Revolut logo is seen in this illustration taken July 29, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
LONDON (Reuters) -Revolut's pretax profit surged 149% last year to 1.1 billion pounds ($1.46 billion) as the financial technology firm rode a wave in crypto trading and earned more from interest rates and card fees, the company said on Thursday.
Revenue at the London-based fintech rose to 3.1 billion pounds, up from 1.8 billion pounds in 2023, it said, driven by income from interest on the back of higher rates, card payments and the company's "Wealth" segment, which includes trading and crypto products.
Its pretax profit was more than double the 438 million pounds in 2023.
Revolut has emerged as the most successful of the handful of European fintechs founded in the past decade with a digital-only model. It was valued at $45 billion last year, rivalling big European lenders, and it has plans to expand into mortgages and consumer lending to challenge high street lenders.
The valuation followed it securing a UK banking licence, ending a three-year wait after running into difficulty following scrutiny over its internal accounting. Revolut said on Thursday it expected to start operating as a UK bank this year.
In its annual report, Revolut also said its CEO and founder, Nikolay Storonsky increased his ownership in April 2025 by acquiring an "indirect, non-voting interest" in the company during a reorganisation of its ownership structure.
Storonsky now owns, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of Revolut, the report said, without disclosing what he owned previously.
Customer numbers grew to 52.5 million, up from 38 million in 2023.
Revenues in its "Wealth" business grew 300% year-on-year, driven by increased crypto trading and the launch of Revolut's crypto exchange.
Revolut remains small for customer lending, reporting 979 million pounds of customer loans on its balance sheet in 2024, up from 528 million the year before.
($1 = 0.7518 pounds)
(Reporting by Elizabeth Howcroft and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes; Editing by Chris Reese)
