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Russian-born British entrepreneur and former trader who co-founded Revolut in 2013 and is its chief executive.
Revolut, with more than 80 million customers, says its US offering will be at par with Amex and JPMorgan once it holds a full bank charter. Account features ship first, then cards and loans, with launch targeted for the first half of 2027.
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Revolut's planned US credit cards will offer rewards on par with JPMorgan and American Express, CEO Nik Storonsky told Bloomberg. Revolut has not put a price on that promise, and the cards wait on US regulators approving the full offering.
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Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky told Bloomberg TV on Oct. 8 that the digital bank would put its primary listing in the US if it goes public. With a float not expected before 2028, the open question for London is whether it keeps a secondary listing beside New York.
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Revolut charges merchants 0% processing fees on face-scan payments in a UK pilot built around Revolut Register, its point-of-sale device for hospitality. The waiver costs Revolut only as much as shoppers pay by face, a demand one Celent analyst calls unproven.
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Nik Storonsky called a London listing "just not rational" in 2024 over the 0.5% stamp duty that is still charged today, and he now tells Les Echos that Revolut, valued at $115bn, plans to list in London as well as on the Nasdaq.
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