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Analysis: Revolut has talked the talk on mortgages - but can it walk the walk?

Fintech’s claim that anything Irish banks can do, it can do better, will be put to the test in its ambition to enter the mortgage market

Last week Revolut’s country head made bullish claims about the fintech’s ability to compete with Ireland’s incumbent banks. Picture: Bloomberg

Maurice Murphy, Revolut’s country lead for Ireland, has talked a big game about the fintech’s ability to disrupt the Irish banking sector, placing it on an equal footing with Ireland’s major banks.

In an interview with the Business Post Murphy said he was confident that all of its capabilities were better than anything offered by AIB, Bank of Ireland or PTSB.

“The only place where we have ground to make up is where we don’t ...