RevAcademy What to expect during the Bitcoin Cash ‘hard fork’ There has been a lot of debate and speculation over the planned hard fork on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain. To help clear the air, we wrote this post to explain what this fork
Business Are you ready for your next challenge? 👊🏻 Three years ago, banks and investors laughed at us. Today, we've signed up 3 million customers and we're now one of the fastest growing fintechs in Europe - no one's laughing now.When
Product How we use machine learning to protect you from fraud We speak with banks all of the time, and we're always really shocked to learn that many of them are still relying on 100 percent manual processes for detecting fraud.When thinking about
Business What do I need to open a business account? 💼 Opening a business bank account can feel like a hassle, especially when you have to queue up at the bank, bring suitcases worth of documents and wait weeks, if not months, to find out if you've been approved.
Business How better banking makes better tech conferences 📢 When you’re a small team, being savvy about how you spend your time is the only way you’re going to get anything done - especially when it comes to being able
This is what makes up our secret sauce 🥫 Growing to nearly 3 million users in the space of 3 years is something we are very proud of. And while we always praise our community and share tips on how we've got
BA breach: what happened and is my data safe? ⚠️ Update - Thursday, 25th October 2018On Thursday 25th October 2018, British Airways announced that an additional 185,000 passengers may have had details stolen as a result of a data breach. The company
The Cathay Pacific data breach - Revolut reacts On Wednesday, Cathay Pacific airlines announced that it had been involved in a data breach which affected over 9 million passengers. How did this happen? 😧
RevAcademy How e-money companies like us are growing up You’ve probably noticed that we’ve been creating a lot of educational content lately. From explaining how a credit score works to flagging common security risks, we want to arm you with
Stories Do you want to launch Revolut abroad? 🚀 From day one, we believed money should be without borders and so we built Revolut. First in the UK and then in Europe, we were amazed by the demand from an ever growing
Stories An open letter from our CEO Last month, we released our annual company report for the 2017 financial year, so I wanted to park myself in a quiet part of the office and write down some thoughts on what
If you want to disrupt business acquiring like never before, I want to speak to you From clunky online portals to endless lists of fees, traditional banks have been failing businesses for years. And while their marketing materials will claim to show how innovative and forward thinking they are,
Stories Why thousands of students are ditching their banks If you’re a student, flying the nest to go off to uni for the first time is massively exciting, but it can also leave you feeling a little overwhelmed. Not only do
RevAcademy Three hacks that broke the bank When you think about a bank heist, cartoon-like images of armed robbers come to mind, but the reality couldn’t be any more different. Crime as we know it has changed and as
RevAcademy Cybersecurity, AI and no bullshit In the space of a few days, 50m social media accounts have been compromised, a ride hailing app was fined over data breaches and a bank came clean on why it lost millions
Why XRP is surging by almost 50% Over the past 24 hours, XRP, the popular cryptocurrency, has seen its price surge by up to 43% - a surprising move that came at a time when most other cryptocurrencies have been
Business What type of business structure does my company need? 🤷🏻♀️ Mastering the ‘ins and outs’ of setting up your own business can seem like an overwhelming task. Fear not though, we’re armed with some top-tips that should see you through the early
Deliveroo issue: How Revolut responded What happened? Between Sunday 16 September and Monday 17 September, Deliveroo experienced a technical issue which resulted in some customers being overcharged for their order, according to a social media post from the
Stories How the global financial crisis gave birth to Fintech When financial giant Lehman Brothers abruptly filed for bankruptcy on 15th September 2008, the financial world was shaken. What happened next would completely change the face of the banking industry, ultimately leading to
Product You can now search for your transactions 🔍 Whether you want to double check if ‘Ben’ ever paid you back, or you’re wondering how much you paid for that hotel in France - our new search tool is just what
Product Making Payments Social with GIFs 🎉 Traditionally speaking, banking is boring. After all, we’re talking about money here and that’s meant to be serious business, right? Well, while we know it's serious, we don’t think it
Business Revolut for Business meets Zapier When it comes to business banking, there's a multitude of options out there, but are any of them actually delivering what businesses want and need right now? According to the Federation of Small
Stories Why you need to join our Data Science team If you’ve read our other blog posts, you might have realised innovation is at the core of everything we do – and the Data Science team is no exception. The recent growth and
All the answers to your burning questions about Metal 💳 Wow, the response to the launch of Revolut Metal has been off the charts and we're so happy that you're as excited about it as we are. As you might know, we only
Product Bringing video into customer support 📷 Trying to nail customer support when you're signing up 7,000 new accounts each day can be tricky, but with every mistake we make, we learn so much more. As we continue to
