David Tirado Revolut

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May 8, 2026

How Revolut’s new bets division thrives on ‘pivoting, fighting and hustling’

The fintech giant’s commercial lead talks weekly pitches, product tests and ruthless hiring strategy

Revolut launches products at a pace few European fintechs can match. 

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Damisola Sulaiman

Damisola Sulaiman is Sifted's fintech reporter, based in London. She writes Sifted's weekly Fintech newsletter . You can find her on LinkedIn

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