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You should see the Revolut (they are applying to become a bank) terms. Mind-boggling stuff like you being responsible for their bugs: > 24.14. To the extent p
by 21 9y ago
You should see the Revolut (they are applying to become a bank) terms.
Mind-boggling stuff like you being responsible for their bugs:
> 24.14. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Revolut is not liable, and you agree not to hold it responsible, for any damages or losses (including, but not limited to, loss of money, goodwill, or reputation, profits, or other intangible losses or any special, indirect, or consequential damages) resulting directly or indirectly from:
> glitches, bugs, errors, or inaccuracies of any kind in the Revolut Services;
> 17.2. If for any reason (including, but not limited to, any technical errors on our behalf or on behalf of our third-party providers) you have a negative balance in your Revolut Electronic Money Account, you agree to immediately Top-Up the required amount to correct the negative balance, such amounts being due without the need for previous notification. If you fail to do so:
Banks are notorious for their terms, but this is taking it to a new level. Move fast, break things, and don't be responsible.
To be fair, I'm not sure how enforceable these clauses are, I find it hard to believe that a judge would side with them if a customer's money suddenly vanish.
- alexbilbie 9y agoThe FCA are very consumer conscious - look at the threats of significant fines towards TSB for just a few days of their app and website being offline.
- robinson-wall 9y agoIt doesn’t have to be this way - e.g. https://monzo.com/terms/ https://monzo.com/terms/ Disclaimer: I work for Monzo
- SubMachineGhost 9y agoHey there! Do you guys have some Scala in your code base ? or do you strictly use Go?
- robinson-wall 8y agoWe have just one Scala service - it's not a language we use day to day. We're almost entirely Go, but do use other languages where it makes sense to - usually because there's a useful library, or great tooling / community for a particular use case. For example we have a handful of Python services for ML.
- PeterisP 9y agoThe terms are quite interesting, but the key part there is "To the extent permitted by applicable law". In EU (and UK, where Revolut is based) consumer rights in general and also for financial services are mainly set in law (which is being pushed in consumers favor with various acts e.g. the payment services directives). The terms of all financial institutions pretty much reflect the minimum required by law, so the actual terms are essentially the same for everyone - if they're worse than the law, then they're null and void; and if they're better than the law... well, that doesn't happen.
- adrianratnapala 9y agoThe idea is to put a barrier in front of any complaints. Complainants have to actually go to someone who can use the law, while the bank hides behind their Terms & Conditions.