Lithuania · Payments & e-money
Montonio Finance, UAB
Legal name in the LEI recordMontonio Finance UAB
Montonio Finance, UAB is a Lithuanian private limited company based in Vilnius. The Bank of Lithuania authorises it as a payment institution under licence LB002007. The licence was granted on 5 November 2020 and extended to further payment services in February 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of the Estonian company Montonio Finance OÜ and provides the regulated payment services of the Montonio checkout platform. These are payment initiation, account information and payment processing for online merchants in the Baltic states, Poland and Finland.
Licences and registrations
Held by Montonio Finance, UAB (LEI 98450038FWBFADD7E484). 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 Lithuania | Payment institutionPayment Institution | LB002007 | Lithuania | Active | 2020-11-05 | — |
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- 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.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Montonio Finance OÜ
Firm type
Open banking
Trades as Montonio
- Ownership
- According to its LEI record, the firm's direct and ultimate parent is the Estonian company Montonio Finance OÜ. In May 2025 the Bank of Lithuania did not object to funds of Index Ventures acquiring indirectly a qualifying holding of more than 20% but less than 30%.
- Direct parent
- Montonio Finance OÜ ↗, Estonia
- Head office
- Konstitucijos pr. 7, LT-09308 Vilnius, Lithuania
- Company register
- Lithuanian Register of Legal Entities 305205122
- Founder
- Markus Lember
Online
- Websites & references
- montonio.com ↗
help.montonio.com ↗ help centre
status.montonio.com ↗ status page
careers.montonio.com ↗ careers site (group) - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- lb.lt/en/sfi-financial-market-participants/montonio-finance-uab
- lb.lt/lt/naujienos/finansu-rinkos-prieziuros-komiteto-sprendimai-4
- montonio.com/
- montonio.com/legal
- montonio.com/legal/terms-of-service-pis
- montonio.com/legal/partners
- montonio.com/about
- montonio.com/blog/montonio-enhances-fintech-services-with-an-extended-lithuanian-payment-institution-l
- montonio.com/blog/montonio-appoints-johan-nord-as-ceo
- s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/public.montonio.com/terms_and_conditions/payment_initiation/v3.0/payment_initiation_inter
- careers.montonio.com/
- uzraudziba.bank.lv/en/market/payment-service-providers/payment-institutions/service-providers-from-the-eea/f
- lhv.com/news/2023/3/
- lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/98450038FWBFADD7E484
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The Bank of Lithuania authorises the firm as a payment institution under licence LB002007. The Bank of Lithuania register lists it as providing services without a branch in 10 other EU member states, and the firm names the Polish, Latvian and Estonian supervisors as host authorities.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Lithuania Lithuania | Payment institution licence | LB002007 | In its own name | Active | lb.lt ↗ |
| Bank of Lithuania Lithuania | Listed in the register category 'Currency exchange operators' | — | 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 accountsAccording to its merchant terms, the firm keeps merchants' balances separate from its own funds. It moves them to a designated safeguarding account at a credit institution by the end of the next business day.
- Safeguarding bank · Settlement bank
- LHV Bank Limited United Kingdom
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
The firm provides the regulated payment services behind the Montonio checkout for online shops. These are bank payments by payment initiation, card, Apple Pay and Google Pay payments, and automated refunds. Group companies offer shipping tools and pay-later financing through partner creditors.
According to Montonio, its merchants are in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Finland. The Bank of Lithuania register lists cross-border services without a branch in 10 other member states.
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Consumers
- Serves customers in 5 countries
- Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Poland · Finland
- Latest funding round
- Series A · EUR 11m Apr 2022Led by Index Ventures
- Total raised
- EUR 18m to Sep 2026 · montonio.com ↗
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Johan Nord Chief Executive Officer (Montonio group)
- Founder
- Markus Lember Co-founder, Strategy (Montonio group)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
The Bank of Lithuania did not object to Index Ventures funds indirectly acquiring a qualifying holding of 20% to 30% in the firm.
lb.lt ↗ -
Leadership
Montonio appointed Johan Nord as group chief executive. Co-founder Markus Lember became chief strategy officer.
montonio.com ↗
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
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- LB002007
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- f0c25afebfa9
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.
- Main licence class
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- Payment initiation
- Account information
- Licensed in
- Lithuania · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2020-11-05
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
- Direct parent
- Montonio Finance Oü · Estonia9845009F01E96A0KCF93 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Konstitucijos pr. 7, Vilnius, 09308
- Country
- Lithuania
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in one address line
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>98450038FWBFADD7E484</LEI>
<Nm>Montonio Finance, UAB</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>09308</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Vilnius</TwnNm>
<Ctry>LT</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Konstitucijos pr. 7</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
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- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- 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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