Revolut to deactivate old Lithuanian IBANs for French users

What is at stake

If an employer, a benefits agency or a supplier still uses the old Lithuanian number, payments will be bounced back to the sender. That could mean salaries that never arrive, automatic debits that are refused and payments that fail. The deadline falls just after the holidays, when many services run at reduced speed, so waiting until the last moment is risky.

Customers should tell anyone who pays them or debits their account to switch to the French IBAN. In the Revolut app, the RIB/IBAN section under the balance shows the French number. Revolut presents the change as a simple update with no effect on the balance or on the French IBAN. Users should also be wary of messages asking for bank details through a link, since scammers already exploit genuine IBANs to target French people.

A wider shift to a French bank

The cutoff comes as Revolut changes status in France. On 10 August, the company obtained a full banking licence for its subsidiary Revolut Bank S.A. The email, however, concerns accounts already moved to the French branch of Revolut Bank UAB, the group's Lithuanian bank.

The transfer of customers to Revolut Bank S.A. already has a date. In an earlier email, Revolut announced an automatic switch of accounts between 2 and 5 December 2026, with no change to IBAN or card. Deposits will then be covered by the French guarantee fund (FGDR), with the same ceiling of 100,000 euros.

The old number should in fact have disappeared long ago: in July 2022, Revolut said it would stay active for only 30 days after the migration.