British professional person lawn tennis thespian Sir Andy Murray is reported to hold upward i of thousands of customers who volition hold upward investing inwards fintech theater Revolut.
The Glasgow-born lawn tennis star, who is ranked publish one in the world, makes upward i of 40,000 customers who bring committed to invest £17 1000000 ($22.3 million) inwards a crowdfunding circular to Revolut, a digital banking alternative. According to CNBC, customers from 55 countries jumped on board to pre-register alongside £17 1000000 making upward the pledge amount; however, the companionship was alone seeking £4 million($5.3 million) to consummate its £50 1000000 ($66 million) Series B funding round. In a statement, Revolut’s CEO Nikolay Storonsky said:
Word of oral cavity past times our loyal client base of operations is the argue that Revolut has achieved then much inwards exactly 2 years.
He added:
As a token of our appreciation nosotros are offering them the hazard to play a longer term business office inwards the fintech revolution past times owning equity inwards a fast scaling fintech equally nosotros embark on our global mission.
Murray is reported to bring pledged to invest inwards the fintech because he is a frequent investor on Seedrs, the London-based equity crowdfunding platform.
In June, Murray joined the Seedrs Advisory Board equally an investor as well as strategic advisor; however, according to a Seedrs blog, Murray won’t hold upward providing advice to investors, but volition exactly hold upward offering ‘strategic input to our administration squad equally nosotros perish along to grow rapidly.’ Launched inwards 2015, Revolut has over 740,000 customers, has conducted exactly nether xxx 1000000 transactions as well as has a full book worth $4.2 billion.
The Revolut app permits customers to opened upward a Great Britain describe concern human relationship inwards 3 minutes without a proof of address or credit banking concern tally where expenses tin laissez passer on the sack hold upward tracked to maintain on overstep of what a user is spending as well as where. Users volition equally good bring access to a pre-paid contactless MasterCard debit card. Revolut is planning on opening its service to other countries soon.
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