PAYMENTS HOTGLOBAL INTELLIGENCEThe Paypers reports that Payward signed a definitive agreement to acquire Saldo Finance Oy, parent of Lithuania’s Saldo Bank. Closing is expected in 2027 and remains subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions. Saldo Bank already has SEPA access and a European banking footprint.
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# Payward to acquire Saldo Finance, parent of Lithuania’s Saldo Bank > Evidence tier: B1 > Evidence type: Independent payments trade media report > Source: [The Paypers](https://thepaypers.com/mergers-aquisitions-and-investments/news/payward-to-acquire-saldo-finance-parent-of-lithuanias-saldo-bank) > Published: 2026-10-14 > Captured: 2026-10-15T12:34:30.745Z ## Source summary The Paypers reports that Payward signed a definitive agreement to acquire Saldo Finance Oy, parent of Lithuania’s Saldo Bank. Closing is expected in 2027 and remains subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions. Saldo Bank already has SEPA access and a European banking footprint. ## Why it matters The proposed acquisition could support payments, card issuing and Banking-as-a-Service within Payward Banking. It is not a completed transfer of the banking licence or confirmation that proposed services are already available. No acquisition price is stated in this report. ## Key numbers No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report. ## Topics and entities - Industry lane: Cross-border market - Entities: Payward / Saldo Bank - Cross-border payments ## Evidence and credibility note Keep the article type and partner/sponsored label; use as discovery or corroboration, not sole proof of a company claim. Automatically extracted metadata and material claims should be checked against the linked original before investment use. Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-10-14T12:25:33+00:00 ## First-party corroboration No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked. ## Original-source traceback [Open the original The Paypers report](https://thepaypers.com/mergers-aquisitions-and-investments/news/payward-to-acquire-saldo-finance-parent-of-lithuanias-saldo-bank) --- This is a structured Payments Hot Markdown source summary derived from external reporting. Use the original link above to read the publisher's article; copyright remains with the original publisher.