We are excited to share some fantastic news – one of our software delivery teams has been recognised as the Dev Team of the Year at the 2023 Build Stuff Tech Awards! The Winning Team The decorated team consists of Donatas Zubavičius, Jevgenij Teodorovič, Mindaugas Urbontaitis, Edvinas Zabita, Edvardas Skulskis, and is led by Team Lead Sandra Giedraitiene. This group… read more →
Metasite, a boutique technology firm providing digital product development, legacy modernisation and technology consulting services to global financial industry clients, grew its turnover by 42 percent during H1 2022 compared to the same period last year. With the company’s mid-market and enterprise client base showing no signs of scaling down their tech and digitalisation investments despite the current economic headwinds,… read more →
Even though I knew about value objects for a long time, it was only recently that I decided to get my hands dirty and test their full potential. Interestingly, none of the big projects I have worked on before utilized this simple but incredibly useful concept. Moreover, most of the developers I happened to work with never used value objects in their practice too.
In 2003 Metasite research team released the first Baltic E-Banking report – an analytical research study aimed at analyzing, evaluating and benchmarking the e-service offerings of every retail bank present in the Baltic region. The 280 pages thick, 9000+ datapoints strong annual report quickly turned into a de-facto regional yardstick used by Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian banks to benchmark themselves… read more →
Metasite has completed the launch of RIMI Baltic shopper self-service kiosk terminals in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The terminals are available in more than one hundred major RIMI stores across the Baltics. The self-service terminals greatly expand the benefits available to My RIMI loyalty card holders: by swiping their loyalty cards at an in-store terminal they get personalized offers with… read more →
This step-by-step tutorial will teach you how to test paper prototypes (wireframes) of mobile websites with an Iphone made of paper. It’s simple, quick, relatively realistic and adds a lot of fun to testing sessions. Things, files and devices needed For your convenience please download: iPhone template (.doc) Template for making paper wireframes (.doc) You can make these files yourself,… read more →
Metasite developed and launched a Direct Delivery platform for Bite Group’s mobile telecommunications operators in Lithuania and Latvia. The Direct Delivery platform fully automates the MNOs’ sales processes starting from sales offer generation to mobile number migration from another mobile operator to subscriber activation. The new platform makes the sales process transparent and fully controllable as all the sales process… read more →
VILNIUS, September 23, 2010 – Findings of the 2010 Baltic E-Banking Report, a annual study examining and benchmarking the e-banking services offered to residential customers by all Baltic retail banks were presented to the public today by Metasite. As usual, the full version of the 300+ pages report is offered to banks, academic institutions, research organizations and other interested parties… read more →
VILNIUS, 1 June 2010 – Metasite started implementation of the E-banking services development in selected foreign markets research project, No. S-VP2-2.1-ŪM-04-K-01-488. The project is partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the EU Structural Funds programme Economic Growth, 2nd Priority ‘Increasing Business Productivity and Improving Environment for Business’, Measure No. VP2-2.1-ŪM-04-K ‘New Opportunities’.
VILNIUS, 7 June 2010 – Metasite designed, developed and launched a fully-featured car parts e-commerce solution for Krasta Auto, the official representative of BMW AG in Lithuania. Key features of the solution include: Extremely usable search tools, making it possible to find suitable replacement parts using automotive parts nomenclature (folders) (suspension, body work, engine etc.) Integration with replacement parts visual… read more →
RIGA, Latvia, 12 October 2009 – Findings of the Baltic E-Banking Report 2009, an annual study examining e-banking services offered by Baltic banks to residential customers, were presented by Metasite during the 15th Baltic Financial Forum in Riga. Evaluation of smartphone-enabled mobile banking experience was introduced into the long-running study this year. A summary of the report’s findings is available… read more →
VILNIUS, October 7, 2009 – Metasite developed and launched a new online customer portal AB Rytų skirstomieji tinklai (RST), one of the two largest electricity distributors in the country. The new customer portal is accessible at www.rst.lt. The scope of the project included development and implementation of a next generation content management system that was also integrated with RST’s internal… read more →
VILNIUS, September 9, 2009 – Metasite developed and launched a online subscriber self-care platform for a Brussels-based MVNE/MVNO. The self-care platform enables prepaid customers to top-up their accounts, view account balances and detailed usage and payments statistics, manage tariff plans and services, view promotions and perform other mobile account managements tasks online. The scope of Metasite-supplied solution covers design, development,… read more →
VILNIUS, September 3, 2009 – Metasite developed online self-care interface www.bitelink.lt for Bitė Link service launched by Bitė Group. Bitė Link is a prepaid service enabling electronic devices management through text messages (SMS). By using Bitė Link, a user can, for instance, check whether his/her car security system is on or off, manage the settings of a heating system installed… read more →
VILNIUS, May 5, 2009 – Metasite was hired to develop and deploy a fully featured billing application for the Vilnius-based Vinita, the leading Lithuanian cable TV provider. During an almost 12-months long engagement, Metasite worked with Vinita managers and specialists detailing the business vision, defining the needs for new functionality, planning information architecture, designing and engineering the user interface and… read more →
VILNIUS, December 2, 2008 – Metasite developed and launched a new mobile sports lottery service for a Vilnius-based client. The service enables sports fans to wager on the results of sporting events by way of sending text messages (SMS). „Betting using a cellphone is great for sports fans who are on the move – in their cars, at a restaurant… read more →
VILNIUS-RIGA, November 4, 2008 – Metasite developed a consumer self-service portal for Bitė Group’s Vodafone Mobile Connect prepaid service customers. Vodafone Mobile Connect prepaid internet service offers a convenient, easy to use mobile internet solution which allows paying only for the time that the customer actually spends online, without any long-term contractual relationship and liabilities. The newly developed self-care website… read more →
RIGA-TALLINN-VILNIUS, 29 – 30 September 2008 – Metasite Business Solutions participated in the 14th Baltic Financial Forum (annual conference “Banking and Finance in the Baltics”) in Riga, Latvia, where the key findings from the 2008 Baltic E-Banking Report, the 6th annual pan-Baltic e-banking research study, were presented by our research team. The annual Baltic E-Banking Report analyses functionality, usability and… read more →
VILNIUS-RIGA, April 3, 2008 – Metasite Business Solutions assisted SIMAGINE’06 operator Bitė Lietuva and Bite Latvija in development and launch of the new prepaid customers self-care portals www.labas.lt and www.bifri.lv. A web self-care solution enables LABAS and BiFri prepaid customers refill accounts, view balance and detailed statistics, manage tariff plans and services, view promotions, etc. online. The creative solution has… read more →
VILNIUS-RIGA, February 11, 2008 – Metasite Business Solutions has been commissioned by Bitė Group, a telecommunication operator serving Lithuanian and Latvian markets, to redesign and launch Bitė corporate websites and self-care portals in accordance to the company brand changes. Bite challenges the market with new strategy, which is on top of all reflected in the new logo and colours and… read more →
RIGA-TALLINN-VILNIUS, 25 – 26 October 2007 – Metasite Business Solutions participated in the Banking and Finance in the Baltics 2007 summit in Riga, Latvia, where the key findings from the 2007 Baltic E-Banking Report, the 5th annual pan-Baltic e-banking research study, were presented by our research team. Following its official launch at the conference, the full 2007 Baltic E-Banking Report… read more →
VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, July 19, 2005 – Today Metasite launched the next generation version of the consumer portals for Bitė Lietuva and Bite Latvija. The upgraded www.bite.lt and www.bite.lv portals feature new interactive services, updated and entirely new content sections and a new design. Websites content structure has been reviewed and updated: a clearer structure, simplified navigation and improved menu will… read more →
VILNIUS, 29 May 2007 – Metasite Business Solutions Vilnius team completed the move to a new office space today. The move was executed in one day, with total business downtime of less than 4 hours for all units. The move did not affect Metasite managed hosting services, as they rely on an external datacenter and remote 24/7 monitoring. The new… read more →
LONDON, 18 April 2007 – A team of four Metasite Business Solutions web project managers and developers today joined the world leading web designers in London for the Future of Web Design 07 conference to learn, be inspired and network with like-minded professionals. Widely credited as the European web design event of 2007, the conference featured prominent speakers from 37… read more →
VILNIUS, 11 April 2007 – Metasite Business Solutions collaborated with First Data Lietuva, the leading payment cards processing centre in Lithuania, in developing a public web-based solution for personalizing credit and debit cards. The developed solution makes it possible for customers of participating banks to design the look of their new credit or debit cards online before submitting an actual… read more →
VILNIUS, 7 April 2007 – Metasite Business Solution collaborated with a leading Lithuanian insurance brokerage to build and launch the new version of draudimas.lt service, now offering driver’s liability insurance policies for purchasing online. The new service is unique in the flexibility and breadth of its offering, with customers being able to purchase online insurance policies from any one of… read more →
RIGA-TALLINN-VILNIUS, 31 October 2006 – Metasite Business Solutions participated in the annual Banking and Finance in the Baltics 2006 summit in Riga, Latvia, where the key findings from the 2006 Baltic E-Banking Report, the 4th annual pan-Baltic e-banking research study, were be presented by our research team. Following its official launch at the conference, the 2006 Baltic E-Banking Report is… read more →
VILNIUS, 20 October 2006 – During an event organized by Metasite, the globally recognized industrial, web and graphic design guru Artemy Lebedev will be conducting a seminar and a practical masterclass primarily targeted at product designers, web artists, media producers and other creative types. The event will take place on November 13, 2006 at Forum Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania. For… read more →
BARCELONA, 16 February 2006 – The StartDial solution, designed and developed by a team of Metasite engineers, has been awarded the Silver Prize at the finals of the SIMAGINE2006 contest organized by Axalto, Samsung Electronics and Sun Microsystems. The Worldwide Mobile Communication & Java Card™ Developer Contest (7th edition) took place at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona (February 13-16,… read more →
VILNIUS, 30 January 2006 – The StartDial application designed and developed by a team of Metasite engineers has been selected for the final stage of the SIMAGINE2006, the Worldwide Mobile Communication and Java Card™ developer contest organized by Axalto, Samsung Electronics and Sun Microsystems. The 8 finalist teams will present their projects in public on the Axalto stand in the… read more →