Finance

Dutch Minister Warns of Fintech Exodus Over Banker Bonus Cap

Eelco Heinen 

Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg

Finance Minister Eelco Heinen warned Dutch lawmakers that the country’s limits on bonuses paid to bank employees are inadvertently driving fintech companies out of the Netherlands.

The firms are struggling to hire IT staffers because they’re competing with companies in other industries that don’t face the same restrictions, Heinen said.