Start collaborating with other fincrime teams
Learn moreNew Lithuanian companies join pan-European fincrime intelligence-sharing network to drive a collaborative approach to tackling fraud and financial crime.
- Lithuania becomes the latest country to join the Salv Bridge intelligence-sharing network
- Paysera, Neo Finance and several others are the first firms to go live in Lithuania
- Salv Bridge enables cross-border collaboration to detect money laundering and stop fraud
- The move supports Lithuania’s national ambitions for a domestic intelligence-sharing solution
Expanding cross-border collaboration
Tallinn, Estonia – October 30, 2025: Salv, the European regtech innovator, has launched its Salv Bridge financial crime intelligence-sharing network in Lithuania. Paysera, Neo Finance and several others are the first Lithuanian firms to go live, giving them immediate access to a trusted network of financial institutions working together to stop fraud in real time.
Salv Bridge enables rapid, cross-border communication between financial institutions, allowing teams to collaborate on fraud investigations, share typologies and recover stolen funds before criminals can launder them.
The Lithuanian expansion builds on Salv’s growing global presence and comes at a time of heightened regulatory and industry focus on intelligence-sharing to close the gap between criminal networks and often-siloed institutions. Salv currently has customers in 14 countries and plans further expansion in future.
“Joining Salv Bridge was a strategic move from isolated defence to collective, real-time action. We are already seeing how this direct collaboration with other financial institutions allows us to stop fraudulent transactions much faster.” — Justina Šidlauskienė, CEO, Paysera
Rising fraud, growing urgency
Fraud remains one of the most widespread financial crimes in Europe, and institutions often struggle to act quickly enough when they operate in isolation. Crimes such as Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, where customers are tricked into transferring money into an account that appears to be a legitimate payee, are on the rise.
Once the payment has been made, criminals work quickly to move it between accounts, taking advantage of the fact that each bank sees only a small piece of the puzzle. However, by working together, financial services institutions can stop the whole pattern before it spreads.
“Salv Bridge also adds real value to our sanctions screening process by helping us verify potential matches more efficiently through secure collaboration with other institutions.” — Lukas Pankratovas, MLRO at NEO Finance
Until recently, fraud prevention has centred on three main pillars: transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and risk assessment. But intelligence sharing is now emerging as a vital fourth category – essential for matching the speed and adaptability of organised criminal networks.
Trusted partners, ready to act
The addition of Lithuanian firms to Salv Bridge demonstrates how quickly momentum is building. All integrated with the platform during a soft-launch period and have begun sharing intelligence. They have already seen success in identifying and shutting down suspected money mule accounts, with both inbound and outbound fraud cases addressed through the network.
On the announcement, Justina Šidlauskienė, CEO at Paysera said “Paysera’s mission is to provide fast and convenient financial services, but security is the foundation of everything we do. Criminals operate in networks, and to fight them effectively, we must do so as well. Joining Salv Bridge was a strategic move from isolated defence to collective, real-time action. We are already seeing how this direct collaboration with other financial institutions allows us to stop fraudulent transactions much faster. For our customers, this means an even greater level of security and trust, knowing their funds are protected by the most advanced solutions on the market.”
Salv Bridge is fast and easy to adopt. Members benefit from built-in legal frameworks, training, and best-practice templates to support responsible sharing. The platform has been designed to be regulator-friendly from the outset, ensuring compliance with data protection laws.
As the Bridge network grows, new use cases are emerging beyond traditional fraud investigations, from joint blacklists to early warnings of new typologies. Existing clients also find that Salv Bridge enhances everyday operations by reducing manual workloads and freeing teams for more high-value tasks.
“At Neo Finance, we’re always looking for ways to strengthen our fraud prevention capabilities and protect our customers,” added Lukas Pankratovas, MLRO at NEO Finance. “Salv Bridge also adds real value to our sanctions screening process by helping us verify potential matches more efficiently through secure collaboration with other institutions. This kind of real-time intelligence sharing enables our team to act more proactively and contributes to a safer financial ecosystem overall.”
Momentum behind the mission
The Lithuanian launch comes at an important time. A government-backed RFP is currently in progress to develop a nationwide domestic intelligence-sharing solution, with implementation expected in 2026.
The expansion reflects Salv’s wider mission to make financial crime more costly for criminals. By enabling secure communication between teams, the company hopes to replace slow, manual processes with proactive, collaborative responses.
The vision is to connect the industry so that fraud teams don’t operate in siloes and can instead function as a single network, operating in a fast and effective way.
