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October 14, 2025

How to get a job at Revolut: ‘Our values aren’t just posters on a wall’

Europe’s biggest neobank has a notoriously intense workplace culture

Tom Matsuda

5 min read

With a $75bn valuation, billions in revenue and over 60m customers, Revolut is Europe’s biggest fintech. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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