Fintech giant Revolut’s online banking app has faced a major outage, leaving many customers around the world unable to make payments.
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October 20, 2026
Revolut app down in widespread outage
European fintech giant assured customers their money and data were safe after Tuesday morning crash
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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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