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November 2, 2026

  • Revolut has been registered as a bank in New Zealand, with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand approving Revolut Bank New Zealand as the country's 27th registered bank. The approval clears the London-based fintech, which has already operated in New Zealand, to expand its financial services there. Sources: thenextweb

October 27, 2026

  • The Bank of England has ordered a review into how Revolut's product approval process works, according to a Financial Times report. Sources: finextra

October 26, 2026

  • Revolut has launched a personal loan product in the UK, stepping up its challenge to the country's high street banks. Sources: finextra

October 20, 2026

  • A Google Cloud failure in the provider's London region on Tuesday morning disrupted Revolut, leaving the fintech's customers unable to use its app or pay by card. A person familiar with the matter told Reuters that Revolut's outage was related to the Google Cloud failure. Sources: thenextweb

October 14, 2026

  • Revolut has launched Revolut Mobile, its own mobile phone plan, in Germany for €14.99 a month, including 120GB of full-speed data followed by unlimited data at reduced speed, plus unlimited calls. Sources: thenextweb

October 6, 2026

  • Duncan Batty, who joined Revolut from M&G Investments in January 2025 to build its commercial real estate lending business, has left the fintech, with the departure shown in Companies House filings and confirmed by a spokesperson, and no reason or successor announced. Sources: thenextweb
  • Revolut is considering the Philippines as the next market in its global expansion plans and is eyeing a banking licence there, though no application has been filed. Sources: finextra
  • A Finextra community blog post compares the differing AI banking assistant strategies of bunq, Starling and Revolut. Sources: finextra

October 3, 2026

  • Revolut has signed a partnership agreement with Copenhagen Airport for a branded lounge expected to open in 2027, the planned first site in a European lounge network extending its premium travel benefits. The Copenhagen location will be operated with Plaza Premium Group, which serves as both operating and investment partner. Sources: thefintechtimes

October 1, 2026

  • Revolut has formally applied to Swiss regulator FINMA for a local banking licence, and the application is currently under review. The filing is backed by a commitment to invest more than CHF 150 million in Switzerland over five years, with 1.3 million Swiss users currently served through Lithuania-licensed Revolut Bank UAB. Sources: thefintechtimes
  • Revolut has expanded its RevPoints loyalty programme, adding hotel transfers directly in-app, giving customers of the global financial platform, which serves over 80 million users worldwide, a new way to use their loyalty points. Sources: finextra

September 30, 2026

  • Revolut has secured a full French banking licence for its entity Revolut Bank S.A. following a joint assessment by France's ACPR and the ECB, with the decision adopted by the ECB Governing Council and announced on 10 August 2026. The approval creates a dual-hub model alongside its Lithuanian entity Revolut Bank UAB, with RBSA becoming the primary operating entity for Western European markets including France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain, rolled out in phases. Sources: thefintechtimes

September 28, 2026

September 25, 2026

  • Revolut has received Central Bank of Argentina approval to acquire Banco Cetelem Argentina S.A. from BNP Paribas Personal Finance; the deal is not yet closed, and upon completion the bank will be renamed Revolut Bank Argentina S.A.U., with Revolut building local operations ahead of a still-planned future launch. Sources: pymnts

September 24, 2026

  • DriveWealth, the US broker powering Revolut's US stock trading service, disclosed that an unauthorised party accessed its network on 4–5 September via a social engineering campaign, exposing the personal data of some Revolut customers who traded US stocks; DriveWealth and Revolut have emailed affected customers. Sources: thenextweb
  • Cleverbridge has completed France's first Passkey-authenticated agentic purchase, a live-checkout payment made on a Revolut card, under its pilot with Visa and Revolut announced earlier this month. Sources: finextra
  • Revolut is trialing its Pay with Smile face-payment feature, now live for customers paying with their face at three Kiss the Hippo cafés in Bloomsbury, Chelsea and Soho, London. Sources: finextra
  • Revolut confirms some customers were impacted by a data breach at US broker DriveWealth, its second security incident in a matter of days; the breach has occurred and affected customers. Sources: finextra

September 23, 2026

  • Revolut and Nubank have each obtained conditional approval for U.S. banking charters this year, and Brazil-based Nubank has officially debuted its U.S. offering this month, though both neobanks face a steep climb scaling in the competitive U.S. banking market, per an FT report. Sources: pymnts

September 17, 2026

  • Revolut has secured a Colombian banking licence (completed grant) and has applied for a banking licence in Switzerland, where the application is pending with regulators. Sources: finextra
  • Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky said the fintech is exploring a potential dual stock listing in New York and London, preferring the US for its deeper liquidity and broader investor pool; this is only under consideration, with no committed listing date or filing. Sources: pymnts , finextra

September 16, 2026

  • Revolut has received a banking licence from Colombia's financial regulator, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC) — its sixth banking licence worldwide — which allows it to operate as a regulated bank in Colombia; the company says this is the last regulatory step before it launches in the country, so the Colombian launch is not yet live. Sources: thenextweb
  • Quartz, a London wealth-management fintech founded by former Revolut and N26 employees, has gone live with its 'personal banker' app after completing a £2.7 million seed raise. Sources: finextra
  • Hackers claiming responsibility for the Revolut data breach say they downloaded personal details of 680 high-net-worth crypto whale accounts at the firm. Sources: finextra

September 15, 2026

  • A Finextra community blog post argues that Revolut has repeatedly suffered security breaches and that regulatory fines have not addressed the underlying problem. Sources: finextra

September 14, 2026

  • Revolut has signed a live partnership with OpenAI to bundle ChatGPT Go into its paid subscription plans at no additional charge, with access varying by tier: 12 months (plus a 12-month buddy pass) for Ultra, 12 months for Metal, 6 months for Premium, Revolut Pro and Revolut Mobile, and 3 months for Plus and Standard. Sources: thefintechtimes
  • Revolut confirmed a data breach in which sensitive customer information, including passports, was disclosed after it received fraudulent requests sent from a legitimate government agency email domain; the compromise has occurred and is confirmed by the company. Sources: finextra

September 13, 2026

  • Revolut confirmed it handed sensitive customer data, including passports, to scammers who requested it from a genuine government email address; the company says its systems were never accessed, with the breach reported by TechCrunch. Sources: thenextweb

September 9, 2026

  • Visa and Revolut have completed (live) the first passkey-authenticated agentic card payment in France, jointly carrying out the transaction as a demonstrated capability rather than a announced future plan. Sources: finextra

September 7, 2026

  • Molten Ventures, a backer of Revolut, has completed a £175 million first close of its growth fund aimed at UK startups; it is separately reported, but not confirmed, to be vying to manage a £1 billion government-backed UK fund. Sources: tech
  • Revolut received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a US bank charter; the approval itself is a completed regulatory action, but the full charter grant and any resulting banking services remain pending. Sources: finextra

September 3, 2026

  • Revolut has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for its proposed Revolut Bank US national bank charter — a completed regulatory step, with the bank not yet live as Revolut still works on FDIC and Federal Reserve approvals and final OCC approval. Sources: pymnts , finextra

August 27, 2026

  • A Finextra blog post explains the mechanics of Revolut's euro-pegged EURR stablecoin, noting that the backing reserves are not held by Revolut itself. Sources: finextra

August 26, 2026

  • Revolut has begun a phased live rollout of its first stablecoin, the euro-backed EURR, to eligible customers in Poland and Portugal (and Denmark), with wider availability in other EEA markets expected later this year. Sources: finextra

August 25, 2026

  • Revolut has launched a dedicated AI research division built around its own foundation model, Pragma, aiming to develop a unified system that understands financial behaviour in real time. Sources: finextra

August 20, 2026

  • Revolut has formally applied for a banking licence in Finland as part of its European expansion plans; the licence is pending, not yet granted. Sources: finextra

August 17, 2026

  • Revolut has unveiled plans, not yet a launch, for a network of premium branded airport lounges across major European destinations. Sources: finextra

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July 21, 2026

  • Revolut has been granted an Australian banking license by APRA, marking a key step in its global expansion. Sources: pymnts

July 10, 2026

  • Revolut hires JP Morgan executive Kuba Fast, who previously led Chase UK, to head its European banking operations. Sources: finextra

July 9, 2026

  • Revolut is tightening its financial operations and compliance in Lithuania following reports that the country accounted for a large majority of its suspicious transactions. Sources: finextra

June 26, 2026

  • Revolut ends its remote-first policy and will require new graduate and intern employees to work from the office at least three days a week. Sources: finextra

June 23, 2026

June 22, 2026

  • Revolut's South Africa waitlist approaches 100,000 users nearly two years ahead of its planned launch in the market. Sources: pymnts

June 19, 2026

  • Revolut refunded almost 112,000 Irish customers for ATM access fees mistakenly charged by a third-party ATM provider between June 2023 and February 2024; Revolut said it neither instructed nor received the fees. Sources: finextra

June 17, 2026

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June 10, 2026

  • The European Central Bank moved last year to restrain Revolut's rapid expansion across Europe over concerns its growth was outpacing internal controls. Sources: finextra

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