only. The institution has no direct connection to the Swift network. Messages and payments reach it through a correspondent bank. The “1” in the eighth character of VPLALT21 marks a passive participant.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · VOP · TIPS
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2018-12-01
- Last updated
- 2025-09-17
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Privately held
UAB Etapay investicija
Firm type
E-money and accounts
Trades as Etapay
- Standing
- The firm was previously Verse Payments Lithuania UAB, part of the Block Inc. group. Block closed the Verse consumer app in September 2023. UAB Etapay investicija bought the firm in February 2025. It now offers EUR business accounts under its own Bank of Lithuania licence.
- Ownership
- UAB Etapay investicija bought the firm from Decentralized Global Payments, S.L., a Block Inc. group company, in February 2025.
- Direct parent
- UAB Etapay investicija, Lithuania
- Head office
- S. Moniuškos g. 27-4, LT-08115 Vilnius, Lithuania
- Company register
- Lithuanian Register of Legal Entities 304932396
- Former name
- Verse Payments Lithuania UAB
Online
- Websites & references
- eta-pay.com ↗
support.eta-pay.com ↗ help centre - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- lb.lt/en/sfi-financial-market-participants/uab-etapay
- lb.lt/en/licences-1/view_license?id=1853
- eta-pay.com/
- eta-pay.com/about
- eta-pay.com/marketing/files/terms_and_conditions.pdf
- sorainen.com/deals/etapay-investicija-acquires-e-money-institution-verse-payments-lithuania/
- lb.lt/en/news/verse-payments-lithuania-uab-green-light-for-transfer-to-company-of-twitter-cofou
- fintechfutures.com/paytech/us-fintech-block-set-to-close-european-payments-app-verse
- ecovis.lt/the-bank-of-lithuania-fined-two-emis-for-aml-ctf-violations-what-can-we-learn/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The Bank of Lithuania authorises the firm as an electronic money institution under licence No. 49 of 30 May 2019 (authorisation code LB001874). The register also lists it as a currency exchange operator.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Lithuania Lithuania | Electronic money institution licence No. 49 (non-limited activity) | LB001874 | In its own name | Active | lb.lt ↗ |
| Bank of Lithuania Lithuania | Currency exchange operator (register category) | — | In its own name | Active | lb.lt ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that it safeguards client funds either in segregated accounts at a credit institution or by investing them in safe, liquid, low-risk assets, and that the deposit guarantee scheme does not cover them.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- SEPA Credit Transfer Access not stated eta-pay.com ↗
SEPA Instant Credit Transfer Access not stated eta-pay.com ↗
CENTROlink Access not stated eta-pay.com ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It offers legal entities a EUR payment account with a dedicated IBAN, with internal transfers, SEPA Credit Transfers and, where available, SEPA Instant payments.
The Bank of Lithuania register records the firm as providing services without a branch in 30 other member states.
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Enterprises
- Serves customers in
- Lithuania
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
UAB Etapay investicija acquired the firm, then Verse Payments Lithuania UAB, from Decentralized Global Payments, S.L., part of the Block Inc. group.
sorainen.com ↗ -
Other
Block shut down the Verse payments app on 13 September 2023 and asked customers to withdraw their balances beforehand.
fintechfutures.com ↗ -
Enforcement
The Bank of Lithuania fined the firm EUR 280,000 and issued a warning for breaching anti-money laundering and payment law requirements.
lb.lt ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- VPLALT21XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- VPLABank
- LTCountry · Lithuania
- 21Location · passive
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 984500A698H674BEF312
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- LB001874
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entry: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry ID
- beec65e8c14a
- National bank code
- Financial institution code 31600
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Register licences
- 1 entry on 1 register
- Activities
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- Lithuania
- Country · region
- Lithuania · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- S. MONIUSKOS G. 27 VILNIUS 08115 LITHUANIA
- Operational address
- S. MONIUSKOS G. 27 VILNIUS 08115 VILNIUS LITHUANIA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Debtor agent, creditor agent or an intermediary agent
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>VPLALT21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>984500A698H674BEF312</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>VPLALT21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>984500A698H674BEF312</LEI>
<Nm>ETAPAY UAB</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>VILNIUS</TwnNm>
<Ctry>LT</Ctry>
<AdrLine>S. MONIUSKOS G. 27 VILNIUS 08115</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>This BIC is not connected to Swift. Messages reach the institution through a correspondent bank, so it cannot be the instructing or instructed agent.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2019-09-02 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2019-09-02 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2021-04-06 | Head office | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-10-05 | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
Financial institution code · Lithuania
1 code file of 2025-11-18
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31600 | VPLALT21 | Verse Payments Lithuania UAB | Vilnius |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
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Sources & method
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Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- National bank codes—Lithuania (Source: Bank of Lithuania).
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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