
A Visa test agent started the purchase, a Visa Payment Passkey authenticated it and Revolut authorised it on a French card. It is a pilot, but it ran in a live checkout.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 27, 2026

Revolut customers could pay by looking at a terminal in three London cafes, with merchants paying no processing fees. The pilot ran on Revolut Register, the company's new point-of-sale system for hospitality.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 27, 2026

Revolut Bank US still needs FDIC deposit insurance and a Federal Reserve master account before it can open, but conditional OCC approval puts it ahead of Wise and bunq.
Marvin Evans·September 3, 2026

Starling's scam detector, built with Tinder Swindler survivor Cecilie Fjellhøy, flags more than ten fraud types for all five million UK customers inside Starling Assistant.
Marvin Evans·June 29, 2026

UK regulators favour tokenised deposits over stablecoins, and the FCA sandbox is where firms are testing how far that caution will bend.
Chris Wilson·June 11, 2026

Bloomberg reported Revolut is planning a secondary share sale at a $115 billion valuation, following its UK banking licence and US charter application.
Marvin Evans·June 10, 2026

An explainer on fintech: what the term covers in 2026, from banking apps and payments to lending algorithms and crypto, and why it amounts to an industrial shift.
Marvin Evans·June 2, 2026

An explainer on neobanks: how app-only banks differ from traditional ones, how they make money and what customers should check before switching.
Marvin Evans·May 24, 2026

Monzo, Revolut, N26, Starling, Chime and Nubank serve hundreds of millions of customers. Six challenger banks show where the next layer of innovation is coming from.
Marvin Evans·May 18, 2026

Revolut has FCA approval for portfolio management and private wealth services. With a £500K private banking threshold and £750M AUA, we analyse what it means for UK fintech.
Marvin Evans·May 14, 2026

Wise has moved its primary listing from London to Nasdaq. We analyse what this means for UK fintech, London's capital markets, and the companies likely to follow.
Marvin Evans·May 13, 2026

More than 77 Labour MPs have called on Keir Starmer to go after heavy local election losses. The leadership crisis adds political risk for UK fintech policy.
Marvin Evans·May 13, 2026