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Inside magazine issue 12 | Part 01 - From a digital perspective<br />

Luxembourg<br />

House of Financial Technology<br />

Marco Lichtfous<br />

Partner<br />

Operations Excellence<br />

& Human Capital<br />

Deloitte<br />

Patrick Laurent<br />

Partner<br />

Technology Leader<br />

Deloitte<br />

Nicolas Mackel<br />

CEO<br />

Luxembourg for Finance<br />

Luxembourg is a universally recognized<br />

financial center and is primed to<br />

position itself as one of the top global<br />

centers in the sphere of digital financial<br />

services, as well as a hub for financial<br />

technology underpinned by the combined<br />

efforts of the financial industry, FinTech<br />

innovators, public research bodies and<br />

government.<br />

There are three key requirements to<br />

ensure the sustainability of our collective<br />

success and cement Luxembourg’s<br />

position as a leading financial center in<br />

Europe and beyond. Specifically, we must<br />

enhance our ability to attract the brightest<br />

minds, anticipate industry trends and act<br />

strategically and decisively. There is no<br />

other financial center in the world where<br />

the distance between the office of a bank’s<br />

CEO, public research bodies, VC firms and<br />

the vision of a FinTech entrepreneur is<br />

shorter than it is in Luxembourg.<br />

There is little doubt that the paradigm<br />

shift in the financial industry would not<br />

be happening without help from labs and<br />

incubators focused on FinTech; major<br />

financial centers around the world such<br />

as New York, London, Hong Kong and<br />

Singapore each boast a seemingly endless<br />

list of such spaces and initiatives.<br />

FinTech incubators are hotspots of talent<br />

and ambition, and the development<br />

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