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TBSZ transfer at Lightyear, TBSZ account at XTB

Two important TBSZ news came at once: TBSZ transfer has been launched at Lightyear, and you can now open a TBSZ account at XTB. This brings the number of brokers with whom you can open a sensible, tax-advantaged account in Hungary to 5. Anyone who has previously had an expensive bank TBSZ, for example because they were a client of the now-defunct Random Capital, now has the […]

XTB broker analysis 2026: fees and features

XTB Broker Introduction XTB analysis reflects the status as of April 2026. XTB – whose name is a combination of the names of X-Trade Broker – was founded in 2002 by Jakub Zabłocki in Warsaw as the first leveraged forex broker in Poland. The company has since grown into one of the largest listed FX and CFD brokers in Europe, with its headquarters in Warsaw since 2016 […]

Revolut in-depth analysis: financial service provider and discount broker at the same time

Introducing the Revolut broker The current Revolut in-depth analysis already includes the company data published on 2026-03-24. Revolut was founded in London in 2015 by two founders, the British-Russian Nikolay Storonsky and the Ukrainian Vlad Yatsenko. Storonsky, who previously worked at Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse, experienced one of the most important problems firsthand: the […]

Lightyear: the best cheap broker in 2026? Prices, features

Introducing Lightyear Broker Lightyear is an Estonian fintech startup founded in 2020 by Martin Sokk and Mihkel Aamer, both former Wise employees. The company’s founders wanted to solve the exact problem they experienced: buying securities for retail investors in Europe was expensive, opaque, and cumbersome. Behind Lightyear is a strong list of investors […]