Bank of England governor blocks Rachel Reeves’s Revolut meeting

<p>Concerns about chancellor’s involvement in independent process over fintech’s banking licence</p><p>The governor of the Bank of England blocked a meeting that Rachel Reeves tried to secure with watchdogs and Revolut, amid concerns the chancellor was meddling in an independent process over the fintech’s UK banking licence.</p><p>Andrew Bailey intervened after learning of the plan to bring together representatives from Revolut, the Treasury and the Bank’s regulatory arm, the Prudential Regulation Authority, to discuss the fintech’s ambitions to become a fully authorised UK bank.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/30/bank-of-england-governor-blocks-rachel-reeves-revolut-meeting">Continue reading...</a>