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Revolut has revealed a record £1.7 billion annual profit haul after customer numbers surged by nearly a third and doubled down on plans to reach 100 million customers globally by the middle of next year. The London-based fintech which this month secured the long-awaited all-clear to become a fully fledged bank in the UK reported pretax profit of £1.7 billion for 2025, up from £1.1 billion in 2024. Its global customer base jumped by 30% to 68.3 million by the end of the year as it added another 16 million new retail customers and saw its business customer base grow by a third to 767,000. The group got the green light from regulators earlier this month for a full banking licence in the UK, nearly five years after it first applied. It also applied for a banking licence in the US in March and said it now operates as a licensed bank in over 30 of its 40 markets worldwide, with a target to hit 100 million customers by the middle of 2027 Nik Storonsky, co-founder & chief executive of Revolut, said: ‘2025 was another landmark year. As we transition into a truly global bank, we are proving that our technology-driven operating model continues to drive rapid expansion and record profitability. A decade into this journey, we have only just begun to show what is possible.’ Revolut which already has 13 million customers in the UK plans to offer a wider array of banking services in the UK, such as lending and other products, after getting approval from the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority for a full UK banking licence. The group has started rolling out current accounts to a small number of new UK customers and will gradually expand this over the coming weeks. It comes after Revolut was granted a licence with restrictions in July 2024, having first applied to become a full bank in 2021. Revolut, which was valued at around $75 billion in a fundraise last year, said revenue lifted 46% to £4.5 billion last year, helped by more customers paying for premium services. By Holly Williams, Press Association Business Editor Press Association: Finance source: PA Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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