Revolut

“The revolut anti-fraud thing also seems to be less well done, being easier to trigger than other "real" banks.”

“They have been shocklingly competent for international transfers. Most things just work through the app”

“if they decide to freeze your money for no reason”

“Revolut refused to help with a dispute. They rejected it after like 2 hours, first claiming they contacted the seller, which it turns out they did not.”

“worked fine in a foreign country at 12:00pm London time, via Apple Pay”

“there's intermittent availability of basically everything, which means you might be able to access the app, or you might be able to pay by card”

“I have had good experiences with Privacy.com and Revolut.”

“create a separate card number for your kid (10s within the bank app), where you put more money when needed”

“the great thing about Revolut is that a) you can create multiple free virtual cards”

“Revolut are known to be a bit shady but in this case they're damned if they do and damned if they don't”

“Revolut are well known for using automated systems for all support and it being difficult/impossible to talk to an actual human”

“Revolut is actually particularly strict with random unexplained transactions compared to most online banks.”

“Revolut itself is particularly strict, receive 5 random unexplained payments and it's almost sure that you'll get banned”

“it just looks like a nice app / interesting cards (for all the perks and cashback IIUC) to have”

“Revolut shipped a check for ro.build.user being set to the string "grapheneos" resulting in using the app being blocked.”

“Revolut has luckily been working well for me but time will tell”

“Revolut recently changed the app so it now requires Google Play Integrity so it doesn't work with LineageOS anymore.”

“use a virtual Revolut card for payment”

“I had no problems subscribing to stuff through wise or revolut cards”

“i use revolut in the eu and disposable cards work”

“Internet transactions are usually done using Revolut because then I can use a disposable card number.”

“which simply blocks you out of your account if on a device they seem to not like / that is not attested”

“everyone's used to Revolut for bill splitting here in Romania”

“Freezing works well because you see the failed transactions coming through later”

“They're not a bank. None of the FinTechs are. Different culture. They don't understand accounts must always work”

“They cut off access to my account without warning, because they say GOS doesn't meet their security requirements.”

“It works, you don't need a mobile app.”

“Revolut stopped working for me for a while with the error that the bootloader wasn't recognised and rooted phones aren't supported”

“then you just cancel/destroy the virtual number immediately”

“Sandboxed Play Services handles most major apps fine, including N26 and Revolut”

“what Revolut charges me (taking my local currency and converting it to USD), is lower than what AliExpress would charge me”

“their tech is great and their fx rates are more than fair”

“Now with Revolut you can schedule auto top-up to keep this low amount up to date.”

“They managed to build from scratch on relatively shoestring budgets their own implementation of a consumer bank”

“some cards like revolut which provide some benefits but you have to pay a monthly sub”

“this is why Revolut and WISE cards are a god send when travelling”

“their banking apps put a banner on the top warning they are not calling the user”

“the fee I'm paying is comparable to any other bank that offers the features Revolut's (banking) services offer”

“I've also seen stories of them basically freezing people's accounts.”

“no exchange rate fees added while paying in foreign currencies”