The reason why people across Ireland are freezing their Revolut cards

Revolut customers across Ireland are freezing their bank cards in solidarity with Palestine. The boycott appeared on social media this past week and comes as news of the popular personal finance app opening branches in Israel.

The Bank of Israel announced the opening of Revolut in the country through a press release saying, “The Bank of Israel hereby announces the issuance of an identification code to a second global fintech company that has chosen to operate in Israel as a participant in a controlled payment system – Revolut Ltd.”

News of this has not been widely accepted by a number of Irish people across social media platforms, and in response a number of Irish customers are beginning to boycott the app on the 9th and 10th of September.

A Palestinian activist based in Dublin, Dr Abdullah Al Bayyari shared the post on their social media page with the caption,

“We demand assurance that the steps @revolutapp have been taking to open a branch in Israel will not go ahead.

Three months ago they began posting job positions, they made this decision despite a genocide taking place with the highest international court confirming the plausibility of this.

This nation and its people have dehumanised Palestinians for decades, their public do not protest for sanctity of a child’s life being betrayed, putting aside all other atrocities being carried out by their military and government. Why? Because they’re Palestinian children.

Where politicians remain in power despite flagrantly racist, hate filled and genocidal statements. Where a man who raped Palestinian hostages was brought on to famous TV shows as if a hero.

I could list all day.

We will not normalise Israel any longer.

Boycott, divest, sanction.”

The activist is urging people of Ireland who use the app to not make transactions, online or in shops and avoid using the opening or using the app.

In 2024, Revolut announced that they have 2.7 million customers in Ireland, with the company recording pre-tax profits of €503 million last year.

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