Revolut boss set for bumper payday as valuation swells to $75bn September 2, 2025 The boss of Revolut is set for a bumper payday as the fintech juggernaut kicks off a secondary share sale valuing the firm at $75bn (£55.9bn). London-based staff will be able to sell up to 20 per cent of their stake in the digital bank, Bloomberg first reported. Shares will be valued at $1,381.06 (£1,029). [...]
Fintechs lobby Rachel Reeves for tax incentives to boost listings July 9, 2025 Top British fintech firms have urged Rachel Reeves to provide incentives to list in London or risk losing them to rival markets overseas. Executives from Clearbank, Atom, Revolut and Zilch met the Chancellor on Wednesday morning ahead of the Treasury’s Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, in which fintech is expected to play a starring [...]
Abu Dhabi sovereign investor eyes $100m slice of Revolut July 8, 2025 An investor in the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund is eying a $100m (£73m) stake in digital banking giant Revolut. State-owned global investment firm Mubadala is reportedly in advanced discussions to purchase shares in Revolut from existing investors. The deal, if completed, would add to a smaller stake the fund purchased last year as part of [...]
Revolut banking licence bid goes down to the wire as key deadline looms July 8, 2025 Revolut is facing a fresh regulatory headache in the UK amid mounting expectations it may miss a key deadline in the ongoing process to become a fully operational bank. The digital banking juggernaut received the green light for its UK banking licence from Britain’s banking watchdog last year after a three-year wait, which triggered a 12-month [...]
Revolut boss set for Elon Musk-style payday at $150bn valuation June 23, 2025 The chief executive of Revolut could be set for a multibillion-dollar payout if the fintech’s valuation passes the $150bn milestone, sparking comparisons to Elon Musk’s controversial Tesla package. Nik Storonsky, who founded Revolut in 2015, has an incentive deal which would increase his stake in the London-based fintech by several percentage points if the valuation [...]
Revolut looks to France for major European expansion May 19, 2025 British-born digital bank Revolut has chosen Paris for its fresh Western Europe headquarters with a major €1bn investment. The fintech giant said it will create over 200 jobs in France, in what it calls the “largest investment in the French financial sector in a decade.” The firm has also applied for a French banking licence, [...]
UK fintech Revolut expands lifestyle reach with mobile plans April 30, 2025 Revolut is to offer mobile plans to customers as the UK fintech continues to diversify its product range. The Canary Wharf-based business is looking to enter the mobile market in the UK and Germany later this year before eying further market expansion. Revolut said its plans will include unlimited calls, texts and data at home, [...]
Mark Kleinman: Britain should steel itself for unwanted status among G7 April 3, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column Britain should steel itself for unwanted status among G7 nations Sajid Javid, Greg Clark, Andrea Leadsom, Kemi Badenoch and now Jonathan Reynolds: the list of business secretaries handed the assignment of salvaging Britain’s fast-disappearing steel industry [...]
Revolut boss says London IPO is ‘not rational’ December 3, 2024 Revolut’s chief executive Nik Storonsky has said it is “not rational” for Europe’s most valuable fintech start-up to publicly list in London, dealing a blow the new government’s plans to boost the stock market. Storonsky said the London-based banking company would consider a public debut “sooner or later” to raise cash and return money to [...]
Revolut founder Storonsky saw ‘up to £230m’ windfall in employee share sale September 12, 2024 Revolut's billionaire founder and chief executive Nik Storonsky reportedly sold up to $300m (£230m) worth of his stake in the fintech during an employee share sale last month.