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July 29, 2025

Revolut pitched China expansion to investors, internal documents show

The neobank said it was ‘hiring, licensing, scoping’ across the Middle East and Asia

Tom Matsuda

2 min read

Revolut pitched a potential expansion into China to investors last year, a move which would put Europe’s top fintech in direct competition with local heavyweights AliPay and WeChat. 

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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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