Revolut has expanded its investment services with the quiet launch of contracts for difference (CFD) trading in 29 countries, including several in Europe. The move targets "active traders" and follows a pilot phase that began more than a year earlier in three EU countries: the Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece.
FinanceMagnates.com confirmed that CFDs are now available on the Revolut app in Europe under the Investment tab. The British company had previously introduced a standalone CFD platform, Revolut Invest, and is now offering CFDs in Europe through its Lithuanian entity, which holds a MiFID II licence.
CFDs Within Revolut's Broader Investment Offering
The rollout of CFDs appears to be part of Revolut's broader strategy to add active investment products. Alongside CFDs, the company offers access to stocks, bonds, ETFs, commodities, robo-advisory services and cryptocurrency trading. In its latest financials, Revolut highlighted that "with Instant Access Savings and investment options such as stocks, ETFs, bonds, commodities, CFDs, and cryptocurrencies, users can actively grow their wealth."
However, CFDs are widely considered high-risk investment products, and the majority of CFD traders end up losing money in practice. The source does not provide details on Revolut's client protections or suitability assessments for high-risk products, nor does it specify how many of its customers currently access CFD trading.
Partnership with CMC Connect and Limited Disclosures
Revolut entered the CFD market by leveraging the infrastructure of CMC Connect, the institutional arm of London-based CFD provider CMC Markets. Despite having offered CFDs for more than a year, Revolut did not disclose any figures related to CFD activity in its financial report for 2025.
CMC Markets, which is publicly listed, only referred to the Revolut arrangement in its half-year financials as having a "not significant" impact on its B2B revenue, citing limited geographical coverage at the time just a few months after the deal with the neobank was completed. The recent expansion of Revolut's CFD offering to 29 countries may change the scale of that impact, but no updated figures have yet been reported in the source.
Scale of Revolut and Industry Context
Revolut reported 68.3 million customers globally and generated a pre-tax profit of £1.7 billion on revenue of £4.5 billion last year. It remains unclear from the available information how many of these customers are eligible for or are using CFD trading, or what proportion are considered suited to such high-risk products.
The expansion occurs as competitive dynamics in the trading industry evolve. While firms like Revolut move into CFDs and other active investment products, established CFD brokers are diversifying into areas such as stock trading and cryptocurrencies. IG Group, for example, is considering prediction markets, despite their similarities to the controversial binary options, illustrating how providers across the sector are broadening their product ranges.
