On Saturday night, over 1,000 Revolut customers were gathering in a basement auditorium in central London for a special event.
The Canary Wharf-based company was marking a significant milestone: in just a decade since it was founded, it had reached a mind-blowing 50 million customers.
Eager not to pass up the chance for a blow-out celebration, Revolut’s Russian and Ukrainian founders, Nik Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko, invited account holders along to a two-day party, featuring speeches from the duo, interviews with Diary of a CEO podcaster Steven Bartlett, and now the grand finale, a performance from Charli XCX.
British banks are not known for organising music concerts and festivals. Why did Revolut do it — and why Charli XCX? Marc, a Revolut employee who won free tickets in a staff ballot, offers a tentative explanation....