Revolut finally bags a UK banking licence – what's next for the fintech?

Revolut has finally been granted a UK banking licence following three years of negotiations with the regulator

A person is holding a mobile phone with the Revolut application in front of a screen displaying the Revolut logo.
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While Revolut has been operating in the UK since 2015, it has never been a bank. It could not be called one in the UK, because it did not have a licence to be one. 

In 2021,the finance app applied for a banking licence with UK regulators, but has been unsuccessful up until now. 

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