Brat banking: Charli xcx takes the stage in Revolut’s push to cleanse its image

Charli xcx plays for Revolut customers in central London, capping a two-day, Coachella-inspired event. Photograph: Revolut

Thousands of bank customers braved the wind and rain of Storm Bert on Saturday night, forming queues that snaked through the streets surrounding London’s Tottenham Court Road station.

But this was no bank run. In fact, there was not a bank branch in sight.