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Policy makers and regulators have spent
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the past few years trying to revitalize
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the London Stock Exchange, reforming
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listing rules, encouraging pension funds
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to invest more in growth companies, and
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attempting to rebuild the pipeline of
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IPOs. Revolut's eventual decision will
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be another test of whether those efforts
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are working. For now though, the bigger
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story is the success itself. Whatever
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happens with the future IPO, Revolut
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represents a remarkable British business
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success story. A startup launched in
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London has grown into a global financial
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platform serving millions of customers
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and challenging some of the most
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established institutions in banking.
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Armed with its banking license, it can
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now stand alongside the high street
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giants in the lending and mortgage
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market. That is something worth
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acknowledging and celebrating, even if
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for the UK's traditional banks, it's a
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moment that suggests their dominance
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cannot be taken for granted. Revolut's
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success also reminds us that when the
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conditions are right, Britain is still
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capable of producing companies that
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reshape entire industries. And in a week
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dominated by economic pessimism, that is
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a message worth remembering.
