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The sole recent story reports a data breach where fraudsters obtained customer files and set up an extortion site, highlighting a security lapse at Revolut.
Revolut confirmed a data breach on September 12 2026 after a fraudster used a legitimate government‑email domain to request customer files, leading to an extortion site built on public hosting.
The European Central Bank has selected 36 firms, including Revolut, to test a beta version of the digital euro in a 12‑month pilot.
Revolut rolled out an AI‑driven budgeting assistant on July 5, 2026, that analyses spending patterns and offers real‑time savings suggestions. The feature is built on Revolut’s proprietary machine‑learning engine and is available to all UK users.