Revolut

A free app that earns from everything you do with it: Revolut gives away a Standard account, then makes money when customers swipe its cards, trade, exchange currency or upgrade to paid plans, so fees were 76% of its £4.5B ($6.0B) 2025 revenue, unusual for a bank. Card payments (£1.0B), subscriptions (£708M, +67%), wealth (£663M) and FX (£606M) sit beside £974M of interest income, while loans are only 6.2% of deposits. Profit before tax rose 57% to £1.7B on 68.3M retail customers, and in 2026 Revolut is turning e-money accounts into licensed banks (UK in March, France in August, conditional US approval in September) to unlock lending.

Business Model Canvas
Revolut
Research date: Oct 7, 2026
Evidence-backed · sources in companion brief

Key Partners

  • Card networks carry every swipe (FACT).
  • £14.0B savings held with partners / cash funds (FACT).
  • Licensed bank in 30+ of 40 markets (FACT).
  • OCC conditional US charter, Sep 2026 (FACT).
  • Plan perks from brand, insurance, data partners (FACT).

Key Activities

  • Build and stack products in one app (FACT).
  • 11 product lines above £100M each (FACT).
  • Win banking licences market by market (FACT).
  • Risk + compliance headcount +42% (FACT).
  • Sep 2026 data incident, ~680 customers (SECONDARY).

Key Resources

  • 63%+ of new customers via word of mouth (FACT).
  • One app across 40 markets (FACT).
  • 10,909 average employees, +10% (FACT).
  • 75%+ support chats solved by AI (FACT).
  • £4.9B CET1 capital (FACT).

Value Propositions

  • Free Standard account + card (FACT).
  • Multi-currency spend and transfers (FACT).
  • Save, invest, crypto in one app (FACT).
  • Paid plans £3.99 to £55 / month (FACT).
  • Business accounts, cards, acquiring (FACT).

Customer Relationships

  • App-only, no branches (FACT).
  • 75%+ support chats solved by AI (FACT).
  • Primary-account users +45% (FACT).
  • Paid plan adoption +42% (FACT).
  • RevPoints — 17M users (FACT).

Channels

  • 63%+ via referrals and word of mouth (FACT).
  • Ad + marketing £529M, +47% (FACT).
  • Audi Revolut F1 Team partnership (FACT).
  • Business sales headcount +27% (FACT).
  • App, cards, Revolut Pay, terminals (FACT).

Customer Segments

  • 68.3M retail customers, +30% (FACT).
  • 1 in 5 working-age adults in Europe (FACT).
  • 13M UK customers (FACT).
  • 767K businesses, +33% (FACT).
  • Target — 100M customers by mid-2027 (FACT).

Cost Structure

  • Fee expense £767M (FACT).
  • Staff costs £922M (FACT).
  • Ad + marketing £529M, +47% (FACT).
  • Credit losses only £81M (FACT).
  • Efficiency ratio 33% (FACT).

Revenue Streams

  • Card payments £1.0B, 22.2% (FACT).
  • Interest income £974M, 21.6% (FACT).
  • Subscriptions £708M, +67% (FACT).
  • Wealth £663M; FX £606M (FACT).
  • Fees = 76% of revenue (FACT).
Sources: revolut.com/reports-and-results · occ.gov/topics/charters-and-licensing · revolut.com/en-US/news · thefintechtimes.com/revolut-secures-french-banking-licence-from-acpr-and-ecb · theguardian.com/business/2026 · revolut.com/en-US/news · revolut.com/our-pricing-plans