The British Bank Awards: Innovation of the Year (March 2020); World Finance Digital Banking Awards 2018: Best Digital Bank in the UK
About Product/Service
Products
UK current accounts, EURO current accounts with IBAN, prepaid cards, virtual prepaid cards, cryptocurrency exchange, cryptocurrency transfers between Revolut users
Core product offerings for individual/retail customers
UK Personal/Business Current Account
Differentiating features of product
Revolut has a few features no other banking app offers: namely, a multi-currency account, fee-free international money transfers, cryptocurrencies and an insurance option that can be added on the go.
Core product for bussiness customers
1. UK and EU accounts. Can hold 29 currencies.
2. App-based banking. Freeze the card on the go, get instant notifications, categorise and visualise your spending.
3.Fee-free international money transfers.
4. Fee-free spending abroad.
5. Put money aside in a Vault to save towards a goal.
6. Travel and device insurance can be added (and paid by the day, with great flexibility).
Openning a current account (business and personal)
Free
Issuing physical card and delivery
£4.99 or currency equivalent for standard delivery, £11.99 or currency equivalent for express delivery to the UK ,€19.99 or currency equivalent for express delivery outside the UK The delivery charge may be more depending on where you are sending the card
Currency exchanges
0.5% markup on all currency exchanges done during the weekend
ATM withdrawals
2% fee on ATM withdrawals after the first £200 each month
Personal accounts (Standard, Premium, Metal, Junior); Business Accounts: Revolut Business
Major shareholders
TSG Consumer Partners, TCV, Future Fifty, DST Global, Index Ventures, TriplePoint Capital, Mastercard Start Path, Balderton Capital
Banking license
The app was granted a European banking licence by the Bank of Lithuania in 2018, but in the UK has operated as an FCA authorised e-money institution. In 2020 applied to UK banking license
Type of customers
Individuals, businesses
Number of customers
Over 12M personal customers, over 500k business customers, over 35 countries supported
Estimated revenue
$50M to $100M
Number of investors
39
Number of lead investors
8
Names of lead investors
TSG Consumer Partners, TCV, Future Fifty, DST Global, Index Ventures, TriplePoint Capital, Mastercard Start Path, Balderton Capital
Tech stack
The technologies that underpin a platform (FX, identity, infrastructure, security, payments gateways, business systems, APIs, etc.)
open source platform, Docker, Git Hub, Git, Stripe, AWS cloud, React, Phyton, Cloudflare, APIs, mobile apps - Android and iOS. Apple Pay and Google Pay, biometrics tech powered by Onfido
Devices supported
iOS, Android
Languages
English
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