Last deal

$103.71M
Local Amount - GBP 130.5M

Amount

Series D

Stage

26.04.2022

Date

3

all rounds

$991.51M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Starling Bank is a fully licensed and regulated bank that provides a fairer, smarter, and more human alternative to traditional banks.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

Also Known As

Starling FS, Starling, Starling International, Starling DAC

founded date

01.01.2014

founders

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series D

IPO status

Private

Description

Starling Bank is an award-winning digital bank that aims to revolutionize the banking industry. It offers a range of account types, including personal, business, joint, teen, euro, and dollar accounts, as well as lending products and a child card. The bank's innovative technology platform allows it to provide banking and payments services to businesses through its Banking-as-a-Service model. Additionally, Starling Bank offers customers access to third-party financial services through its Marketplace. With its focus on fairness, transparency, and customer satisfaction, Starling Bank is building a better banking experience for its customers.
Contacts
Legal Names

Legal name

Starling Bank Limited
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1
Anne Boden
Anne Boden

Anne Boden

Anne Boden is the CEO and Founder of Starling Bank, a UK mobile challenger bank. She is a banker and technologist with more than 30 years of experience building and running global banking and payments businesses.
 Before Starling she was the Chief Operating Officer of Allied Irish Banks Plc with responsibility for returning the bank to profitability. Prior to this she headed Europe, Middle East & Africa across 34 countries for Global Transaction Banking at RBS & ABN Amro. Anne was awarded an MBE in June 2018 for services to Financial Technology and in July 218 an honorary Doctorate from Middlesex University.

current job

Starling Bank
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Anne Boden

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Damian Thompson

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Sam Chatwin

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Josh Cooke

Technician lead - data engineering

Roger Stockdale

Risk and controls manager

Jaco Engelbrecht

Cloud and infrastructure practice lead

Nadia Grys

Head of growth sme

Matt Donovan

Alm treasury trader

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