REVOLUT SPARE CHANGE OPTION: From Innovation to Betrayal: How Revolut Lost My Trust. PUBLISHED IRISH INDEPENDENT / MONEY
From Innovation to Betrayal: How Revolut Lost My Trust How Revolut’s Spare Change Scheme Left me Out of Pocket and Asking Questions You think your money’s safe. Then one day you discover your bank has been quietly taking it. You discover hundreds of transactions, made without your knowledge. For years, I was Revolut’s biggest cheerleader. As a travel writer, I relied on it for switching currencies with a swipe, avoiding the hidden fees traditional banks may charge. It felt like the future of banking: sleek, fast, user-friendly. I recommended it to friends, praising the way it seemed to democratise finance for anyone willing to try it. It seemed too good to be true, and it was. I discovered something deeply unsettling: my so-called “Spare Change” savings had been disappearing into a loyalty system I never knowingly agreed to, a points scheme called RevPoints.The money I thought I was saving was being spent. Revolut Spare Change Vault, where each transaction rounded up to th...
