Starling Bank
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| Private | |
| Industry | Banking |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Products | Retail Banking |
| Website | www.starlingbank.com |
Starling Bank is a licensed mobile-only challenger bank founded by former Allied Irish Banks COO, Anne Boden in 2014.[1]
Headquartered in London and operating as one of a few British financial technology startups, Starling is looking to disrupt the incumbent financial systems and challenge traditional corporations. Since its founding, it has received significant funding, including $70 m of investment in early 2016.[2]
In July 2016, Starling received its banking licence from the Financial Conduct Authority.[3][4]
Founder
Anne Boden is CEO of Starling Bank and a member of its board of directors. She founded of Starling in January 2014. As CEO, Anne oversees the executive leadership team and focuses its vision on building the best possible customer experience. Previously, Anne was COO of Allied Irish Banks and Head of EMEA, Global Transaction Banking across 34 countries for RBS and ABN AMRO. Anne's vision for Starling Bank is to build the best bank account in the world.
History
Tom Blomfield was CTO of Starling for a period at the end of 2015, he left to create Mondo which was subsequently renamed Monzo [5]
References
- ↑ Matthew Finnegan (2014-09-04). "Former Allied Irish Bank exec to launch branchless 'mobile bank' | IT Vendors". Computerworld UK. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/9dba77a0-b796-11e5-bf7e-8a339b6f2164
- ↑ Tim Wallace (2016-07-14). "Mobile-only bank Starling wins its licence". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ↑ "Starling Bank secures banking license; to launch in January 2017". Finextra.com. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ↑ "How rival challenger bank Starling pranked Mondo on day new name Monzo was unveiled". TechCrunch.com. 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-09-28.