Latest Revolut News: Finextra Research

Revolut to roll out 'responsible' BNPL product across Europe

Revolut will roll out its "responsible instalments payment product" - dubbed Pay Later - in Europe, starting with a select group of customers in Ireland this week.

24 June 2022

/wholesale

Revolut taps Salesforce to scale its business banking operations

Revolut is to hire 2,800 new sales agents in the coming year and use a suite of Salesforce tools to scale up and transform the business banking arm of its operation.

16 June 2022

/regulation

Storonsky goes public over frustration with FCA

Revolut boss Nikolay Storonsky has rounded on the Financial Conduct Authority for its tardiness in dishing out a UK banking licence for the firm.

15 June 2022

/payments

Revolut opens new front in money transfer wars

Revolut is to launch a streamlined version of its banking super app in Sri Lanka, Chile, Ecuador, Azerbaijan, and Oman, enabling fee-free P2P money transfers between customers in 50 countries using 30 currencies.

15 June 2022

/payments

Money 20/20 EU: Which comes first, tech or banking?

“Innovation is happening in the value add”, stated Charlotte Hogg, CEO of Europe Visa, during the opening session of Money 20/20 alongside Daniel Kjellén CEO and co-founder Tink and Karen Tso anchor CNBC.

08 June 2022

/payments

Revolut partners Tink for European payments

Revolut is using payment initiation services (PIS) technology from open banking player Tink to let users across Europe seamlessly move money into their account.

07 June 2022

/payments

Revolut rolls out expense management product

Revolut is entering the bustling spend management arena with a new in-app product that enables businesses to issue company cards in a tap and set up time and category-based spend limits.

25 May 2022

/startups

Revolut's Nik Storonsky to launch AI-driven VC fund

Revolut co-founder Nik Storonsky is to launch his own venture capital fund, using advances in artificial intelligence to identify potential future unicorns.

17 May 2022

/retail

Revolut suspends refugee referral payouts after users game the system

Revolut has put the blocks on its Ukrainian reguee referral scheme after users exploited the programme to snag up to £250 in payouts.

25 April 2022

/people

Revolut gears up for Brazilian launch

UK-based financial superapp Revolut has hired BTG Pactual's Glauber Mota to lead its move into the Brazilian market.

29 March 2022

/payments

Revolut raises €10 million for Red Cross Ukraine appeal

Launched on the 25th February, Revolut enabled millions of its customers worldwide to instantly donate to the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal, targeted at supporting victims of the war in Ukraine. The €10 million was raised through donations of Revolut customers, which were then matched by Revolut itself.

11 March 2022

/payments

Revolut's Russian born chief Storonsky breaks silence over Ukraine invasion

Revolut's Russian-born CEO Nik Storonsky has joined fellow co-founder Vlad Yatsenko in condemning the attacks on Ukraine.

02 March 2022

Latest news