Lightyear unlocks Hungary for everyday investors

For many Hungarian retail investors, the path to owning familiar household names has often felt longer than it should. That distance just narrowed.

About Lightyear

Lightyear is a Europe-focused investing app offering multi-currency accounts and access to thousands of equities and ETFs. Built for cross-border simplicity, it emphasizes transparent fees, local funding options, and market-specific features. In Hungary, the company has been rolling out tailored tools for everyday investors, aiming to pair its international lineup with genuinely local access.

“Our Hungarian users most frequently asked us to make Hungarian stocks available,” said Andres Kitter, CEO of Lightyear Europe. “It’s fantastic that we’ve finally made this happen, so alongside the international selection already available on Lightyear, Hungarian investors can now also access local assets. We want to build an investment platform that truly covers all of Europe while always serving local needs in each market. In Hungary, in this spirit, we first made the TBSZ available, and now we’re expanding our offering with Hungarian stocks as well—step by step making the product better for Hungarian investors.”

The news: BÉT blue chips land on the app

At its Universe 2025 event in Budapest on September 25, Lightyear announced the first phase of listings on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT/BSE) platform, with 18 main-market stocks now available for trading. The initial set includes the country’s best-known blue chips — OTP Bank, MOL Group, Gedeon Richter and Magyar Telekom — core pillars of the BUX index and among the most held and traded shares domestically. The company states that the move directly addresses user demand in Hungary and marks the beginning of a broader rollout of BÉT names in the coming period.