LITHUANIA-BRITAIN-EU-POLITICS-FINANCE-FINTECH-BREXIT

Rockit CEO Sarune Smalakyte speaks during an interview with AFP at the offices of the Rockit workspace for FinTech founders, in Vilnius on February 12, 2021. - Thanks in part to Brexit, Lithuania is becoming a fintech hub as a growing number of UK-linked digital financial companies are getting licences so they can continue to operate in the European Union. The Baltic eurozone state with a population about a third the size of London is now leading the EU in fintech with over 230 companies, according to the Invest Lithuania government agency. (Photo by PETRAS MALUKAS / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY VAIDOTAS BENIUSIS