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A tale of two banks: Monzo vs Starling

While other digital challengers struggle to keep afloat during the pandemic, Starling Bank says it remains on course to reach profitability by the end of 2020, overseeing significant growth in staff, customers numbers and its loan book over the past year.

07 August 2020

Company announcement/payments

Starling, TranSwap and Remitr among first wave to sign up to Currencycloud Spark

Currencycloud, the leader in providing embedded cross-border payments, today announces the wider rollout of Currencycloud Spark – its multi-currency wallet infrastructure – with Starling Bank, TranSwap and Remitr among the first customers to sign up to the service.

06 August 2020

Company announcement/retail

Pension provider for the self-employed Penfold joins Starling marketplace

Starling, the leading digital bank, has introduced Penfold to its Marketplace, bringing to self-employed people pensions they can set up, manage and track online or on their phone.

20 July 2020

News/payments

Covid-19 will ignite new agendas for payment trends and regulations

With the Covid-19 pandemic bringing to the fore long-term trends in the banking and payments industries, professionals shared their views on what lies ahead as part of PayExpo’s digital event.

15 July 2020

News/retail

Starling seeks £35m from RBS bailout fund

Starling is applying for another £35 million from the Royal Bank of Scotland bail out fund set up to promote competition in the UK's SME banking market.

06 July 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

Starling Bank introduces two new subscription accounts for business owners

Starling Bank is helping British entrepreneurs get back to business with the launch of a new digital banking toolkit and a US dollar account that allows them to spend directly in pounds and dollars with a single debit card.

06 July 2020

News/wholesale

Starling to provide in-app integration to Slack, energy switching and health insurance

Starling Bank continues to beef up its business banking platform, adding health insurance, energy switching services and Slack integration to its range of third party marketplace offers.

15 June 2020

Company announcement/regulation

Starling Bank appoints Jaywing to build IFRS 9 model framework for Covid-19 loans

Starling Bank has partnered with Jaywing to provide support developing an IFRS 9 modelling framework for the calculation of IFRS 9 Expected Credit Losses on the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan portfolio.

09 June 2020

News/retail

Starling Bank raises £40 million as SME banking business picks up

Starling bank has raised a further £40 million from existing investors JTC and Merian Chrysalis Investment Company, bringing the total raised this year to £100 million.

29 May 2020

News/retail

Challengers beat incumbents on account opening experience

Many of the UK's leading high street banks have fallen behind their upstart digital rivals when it comes to making it easy and fast to open an account, suggests a review of 12 players' user experience.

25 May 2020

News/startups

Covid-19 hits challenger banks as app downloads slide

Leading challenger banks in the UK have suffered a significant drop in the number of new app downloads in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to data compiled by Finbold.

29 April 2020

News/payments

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: Natwest copies Starling with carers card

NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster bank have followed the example set by Starling Bank in launching a companion card which vulnerable customers can give to trusted people to pay for their groceries or other essential items.

24 April 2020