{"id":22439,"date":"2026-03-24T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/revolut-warns-it-risks-backlash-over-support-for-energy-intensive-ai-and-crypto\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:37:15","slug":"revolut-warns-it-risks-backlash-over-support-for-energy-intensive-ai-and-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/revolut-warns-it-risks-backlash-over-support-for-energy-intensive-ai-and-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolut warns it risks backlash over support for energy-intensive AI and crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fintech company\u2019s profits leap to \u00a31.7bn as it gears up for US push after getting UK banking licence this month <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/mar\/24\/brent-crude-oil-100-dollars-a-barrel-middle-east-iran-stock-markets-economic-growth-latest-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UK banking app Revolut has said it could face a backlash over its support for energy-intensive sectors such as crypto and AI, as it posted a 57% increase in profits for last year.<\/p>\n<p>The fintech, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/11\/british-fintech-revolut-gets-full-banking-licence\">can now launch as a fully fledged UK bank<\/a> after a five-year wait for regulatory approval, warned in its 2025 annual report that such activities posed a \u201creputational risk\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/24\/revolut-ai-crypto-profits-us-banking-licence-uk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d58e3aac6f0229d8898fb9662f67f64e3d40e5f7\/292_0_2917_2333\/master\/2917.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=88b3d8e24846762eea0c12cdb55c72e1\" title=\"Revolut warns it risks backlash over support for energy-intensive AI and crypto\" \/>Fintech company\u2019s profits leap to \u00a31.7bn as it gears up for US push after getting UK banking licence this month<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nThe UK banking app Revolut has said it could face a backlash over its support for energy-intensive sectors such as crypto and AI, as it posted a 57% increase in profits for last year.<br \/>\nThe fintech, which can now launch as a fully fledged UK bank after a five-year wait for regulatory approval, warned in its 2025 annual report that such activities posed a \u201creputational risk\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fintech company\u2019s profits leap to \u00a31.7bn as it gears up for US push after getting UK banking licence this month Business live \u2013 latest updates The UK banking app Revolut has said it could face a backlash over its support for energy-intensive sectors such as crypto and AI, as it posted a 57% increase in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/revolut-warns-it-risks-backlash-over-support-for-energy-intensive-ai-and-crypto\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Revolut warns it risks backlash over support for energy-intensive AI and crypto<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22439"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}