Martin Sokk

@anradu Cool! I haven’t seen cash for years and don’t even carry debit/credit card with me anymore. 100% Apple Pay

First European vacation without withdrawing a single euro 💶 and 100% Apple Pay. 90% of payments in Greece 🇬🇷 contactless w/ 95% merchant acceptance (vs. 60% in 🇬🇷 2019 and 3-5% in 🇺🇸 in 2019).

UK business accounts are now live on Lightyear 🚀 Founders & entrepreneurs work hard enough as it is. It's time to make their money work hard for them. This is an investment product so capital is at risk, variable rate as of 24/07/2024. thisismoney.co.uk/money/smallbus…

What our customers are saying about us on Trustpilot …👇Sign up now to see for yourself! Capital at risk. Terms apply, seek guidance if needed. lightyear.com ✅ “Fast, reliable & easy to use” ✅ “Fees are uncomparable with other providers” ✅ “Support is great” ✅ “Good interest rate” ✅ “Great app and way of investing” #investing #interest #money

Have you already discovered the newest addition to our app? 🔍 Capital at risk. Terms apply, seek guidance if needed. We’ve introduced a nifty little feature that allows you to hide portfolio values, so you can showcase your investments without worrying about revealing sensitive info. Now, let’s see those portfolio performances 👀

👉 Get higher interest with our Vaults: 5.37% AER ($),  5.17% (£), 3.78% (€).  Variable rates, as of 12.06.24. Capital at risk. 👉 Our new investment product – high interest Vaults – will give you a higher return than what you’ll get on your uninvested Cash. 👉 For uninvested Cash, we directly pass on the Central Bank rate to you, minus a fixed 0.75% fee. So with the European Central Bank’s rate drop coming into effect today (12.06.24), our new rate on uninvested Euros is 3%. 👉 Find out more or open a vault here: lightyear.com/vaults

Hey Ireland 🇮🇪 the @IrishIndependRX published our research that shows you could be missing out on €500 over the next two years if you don’t move your savings out of on demand bank accounts. Check it out below 👇 m.independent.ie/business/perso…

Social investing is here! Capital at risk. Terms apply, seek guidance if needed. You can now share, learn from and follow each other's investment journeys on Lightyear. Making investing a more collaborative experience for everyone 💡 Find out more about the new social investing features here: bit.ly/3Va2LR6

In case you missed our big news recently, we’ve launched high interest Vaults! 5.37% AER for 💵, 5.15% for 💷, 3.80% for 💶 (variable rate, as of 05/06/2024). Capital at risk. “We’re giving customers access to a cash-based investment product that’s usually been reserved for high net worth individuals, offering the flexibility and easy access that people want, whilst tracking the overnight interest rate.” @ Martin Sokk, our CEO & Co-founder Read the full blog article here: bit.ly/4aRCEE2

🍪Another batch of financial analysis metrics! Capital at risk. We’ve added 18 new metrics to get you unique insights and a deeper understanding of performance of stocks and funds - from valuation and financial strength data, to management effectiveness and growth metrics. Find out more about the newest metrics on our blog: bit.ly/3Kv04Vc Terms apply, seek guidance if needed.

🧑‍🚀 We’ve got some pretty big news today. Like, 5.39% sized good news. Say hello to our new high interest Vaults. Capital at risk. 🇬🇧 5.19% AER on GBP 🇺🇸 5.39% AER on USD 🇪🇺 3.83% AER on EUR This is an investment product. Variable rates shown are net of fees and correct as of 22/05/24. Make the most out of globally high interest rates today. Terms apply, seek guidance if needed. More here 👉 bit.ly/4bsF4dE

Many people at Lightyear had a tough time getting started with investing, because there were just no good platforms available across Europe for all their needs. Come help us build a better way — we've got 12 open roles 👉 careers.lightyear.com

Last week, we visited Budapest to celebrate Lightyear's first year in the market 🇭🇺 Thanks so much to all of our customers and the local startup community who showed up to meet us — and share feedback about how we're doing. We couldn't be more excited stepping into year two in Hungary!

🎙️ Our CEO & Co-Founder Martin @sokkcom spoke about the future of finance for retail investors at @finimize's event this week, alongside @harjasinghahuja from @shares_io.

ICYMI - we’ve recently launched stock screeners on our web app 🖥️ Capital at risk. Our directory of instruments is completely available to the public, enabling all investors - whether a Lightyear customer or not - to explore and make informed investment decisions. Read more about it here: bit.ly/3uQXK6U

Our Co-founder & CEO @sokkcom is speaking at @finimize's in-person #FutureofFinance event about how we plan to win over tomorrow’s investors, alongside @shares_io 's @harjasinghahuja. Get your ticket now! 📆 20 March, 6pm

RT @go_lightyear: Our Head of Finance, Uku, took the stage at sTARTUp Day twice today, to share insights on two sides of treasury managemen…

Hey Hungary 🇭🇺 The only free TBSZ out there is live - with no opening, holding or withdrawal fees - to bring your investment return tax to 0% after five years. lightyear.com/tbsz Capital at risk. Terms apply, seek guidance if necessary. This is not tax advice.

👉 ICYMI - we recently added fund analysing tools to Lightyear on Web! Capital at risk. Designed to give you a comprehensive overview of key fund information with the possibility to dive deeper into specifics, Fund Highlights & Breakdown are great tools for you to find out more about the funds you want to invest in or learn more about. Read our blog article for all the details: bit.ly/3SapQTd Got any feedback or features you’d like to see on Lightyear? Let us know your thoughts - we want to make sure we’re building the best platform for your needs.

2023 wrapped. The holidays might be over, but we’re still celebrating what a cracker of a year it was. Here’s the lowdown: 👉 20% month-on-month growth in AUM 👉 2023 was the year for yield-driven portfolios 👉 The average UK Lightyear portfolio returned 29% in 2023 - the S&P 500 did 24% Read our full year in review on the blog: bit.ly/3NNFocU. When investing, your capital is at risk. Terms apply, seek qualified advice if necessary.

🇮🇪 Irish savers earning next to nothing on deposit 'flock to Lightyear'. Check it out in the @Independent_ie. Capital at Risk. Terms apply, seek guidance if needed. independent.ie/business/irish…