Crypto-friendly fintech Revolut is reportedly having some points associated to its lately launched annual report for the yr ending December 2021.

Revolut, a British-Lithuanian neobank that enables clients to purchase and promote crypto, reported its first-ever full yr of revenue on March 1, 2023. The agency mentioned it generated a income of 636 million British kilos ($769 million) in 2021, which was a major surge from 220 million kilos ($266 million) in 2020.

The monetary report was reviewed by impartial auditors from the worldwide accounting community BDO, which confirmed that Revolut’s monetary statements offered a “honest view of the state of the group’s and of the dad or mum firm’s affairs” as of Dec. 31. The auditors burdened that the report was appropriate “apart from the attainable results of the issues described within the foundation for the certified opinion part” of the report.

Within the opinion part, BDO argued that the accounting agency was unable to get sufficient data associated to “completeness and prevalence of sure revenues” for 2021, stating:

“We’ve concluded that the place the opposite data refers to income or associated balances these could also be materially misstated for a similar motive.”

Revolut has reportedly responded to BDO’s remarks, insisting on the validity of its annual report. The Monetary Occasions reported on March 30 that Revolut issued a public assertion and employed attorneys in March as a way to show “misreporting” of the audit opinion by BDO. The corporate argued that the $769 million revenues have been “independently verified” and have been “not in query.”

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The general public assertion has apparently been since taken down by Revolut as some board members reportedly felt it was an “overreaction” and confirmed a lack of knowledge of what BDO’s opinion meant, in response to sources cited by the FT.

The assertion “was written by individuals who in all probability didn’t totally perceive the nuancing of an audit opinion”, mentioned one supply. It additionally contained “inaccuracies”, one other supply claimed. The sources additionally alleged that it was attainable that Revolut’s true revenues may both be greater or decrease than acknowledged within the report as a result of some transactions might be lacking.

Revolut declined to touch upon the matter to Cointelegraph. The agency additionally didn’t reply to Cointelegraph’s question to share the assertion about BDO’s opinion part because it seems to have been taken down.

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