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"Deciphering the India Playbook of UK-Based Fintech Revolut "

By Kajal Sharma - 05 May 2025 08:27 PM

Revolut is scheduled to launch its products in October of this year after obtaining its prepaid payment instrument (PPI) license from the Reserve Bank of India to provide prepaid cards and prepaid wallets with UPI payments. Nik Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko founded Revolut in 2015 as a forex payments platform, but it has now evolved into a fintech mega app. The London-based business will enter the UPI and quick international payments markets in India. According to the British neobank, 300,000 Indians have already joined its pre-enrollment waiting list. In the future, Revolut hopes to have 25 million Indian customers by 2030.When Revolut, the biggest neobank in Europe, announced its 2021 entry into India, it generated a lot of excitement. It was hailed at the time as a possible rival to some of the nation's largest fintech companies.In the future, Revolut hopes to have 25 million Indian customers by 2030.

Revolut's intentions to expand in India are centered on the country's burgeoning fintech sector, which has drawn over $25.8 billion in investments and is home to 22 unicorns and 33 soonicorns.

 

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