Analysis

April 18, 2025

Revolut is drawing up plans for a rewards credit card. Can it take on giants like American Express?

Experts say the financial superapp has some early advantages over incumbents

Tom Matsuda

4 min read

Revolut is in the early stages of developing a rewards credit card, as Sifted exclusively reported earlier this week.  

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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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