Lightyear Customer Reviews
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Overall, the best investing app available
Modern design, excellent screeners, low fees, and responsive support
savings
It provides the best price-value savings account available in different currencies.
Simple to use
I find it very easy to transfer funds and also very easy to quickly buy shares even outside usual business hours
Convenient and easy to use
Easy to use investing App
Investing made easy
I was always scared of investing because I didn’t know anything about it, and felt that I could bever build wealth this way. However, Lightyear is an easy way for a beginner to start investing. Thanks to the information in the app, I began understanding more and more to a point where I now feel comfortable using the app and make decisions about my investments.
My favourite investing app!
The UI feels great, many investing options to choose from. The app is responsive, fast, understandable Nd overall great.
Easy to use and reasonably priced fees. Hard to find a better platform.
Easy to use and reasonably priced fees. Hard to find a better platform.
Easy to use
Very user-friendly and intuitive.
Quick and easy
Easy to use app, fast transactions, trustworthy partner.
Very clear and easy way to invest!
The wait is finally over! This is the first app I used that is very transparent, clear and easy to use and makes investing in stocks and ETFs a breeze!
Flawless!
You will not find an easier to use platform. Just perfect for beginners!
LIghtyear is an easy way to start investing
LIghtyear i an easy-to-use and budget-friendly platform to get acquainted with the different types of investment ( ETFs, stocks, MMFs) and start investing.
Easy investing
A good way to start investing with no fees. Good graphics and easy to understand without complications so far.
Its Perfect for day trading and also for Long Term
I am using this app for almost a year now, and its so simple on cost for trading, and easy for beginners. i am not an expert in trading and learning it, and this app helped me a lot to manage my journey
Lightyear is good
Very convenient platform for investing
Advantages of lightyear
i really like the platform especially the proccesing time of deposits and withdrawals, they are instant! i also like the interface, its very beginner friendly
Low fees
Low fees and easy to invest
Good platform
Very easy , great variety of stocks , as I’m in uk , so I keep to us ans European stocks . And great 5.00% vault where you can earn on ur big deposits
Quick and comfortable
Very quick way of investing. Trustworthy. Provides additional information about investments. Great design and comfortable to use.
A very well-designed low-cost investing app, I like it!
Simple and approachable way to invest in stocks and ETFs without unnecessarly large fees.
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Name: Lightyear Description: Lightyear is a new investment app that offers low cost investing in UK, European and US shares. The company was founded by one of the first Wise (Transferwise) employees, Martin Sokk with a similar objective of making investing as cheap and easy as possible. Summary: A very well-designed low-cost investing app with discounted FX charges, limit and recurring orders for investing in local and international markets. Special Offer: Sign up with a promo code GOODMONEYGUIDE deposit at least £50 and get 10 trades for free. T&Cs apply. Capital at risk. Pros Cons
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Lightyear Video Review
Richard Berry tests the Lightyear investing app with real money and highlights some of it’s key features.Capital at risk
Lightyear wins best business investing account at the Good Money Guide Awards 2024
Lightyear won Best Business Investing App because they simplify the process of opening a corporate investment account. By enabling businesses to invest in the stock market rather than solely holding cash, Lightyear empowers companies to make more from their funds, maximizing potential returns. Charlotte Ashdown from Lightyear said after winning the review: We’re honored to
How does the Lightyear investing app make money?
Lightyear make their money on the FX Fees. With Lightyear, they apply the FX fee on top of the interbank rate, so you can actually see the amount you are charged for the conversion. When I interviewed Martin Sokk he told me Lightyear aims to expand into different countries quickly, so they can help people to
Lightyear “shares” a refer-a-friend offer
Investment platform Lightyear has introduced a refer-a-friend offer with a difference, this one pays you in shares. Lightyear is offering the opportunity for both you and your friends to earn £10 in free stocks when they join Lightyear and fund their account with at least £50. You can invite up to five friends per month,
Breaking Into Lightyear’s High Interest Vaults
Lightyear, the online savings and investing app, has launched a new product called Lightyear High-Interest Vaults to provide its clients with a market-leading interest rate on cash deposits. The High Interest Vaults are an easy-access cash investment product with variable rates, and there are separate vaults for deposits in Sterling, Euros and US d… To
Is Lightyear just another low cost investing app?
Just after I interviewed the Lightyear founder, Martin Sokk for this review, I went to the pub with my friend Nick, a fellow ageing stockbroker. One of the things we discussed was how things have changed in the City, in particular, what is happening to Simpsons Tavern. For over 250 years, Simpsons Tavern has sold
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