Starling Bank - News, Articles & Research

Anne Boden quits Starling for new AI venture

Starling Bank founder Anne Boden has quit the board of the challenger bank to pursue a new AI venture.

16 July 2024

Starling reports third profitable year

UK mobile lender Starling Bank has reported its third full year of profitability, with pre-tax profits up 55% to £301.1m and revenue up 51% to £682.2m.

12 June 2024

Company announcement/retail

Ozone API integrates with Engine by Starling

Ozone API, the global open banking leader, today announces a strategic partnership with Engine by Starling, the technology arm of Starling Bank.

28 May 2024

News/retail

Engine SaaS platform could push Starling valuation to £10bn - investor

Starling's SaaS platform Engine could generate hundreds of millions of pounds a year for the UK digital bank, propelling it towards a £10 billion valuation, predicts investor Chrysalis.

27 May 2024

Company announcement/retail

Romania's Salt Bank launches with Engine by Starling and GFT

Salt Bank, a new digital bank in Romania’s financial landscape, has launched less than one year after the project was kicked off.

27 May 2024

News/cloud

Romania's Salt goes live with Starling's SaaS platform

Romanian digital bank Salt has gone live on Starling's SaaS platform Engine, onboarding 100,000 customers in its first two weeks.

16 April 2024

Company announcement/retail

Romania launches first digital-native bank

Engine by Starling has launched Romania's first ever digitally-native bank on its core banking platform.

16 April 2024

News/people

Starling Bank appoints OVO head as new CEO

Starling Bank has appointed Raman Bhatia, the chief executive of energy retailer OVO and former HSBC digital banking lead, as it new CEO.

12 March 2024

News/retail

Starling Bank Bikes to hit the road in Manchester

Transport for Greater Manchester has signed its biggest ever commercial deal, with Starling Bank as the first sponsor of the Northern city's bike hire scheme.

31 January 2024

Company announcement/retail

Starling Bank launches new brand platform as bank pushes for growth

Starling Bank has created a new brand platform, with a new positioning, strategy and ad creative developed to mark the beginning of an ambitious year of growth for the bank.

22 January 2024

News/retail

Wise accuses high street banks of hidden exchange rate fees

For GBP to EUR, Wise reports that HSBC has the highest fee for exchange rates (3.7%), followed by Lloyds at 3.6%, Barclays at 2.75%, and NatWest, TSB and Santander all at 2.5%.

19 January 2024

Company announcement/startups

FinTech Wales welcomes Starling Bank as latest Partner

FinTech Wales, the independent members association and champion of the Fintech and Financial Services industry in Wales, has welcomed Starling Bank as the latest organisation to become a Partner to empower Wales as a globally recognised hub of fintech excellence.

18 January 2024

Finextra TV/cloud

Building the digital banks of the future

Carlton Hopper, UK Managing Director of GFT, and Sam Everington, CEO of Engine by Starling, review the impact of new banking platforms and implementation strategies for successful bank modernisation. They discuss GFT and Engine by Starling's collaboration that utilises cloud-native, modular, and API-based technologies to empower clients worldwide to deliver next generation digital banking.

17 January 2024

News/people

Starling's chief banking officer Helen Bierton departs for Lloyds

Starling Bank's chief banking officer Helen Bierton has left for a new position as director of 'Everyday Banking' at Lloyds Banking Group.

03 January 2024

News/cloud

PwC forms alliance with Starling's Engine SaaS platform

PwC has signed on as a strategic implementation platform for Starling Bank's Software-as-a-Service platform, Engine.

07 December 2023

Company announcement/retail

GFT to act as implementation partner for Engine by Starling

Starling Bank is working with GFT, the global digital transformation pioneer, as an implementation partner for its Software-as-a-Service business, Engine by Starling.

30 November 2023

News/retail

Starling signs first banking client for SaaS platform

Starling Bank has signed Romania's Salt Bank as the first client for its Software-as-a-Service platform, Engine.

16 November 2023

News/retail

Starling Bank bids to defuse arguments over household chores

Treading beyond its traditional financial services remit, Starling Bank has created a new 'Share the Load' tool to help quarrelling couples track and fairly split their unpaid labour and household tasks

08 November 2023

News/security

Monzo and Starling among worst performers for APP fraud reimbursements

Monzo and Starling are among the lowest scoring firms for reimbursing victims of authorised push payment fraud, according to 2022 data published by the Payment Systems Regulator.

31 October 2023

News/retail

Starling Bank abolishes monthly fee for kids pocket money app

Starling Bank is to waive the £2 monthly fee for its Kite debit card and app for kids after conducting research which found that the UK is a nation of ‘baby bankers’ - with children as young as six already saving for cars (26%), university (19%) and even houses (18%).

10 October 2023