By Dāvis Ziediņš, Member of the Investment Platforms Expert Group of Fintech Latvia Association and Head of Business Development at Debitum Investments . Latvia has rapidly become the European Union’s strongest hub for licensed investment platforms, capturing a remarkable share of the continent’s fast-growing peer-to-peer and alternative investment market. There are more than a hundred regulated and unregulated investment platforms in Europe, but Latvia’s platforms account

By Frank Schooneveldt, Managing Director Akkuro Savings & Investments The introduction of a Belgian capital gains tax is part of a broader European shift: more targeted taxation of realized gains, combined with maintaining or recalibrating existing regimes in countries such as France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. It is tempting to narrow the debate to rates and effective dates, yet the real questions are neutrality, execution simplicity and transparency for long‑term

By Anders Viskum CEO Nordics and Co-founder Ken Gamskjaer CEO and Co-founder - Aleta The next generation of wealth owners is placing new demands on their wealth managers, and they expect AI to be part of the client experience. A major generational shift is underway. Within just a few years, billions of dollars will change hands, and according to a new Capgemini report , 81% of next-generation wealthy individuals plan to switch wealth managers after inheritance. The data point

Uniting Europe’s capital markets by consolidating issuance, custody, trading, and settlement  of securities into a regulated system built on DLT.  Press release - Capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has secured €5 million in seed funding to  introduce new tokenised securities capabilities under the EU DLT Pilot Regime . The new  capital enables Axiology to expand its already operational system, bringing the full lifecycle  of digital fixed-income instruments int

By Charlene Cooke, BBD Executive For much of the last three decades, wealth management has competed on product. Better funds, smarter structures, more sophisticated wrappers. That logic no longer holds. Across Europe, wealth and private banking operate in a mature, saturated market where investment products are increasingly comparable. The differentiator has shifted away from what is sold to how easily it can be delivered, managed and sustained over time. This is where Wealt

How UNCHAIN 2026 Brings Europe’s Banks Face to Face with Execution Gaps, Infrastructure Risk, and the Limits of Automation Press release - Oradea, Romania, 27.01.2026 Over the past five years, the financial ecosystem across Central and Eastern Europe has undergone a quiet but profound transformation. What began as an urgent push for digitisation has evolved into a deeper reconfiguration of how finance is built, distributed, and experienced, from the unbundling of legacy banki

By Jeremy Rodgers, Founder Contentifai A year after fintech pioneers announced plans to build 'Monzo for HNWs,' the wealth-tech race has become a battle of narratives. With $124 trillion changing hands by 2048, the firms winning next-generation clients aren't just building better platforms. They're telling better stories. From Fax Machines to Follow-Through Last year in these pages, we shared David Brear's withering assessment of private banking: wealthy clients receive "rep

When ChatGPT Becomes the “Front Door” to Investing, Bank Self-Directed Platforms Get Disintermediated. By Catharina Lusser, Business and Account Executive For years, banks have invested heavily in execution-only and self-directed investing experiences: cleaner UX, broader product shelves, smoother trading flows, and richer information. The underlying idea is straightforward: when investors can research and transact in one place, it can strengthen engagement and support long-t