By Daniel Stoica, Founder & CEO at Skillbourg by RMT Labs Luxembourg's fintech sector keeps growing and keeps saying it can't hire. The labour data tells a more complicated story. Luxembourg's fintech story is a growth story. More than 200 fintechs have set up here since PayPal took a banking licence in 2007, and roughly 280 startups now sit in the ecosystem. The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology runs a yearly FinTech Recruits event where 80-plus fintechs, banks and in

By Andrew Quinn, Managing Director & Co-Founder at FIDEO Global Summer is over. The inbox is full again. Meetings are back. And projects that were going to be dealt with “after the summer” have suddenly become immediate priorities. But financial services has not returned to the same industry it left in July. Before the summer, we argued in FinanceX that the second half of 2026 would belong to organisations capable of turning growing complexity into confidence. Two months l

By Elena Nițu (Associate) with the coordination of Rebecca Marina (Partner), Filip & Company A Mid-Year Reflection on the Developments That Shaped Financial Services in H1 2026 in Romania Why H1 2026 Deserves Reflection The first half of 2026 produced no shortage of headlines in the financial services. Artificial intelligence continued to dominate industry discussions, regulatory frameworks entered new phases of implementation, and financial institutions accelerated investmen

By Tracy Lai, Lystar Group The first half of 2026 has moved at remarkable speed. Evolving policy, advances in artificial intelligence and continued innovation across financial services have competed for attention across news outlets, Money20/20 Europe and other major industry events. As we reach the midpoint of the year, however, it is worth stepping back from the daily news cycle to consider a more important question: What has mattered most? Many of the year's most significa