---
title: Revolut wants to be a Swiss bank. Should Swiss private banks worry?
description: "Our short answer: Revolut is not a threat to the Swiss private banking model. It is a threat to Swiss private banks that have stopped practising it."
---

[Slow food for thought](https://blog.syzgroup.com/slow-food-for-thought)

# [Revolut wants to be a Swiss bank. Should Swiss private banks worry?](https://blog.syzgroup.com/slow-food-for-thought/revolut-wants-to-be-a-swiss-bank.-should-swiss-private-banks-worry)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/slow-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Sep 29, 2026, 2:19:39 PM

<https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/Focus_260929_Revolut2.pdf?hsLang=en><https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/Focus-Changing%20investment%20preferences%20from%20boomers%20to%20GenZ-31.08.23.pdf?hsLang=en>

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