> been a fully licensed bank for ~6 months

They had an EU license in Lithuania for years.

Not a bank until 2018

And they clearly figured that was easier than going through the UK where they had previously been licensed

	▲	wasfgwp an hour ago \| parent [-]
		No, they had a standard bank license, no different than any other bank operating in the country. Of course it was only valid in the EU not Britain. https://www.lb.lt/en/news/banking-licence-granted-to-revolut... edit: Comment no longer makes much sense after the one above was edited