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Starling Bank is a UK-based digital bank offering personal, joint and business accounts, as well as a financial services marketplace and Banking-as-a-Service. Founded by Anne Boden, it helps people take the stress out of money by letting them visualise and manage their finances in real time, all from one app.



Company Members

Anne Boden
Helen Bierton
Symmie Swil
Declan Ferguson


Articles Featuring Starling Bank

Starling Bank hits 3m accounts

23rd June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Here come the fintech consolidators

22nd June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank buys £500m mortgage book

14th June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

500,000 businesses saved by covid loan schemes, claims report

14th June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Starling Bank updates money management feature amid cost of living crisis

13th June 2022 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank boss threatens former anti-fraud minister over “wild accusations”

8th June 2022 | Liza Tetley

Sir Ron Kalifa and Allica Bank chairman on Queen’s Birthday Honours list

6th June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Lord Agnew refuses to retract attack on Starling Bank over Covid loans unless data proves him wrong

6th June 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut Business aims for larger SMEs and corporates with ‘spend management’ launch

25th May 2022 | Oliver Smith

Move over Gen Z, OAPs the new flag-wavers for challenger banks

24th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Chase scores sponsorship rights to the 2022 Commonwealth Games

10th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Monzo dethrones Starling at the British Bank Awards

6th May 2022 | Oliver Smith

Bank switching jumps 41 per cent

29th April 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Apple and Google join fintech in setting “new standards" in banking customer experience, says report

27th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Starling bags £130.5m from existing investors to build "war chest" for acquisitions

26th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Fintech jobs: Cardiff is the emerging tech city to know about now

22nd April 2022 | Kirstie McDermott

Speaker introduction: Dan McCrum, the journalist who brought down Wirecard

21st April 2022 | Annie Tuckwell

Robinhood to buy UK crypto platform Ziglu

19th April 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

PensionBee squeezed gender pay gap down to 1.6% last year

19th April 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Three great tech jobs to apply for today

14th April 2022 | Kirstie McDermott

Govt urged to swap steering committees for "action" to deliver national fintech strategy

6th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Gender pay gap: Women at Revolut are still earning 25 per cent less

5th April 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Three really cool fintech jobs to apply for this week 

1st April 2022 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

PensionBee available to Starling sole traders through Marketplace integration

29th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Move over Marcus: JP Morgan's Chase launches UK saver with "market-leading" 1.5 per cent interest rate

28th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Three exciting fintech companies that are looking for talent this Spring

25th March 2022 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

"Very, very unlikely" big banks will have high-street branches, says Anne Boden

21st March 2022 | John Reynolds

Meet the UK’s 24 fintech unicorns

16th March 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Your card is about to be declined more

14th March 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Wise and Klarna drag down Chrysalis NAV by 5.6%

22nd February 2022 | Oliver Smith

Team GB: Fintech pulls ahead in the race to level-up outside of London

14th February 2022 | Liza Tetley

Railsbank eyes unicorn status as looks to raise $100m

8th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Penfold promoted to Starling Bank’s personal account marketplace

31st January 2022 | Oliver Smith

Starling battles it out against Barclays for mortgage business Kensington

31st January 2022 | John Reynolds

Bank account switching continues to stall

27th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Ex-FIS SVP Tom Pope arrives as new Tink UK head

27th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

Airwallex snags Revolut and Deliveroo execs amid European expansion plans

17th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Three great fintech companies that are hiring right now

14th January 2022 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

GPS adds $100m to funding haul, Gene Lockhart new company chair 

14th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank boycotts Facebook and Instagram advertising

10th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Anne Boden confirms Starling’s global launch of banking-as-a-service

7th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

Small businesses rise up in Starling's latest TV spot

6th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Neyber co-founder Ezechi Britton named on New Years Honours’ list

5th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2021 | John Reynolds

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2021 | John Reynolds

AltFi’s 10 most-read stories of 2021: Part 2

23rd December 2021 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s 10 most-read stories of 2021: Part 1

22nd December 2021 | Oliver Smith

Women now make up 41% of Starling Bank’s senior management

22nd December 2021 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Starling Bank plans to take its banking-as-a-service offering global

20th December 2021 | Oliver Smith

BCR celebrates 1,100 jobs created and £1.9bn in investment raised by grant winners

30th November 2021 | Oliver Smith

Airwallex aims to double European footprint following $100m Series E top-up

18th November 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling reportedly buys £1bn mortgage book

16th November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Anne Boden: Starling can overtake Barclays in 5 years

16th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Open banking is not a flop

15th November 2021 | Rolands Mesters

Forget COP26, here are the four fintechs making a real difference

15th November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Crypto fintech Ziglu lands £7m crowdfunding haul as part of Series A

10th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Meet Shoal, Standard Chartered’s new “green” fintech brand powered by Starling Bank

10th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The AltFi View on COP26: It’s time to banish ‘greenwashing’ from fintech

8th November 2021 | AltFi

Starling Bank to offset its annual carbon emissions from 2021

8th November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling tightens its Xero integration with multi-currency account support

5th November 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling puts bills in their ‘space’ with Bills Manager

3rd November 2021 | Oliver Smith

Autumn Budget 2021: Rishi gives challenger banks more headroom to grow

28th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling becomes the official banking sponsor of Women’s Euros 2022

27th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Currencycloud picks Plaid to power its payment platform

21st October 2021 | Aisling Finn

First look: How does JP Morgan's Chase app stack up?

20th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Flux branches out into rewards with launch of Flux Offers for retailers

18th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

£100 contactless limit: What are digital banks doing?

15th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Atom Bank hits £1bn of SME lending ahead of target

15th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Railsbank heads to London’s Broadgate for its new global HQ

14th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monese makes senior hires from Revolut and JP Morgan for BaaS push

8th October 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintechs have raised more than double so far in 2021 than they did in the whole of 2020

6th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Iwoca accredited under the Recovery Loan Scheme

5th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi View on trust in banks: It’s going up...slowly

4th October 2021 | AltFi

Chase and 10x Banking reveal partnership

1st October 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Bonjour France! Starling Bank migrates across the channel as it launches ‘Starling-as-a-Service’ in Europe

29th September 2021 | Aisling Finn

Pandemic prompts more trust in banks

28th September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

JP Morgan’s neobank Chase goes live

21st September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

RIP B2C: ING to close Yolt’s consumer app and focus on open banking via Yolt Technology Services

13th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo reaches 100k business customer milestone after 18 months, but growth slows

8th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Fintech investor Chrysalis appoints industry veteran Margaret O’Connor to board

6th September 2021 | Aisling Finn

Lucky for some: Starling adds 13th member to its exec team with first chief asset management officer

18th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

UK banks plan to share branches as regulator seeks to block closures

17th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank tops CMA’s 2021 business banking survey, while Monzo takes personal banking crown

16th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

Behind the Buzzword: What is fintech?

16th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi View on accessibility: Come on fintech

16th August 2021 | AltFi

What are fintechs doing with their office space in 2021?

12th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Anorak and Quirk team up to boost insurance awareness with younger generations

4th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

5 things we learnt from Monzo’s 2021 Annual Report

3rd August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling among most switched-to UK banks for 4th quarter running

29th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank enters buy-to-let mortgage lending with £50m takeover of Fleet Mortgages

26th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

7 things we learnt from Starling’s 2021 Annual Report

26th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Visa to acquire Currencycloud for £700m

22nd July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Top marks: Starling switched the most SME customers as part of the BCR’s Incentivised Switching Scheme

22nd July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Banks’s 2021 results see 600% jump in revenues and 8 months of profitability

22nd July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Soldo bags $180m Series C as it plots European domination

21st July 2021 | Aisling Finn

More fintech funding raised in the first half of 2021 than the whole of 2020

14th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank supercharges its marketing with InstaVolt electric car tie-up

14th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Asian venture capital piles into UK fintech investment

13th July 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling, Snoop and Zopa among the big British Bank Awards 2021 winners

12th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Chrysalis Investments lifted 28% by early bets on Klarna and Starling Bank

30th June 2021 | Oliver Smith

“There was no other emotion in my life other than anxiety,” Tom Blomfield opens up about the stresses of Monzo life for the first time

29th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

The average UK tech start-up is valued at £100m after bumper year for VC funding

17th June 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Finance leaders eke their way onto the Queen’s Birthday Honours list

14th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Five things not to miss at AltFi’s Festival of Finance 2021

7th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Helpful teams up with Mastercard to launch sustainable debit card 

4th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi view on partnerships: It’s a fintech love-in

31st May 2021 | AltFi

Starling calls for image equality around women and money

21st May 2021 | Oliver Smith

Goldman Sachs Marcus to launch app in ‘next few weeks’

18th May 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank revamps marketing push with new ad campaign

17th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

More BCR grant winners are asking to change their public commitments

30th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank completes 3rd quarter as the 2nd most switched-to UK bank

29th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Business booms for Nutmeg: assets surge to £3bn

27th April 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Eco-friendly fintech helps users clean up the oceans as they spend

22nd April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Goldman Sachs invests £50m in Starling Bank, deposits surge by £5bn in one year

19th April 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The fintechs leading the green finance revolution

19th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

This savings account from Oxbury Bank is all about planting trees

8th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank joins Funding Options’ list of lenders

8th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Over half of the UK’s SMEs have used Bounce Back Loans to bounce back

6th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo co-founder Gary Dolman joins new fintech

24th March 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Investment checker app launches tool to check the temperature of your portfolio

22nd March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo continued to lose market share among digital banking rivals in 2020

17th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling goes green: Bank launches debit cards made from recycled plastic

15th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Recovery Loan Scheme: The good, the bad and the ugly

15th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Why Atom Bank’s valuation is set to half

12th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Zego scoops $150m, securing its position as the UK’s first insurtech unicorn 

10th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank fundraise: McPike reduces stake, Chrysalis NAV jumps 6p

9th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank scoops £272m investment as it finally reaches unicorn status

8th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

The promised fintech IPO boom is coming, but won’t include many women

8th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Perceptions of women entrepreneurs are improving—even if reality is lagging behind

8th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

New £100 contactless spending limit divides fintechs as fraud concerns are raised

3rd March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Recovery Loan Scheme to replace Bounce Back and Business Interruption Loans next month

3rd March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Mind the gap: Starling Bank’s gender pay gap closes, but only just

3rd March 2021 | Aisling Finn

BCR launches £5m Pool F with Onfido’s grant as 5 more awardees change their public commitments

2nd March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Revolut, Starling Bank and Wise bosses among 15 CEOs joining Bulb’s Tech Zero taskforce

1st March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna said to be raising $1bn at $31bn valuation

24th February 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The AltFi view on entrepreneurialism: Fintech is at risk of becoming bland

22nd February 2021 | AltFi

What Starling, Allica Bank and Modularbank think about neobanking business models in 2021

16th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

AltFi Digital Banking Forum 2021: Now available on-demand!

12th February 2021 | Oliver Smith

B2B payments fintech Libeo raises €20m round led by Checkout.com investor

11th February 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The AltFi view on the future of work: Rumours of the death of the office are greatly exaggerated

8th February 2021 | AltFi

Christian Faes: “I’ve spent the 12 years telling people: Don’t worry, we’ll never have anything like 2008”

4th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Regulator awards SME lender Cashplus a full UK bank licence

3rd February 2021 | Oliver Smith

Bank of England’s Cordelia Kafetz joins Starling Bank

29th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

3 trends for challenger and neobanks in 2021

22nd January 2021 | Marcel Van Oost

Tom Blomfield departs Monzo

21st January 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Revolut talks up 50% customer deposit boost from banking licence

11th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling’s new online banking found most-secure in Which? study

7th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s most-read stories of 2020: Part 2

6th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Fintech’s biggest hires and departures of 2020

5th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

2020 in quotes: Part 2

31st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

2020 in quotes: Part 1

30th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

The 4 firms taking on Klarna in 2021

21st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

The fintechs that quit the UK in 2020

21st December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Our favourite fintech apps of 2020

16th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

PensionBee, LendInvest, YTS and ComplyAdvantage among the winners of The AltFi Awards 2020

15th December 2020 | AltFi

The AltFi team’s digital banking predictions for 2021

15th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Who are the top female fintech leaders of 2020?

14th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling joins forces with iZettle to help SMEs manage payments

10th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Digital banks are more popular with men 

9th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Out now! AltFi’s Digital Banking State of the Market Report 2020

8th December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Which digital wealth managers have the best consumer awareness?

4th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Removing digital hassle can propel fintech recovery in 2021

4th December 2020 | Niels Pedersen

Starling adds a little spice to its marketplace with Nutmeg integration

4th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo quietly adds £60m to its last funding round

2nd December 2020 | Aisling Finn

JP Morgan and Lloyds reportedly considering bids for Starling Bank

30th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

AltFi Festival of Finance: Now available on-demand!

27th November 2020 | AltFi

Funding Circle eyes profitability following strong 2020

24th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Lanistar: The fintech that found itself in hot water with the FCA is "part-owned by 3,000 of the world’s most influential people”

23rd November 2020 | Aisling Finn

We’re the first neo-bank to break-even, says Starling Bank

20th November 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Anne Boden raised “hundreds of millions” for secret ABN Amro transaction bank bid

17th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling and Tide admit leaving customers unhappy over BBLS but say they helped many others

11th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Tide and ClearBank CEOs on their winning partnership, Bounce Back woes and supporting SMEs

9th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Just Cashflow partners with Railsbank to launch business account

9th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank reportedly gearing up to raise £200m funding round

6th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Banking On It review: “No one can label you a failure when what you are trying to do is audacious”

5th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Strive launches challenger ‘bank’ for families, following GoSave acquisition

3rd November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Lenders and MPs call for clarity as Bounce Back Loans deadline approaches, again

2nd November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut co-founder Nikolay Storonsky named UK fintech’s first billionaire

2nd November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Boden reveals how Starling’s Series A handed a secretive billionaire control of her bank

2nd November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Yobota launches embedded finance for banks to spin out new brands

29th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden: Pandemic helping fintechs win customers

29th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank tops the tables for current account switching

29th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank co-founder becomes CEO of Bitstamp

28th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Don't miss: Anne Boden interviewed at the AltFi Festival of Finance 2020

27th October 2020 | AltFi

Anne Boden speaks for the first time about the coup which created Monzo

26th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

GoHenry launches new teen-friendly account as it promotes financial independence for teens

22nd October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Visa makes 'strategic' investment in Revolut and Starling Bank payments processor GPS

19th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Yolt CEO: We need to build trust, then we can look at making money

19th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Flux brings digital receipts to high street clothing giant H&M

16th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling runs out of Kite cards as demand for child-friendly debit card skyrockets

15th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Ex-Barclays execs to launch digital bank for the (not yet) rich

13th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Exclusive: Starling Bank eyeing new lending deals, potential acquisitions

12th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Taxpayers could lose up to £26bn due to BBLS fraud and defaults, says watchdog

7th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling launches online banking portal for personal and joint account holders

5th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Conrad Ford among latest fintech vets to join Allica Bank

5th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Imran Gulamhuseinwala: On his vision for Open Finance, encouraging ‘premium’ APIs, and whether Open Banking is actually working

5th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

HSBC the latest to stop new business account openings as BBLS deadline approaches

2nd October 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank to plant trees for every successful customer referral

2nd October 2020 | Aisling Finn

What investors are looking for in the next fintech

28th September 2020 | Shaun Puckrin

Open Banking doubles its user-base to 2m Brits in just six months

28th September 2020 | Oliver Smith

GoCardless promotes Stephen Reidy to lead its UK and Ireland business

22nd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Monzo amasses 50,000 business customers in just six months

17th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintechs to play an “even more important” role coming out of lockdown, says British Business Bank

16th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: Starling Bank’s Marketplace hits third anniversary amid new “quality over quantity” strategy

15th September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank confirms the launch of Kite card for kids

9th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank preparing to launch "Kite" kid’s card and negative interest rate for Euro accounts

7th September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Anne Boden handed government advisory role

7th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Revolut reaches 500,000 SME customer milestone after 3 years

3rd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Modulr becomes first non-bank to offer Confirmation of Payee

2nd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Financial infrastructure: How Covid-19 is accelerating the pace of change

26th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Can premium banking push fintechs to profitability? 

26th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Zopa takes first steps in digital banking future with fixed term savings accounts launch

24th August 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

JP Morgan set to challenge the challengers with 2021 UK bank launch

24th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

PensionBee sees 37 per cent jump in new customers during lockdown

19th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Bunq review August 2020

12th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Revolut’s revenues and losses triple in 2019 amid slowing customer growth

11th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

COVID-19: When, if ever, will fintech companies head to the office? 

11th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Bank of England reportedly tightened Monzo’s capital requirements during fundraise

7th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank’s 2020 results show no “material change” from Covid-19, as revenues leap 370%

6th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Banked partners with British Airways to help customers collect Avios

6th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo Plus Review: Is it really worth it?

6th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Cashplus enters the running with £35m BCR bid to rival Tide and Starling Bank

5th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Tide and ClearBank join the race for £25-£35m slice of Pool E

4th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

UK current account switching collapses 65% in Q2 as Covid-19 bites

30th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Covid-19 could “kill” digital-only challenger banks, says Jefferies

28th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech industry “firing on all cylinders” despite VC investment in UK fintechs down 39%

27th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs tight-lipped on whether they will take up chancellor’s £1,000 job retention scheme offer

23rd July 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank adds Penfold to marketplace as it bolsters SME offering

20th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana: How our neo bank will deliver 10x revenue growth

20th July 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo Plus Preview: What’s it really like?

20th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Triodos Bank UK CEO: “We’re no ‘challenger bank’, we exist to challenge the way banking is done”

20th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Trade Finance Global aims to enhance its tech with BCR bid

17th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Global Processing Services partners with fledgling London open banking fintech to support its debit cards

16th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Sonovate becomes BCR’s 7th public bidder with £5m Pool E proposal

14th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Coconut raises £2.5m in Crowdcube campaign

13th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Coconut files £5m BCR Pool E bid

8th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling launches US Dollar account and takes Banking Toolkit out of beta

6th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the biggest fintech funding rounds in Europe of 2020 so far

6th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank looking to raise up to £35m with two new BCR grants

3rd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

BCR boss Godfrey Cromwell to hand over the baton this September

2nd July 2020 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s most read stories of 2020 (so far)

2nd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Funding Xchange outs itself as first BCR Pool E applicant

29th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Kapilendo and Varengold partner on digital access to German state-backed loans

25th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

BCR extends SME switching scheme deadline by 6 months

23rd June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Raisin moves all banking services in-house for European customers

18th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Upcoming SME bank Recognise picks ClearBank to handle its APIs

16th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling adds three new companies to its Marketplace including remote working staple, Slack

15th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Here are the fintech sectors which are thriving (and those which are just surviving)

15th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Tide says £100m+ fundraise is needed to continue Bounce Back Loan approvals

11th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

We need a ‘bad bank’ to save fintech lenders

10th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the UK’s leading open banking providers

10th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Confirmation of Payee finally arrives in the UK this month to foil fraudsters

9th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Lunar targets teens and launches accounts for 15 to 17-year-olds

4th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Anne Boden joins UK Finance board among new appointees bringing gender parity

4th June 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Silicon Valley Bank joins list of CBILS-accredited lenders

4th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Tide addresses “abusive posts” on social media over Bounce Back Loans

3rd June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling’s ‘Connected Card’ endorsed by the Royal Voluntary Service and Scope

3rd June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintech's new era didn't begin with COVID-19

3rd June 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

The sincerest form of flattery? All the times big banks nicked ideas from fintech

2nd June 2020 | Aisling Finn

OakNorth’s Rishi Khosla still mulling M&A, but warns fintechs face “capital scarcity”

1st June 2020 | Oliver Smith

5 things to look out for in Monzo's 2020 annual report

1st June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Metro Bank becomes latest Bounce Back Loans accredited lender

29th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Counting Bounce Back Loans and CBILS lending, Starling Bank claims to have reached £600m of its BCR loan pledge

29th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling raises another £40m to bolster SME banking

29th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

UK lenders have dished out nearly £27.5bn in government-backed loans

27th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Anne Boden sets sights on Starling IPO within the next few years

27th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Will Bounce Back Loans come back to bite?

26th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Banking-as-a-service provider Contis launches ’Carer Banking’ to support vulnerable end-customers during Covid-19

22nd May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Bunq “not that impacted by coronavirus” as CEO Ali Niknam mulls acquisitions

22nd May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintechs like Plaid have a “responsibility” to delay returning to the office, says CEO Zach Perret

22nd May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo CEO and founder Tom Blomfield to step down

21st May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

UPDATE 3: Which fintechs are offering government-backed CBILS, CLBILS or Bounce Back loans?

21st May 2020 | Aisling Finn

What’s going on with Tide and Starling Bank’s Bounce Back Loans?

20th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Alternative lender iwoca joins list of CBILS accredited lenders

20th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Coronavirus will “accelerate and exacerbate” consolidation says Revolut’s Banking CEO Richard Davies

20th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

UK lenders have dished out over £22bn in government-backed loans

19th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Rewatch AltFi Digital Summit Day 2: PensionBee, Starling Bank, Just Cashflow, Bunq and Plaid

19th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Rewatch AltFi Digital Summit Day 1: Revolut, Freetrade, ComplyAdvantage, Innovate Finance and Nutmeg

18th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank Bounce Back Loans demand surges prompting backlash

18th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Tide and Liberis accredited to government loan schemes

18th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank provides £300m CBILS lending pot to Funding Circle

14th May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

MarketFinance and Capital on Tap among newly-approved CBILS and Bounce Back Loan lenders

13th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Covid-19: What do the changes to the Job Retention Scheme mean for fintech?

13th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling dishes out £90m in Bounce Back Loans to SMEs in just over a day

13th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 extends its Series D for a second time with additional $100m raise

5th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank set to join Barclays and Lloyds as an accredited lender under Bounce Back Loan scheme

4th May 2020 | John Reynolds

RBS to wind down ‘Monzo challenger’ Bó less than six months after launching

1st May 2020 | Aisling Finn

UK lenders dish out £4.1bn in CBILS loans

30th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo wins most new current accounts ahead of biggest switching month since 2016

30th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank gears up to offer loans under Bounce Back Loans scheme

29th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Get ready for the AltFi Digital Summit 2020

28th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Large fintechs recruit scores of staff remotely during lockdown

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech industry gives cautious welcome to government’s new micro loan scheme

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

How Monzo and Starling’s complaints data stacks up against incumbents

27th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

RBS mimics Starling Bank with spare debit card for Covid-19 vulnerable

27th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech lenders: Institutional investors must step forward

27th April 2020 | Alison Harwood

Thincats and Paragon Bank in new wave of lenders added to coronavirus loans panel

27th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Yolt inks American Express deal

24th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monese launches desktop version of its banking platform

23rd April 2020 | Aisling Finn

“Starling is firing on all cylinders”: CEO Anne Boden on how the bank is thriving during COVID-19

22nd April 2020 | Aisling Finn

“The days of the branch are numbered”: Starling’s Anne Boden on how coronavirus could change the face of banking

21st April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Funding Circle execs take pay cuts amid Covid-19

20th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling data shows users in lockdown are playing video games and shopping online

20th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

The fintechs raising the bar around credit scoring

20th April 2020 | Amy Gavin

Funding Circle joins growing list of CBILS accredited fintechs

17th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

UK banks have made just 6,000 SME coronavirus loans

15th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank u-turns on furloughing staff

15th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

UPDATE: Here are the side projects fintechs are launching to ease strain of coronavirus

14th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank and OakNorth among new lenders added to coronavirus loans panel

14th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Will coronavirus turn big banks towards fintech?

13th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank releases new spare debit card option to help those self-isolating

8th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monese Review - April 2020

8th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank has launched cheque scanning for some, here’s how it works

6th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling introduces Coronavirus Support Scheme to help struggling customers

1st April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo and Starling to furlough staff amid coronavirus outbreak

1st April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank: Online shopping at record-breaking levels but panic buying is over

31st March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintech firms led by 2008 veterans: What can we learn from the last recession?

31st March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintechs still pushing for new hires despite coronavirus outbreak

30th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

“We are in daily contact with Team GB” over coronavirus fears, says Starling Bank marketing chief, as experts scrutinise the deal

23rd March 2020 | John Reynolds

Digital banks overdraft charges: What does it mean for digital banks?

23rd March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Covid-19 Fintech Watch: Digital banks reassure customers | P2P under pressure | Canadian banks close branches

19th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Data insight: Here’s how coronavirus is already sharply impacting Starling‘s customer spending

19th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut has launched a whole new app for your kids

18th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo finally breaks into business banking with the launch of two SME accounts

17th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the BCR’s 3 options for Metro Bank’s returned £50m

16th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo and Starling Bank win big at the British Bank Awards

13th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Budget 2020: Chancellor announces creation of a fintech review and delivery panel

11th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Just Cash Flow PLC announced as headline sponsor of AltFi London Summit 2020

10th March 2020 | AltFi

Starling confirms Team GB Olympic sponsorship

6th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Working from home? Here's how fintechs are responding to coronavirus

5th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank opens office in central Cardiff

4th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Breaking: Monzo sails past 4m customers, but growth rate slows

4th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

BCR admits “more needs to be done” to reach SME switching target

3rd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: ex-Funding Options CEO joins Starling Bank

3rd March 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Here are the UK’s 5 leading banking-as-a-service providers

3rd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Dear Chancellor: Here’s what fintechs want from Rishi Sunak’s 2020 Budget

2nd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech and Influencers: What are the rules around using influencers for financial advertising?

2nd March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank poised to launch mobile cheque scanning next week

28th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut to appoint 1,000 staff this year, and is hunting for three new CEOs

26th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling debuts second TV ad as marketing blitz continues

25th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

JP Morgan to launch UK digital bank under Chase brand

24th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Cashplus launches payment mapping in UK credit card first

20th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling inks deal with trade association to aid freelancers

18th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo plans to recruit 500 staff in 2020, as founder Blomfield says N26 “didn’t connect” in UK

17th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: Starling Bank building loan book with Zopa deal

17th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Exclusive: Monzo, Starling and Monese see uptick in customers after N26 exit

13th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

The N26 diaries: My week as an N26 customer

13th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 is leaving the UK: is it really about Brexit?

12th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech should be disrupting exorbitant overdrafts

11th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling raises £60m for overseas growth in post-Brexit boost

10th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling hits 100,000 business customers as SME banking hots up

5th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

RBS a "bit late" launching Bó but analysts believe it won't be canned

4th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Barclays preparing digital receipt rollout as it takes a stake in Flux

29th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

CEOs of Starling Bank, Tide, ComplyAdvantage and Habito among first speakers of AltFi’s London Summit 2020

28th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Holvi throws its app into UK digital business banking ring

27th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo neck and neck with Nationwide for winter account switching

24th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Stealth challenger Vive granted UK banking licence to serve the underbanked

21st January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Imran Gulamhuseinwala heralds the “significant milestone” of 1m Open Banking customers

20th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Flux signs up Papa John’s in digital receipts deal

20th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech brands dominate the ‘breakout finance apps’ of 2019

16th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Australian digital bank Volt appoints former Starling COO as board advisor

15th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Newly launched fintechs hoping to disrupt the market in 2020

15th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank launches in-house business loans up to £250k

13th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo co-founder exits to spend more time with...alpacas

10th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Which UK and European fintech startups raised the most money in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs move into the marketing mainstream in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

In 2019 micro-businesses spent 10 weeks sorting finances, says Starling

6th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Creating the next big thing in savings

6th January 2020 | Amy Gavin

The AltFi team's favourite fintech apps in 2019

3rd January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

The year in quotes: 2019

3rd January 2020 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 2

31st December 2019 | John Reynolds

AltFi's 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 1

30th December 2019 | John Reynolds

How “big tech” finally turned its hand to fintech in 2019

30th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

2019 In Fintech And Alternative Finance: Part 2

24th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

2019 In Fintech And Alternative Finance: Part 1

23rd December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Australian digital bank Volt says it has 40,000 potential customers ahead of launch next year

19th December 2019 | John Reynolds

QuickBooks launches Starling Bank integration for SMEs

18th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo and Starling raise overdraft fees in line with new FCA rulebook

17th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Metro Bank trialling digital receipts for small businesses

12th December 2019 | John Reynolds

NatWest debuts Tink-powered spending analytics

10th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling teams up with legal service to expand Business Marketplace offering

9th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Growth Street CEO exits

4th December 2019 | John Reynolds

RBS officially launches digital bank Bó and says it has signed up around 3,500 customers

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Fintech investor Merian ups holding in TransferWise

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Yolt integrates with Revolut

21st November 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling, PrimaryBid, Mintos and Moneybox among winners of The AltFi Awards 2019

18th November 2019 | AltFi

HSBC poised to launch app-only SME bank Kinetic

15th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

5 things not to miss at the AltFi Berlin Summit

6th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Growth Street to make redundancies as axes "hybrid model" and shifts to digital-focused approach

5th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Flux to reach 1m digital receipt milestone by 2020

5th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo surpasses 50% of UK challenger banking market share

1st November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank launches two-in-one Euro debit card

30th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Under mounting pressure, Barclays reverses position to support Post Office banking

25th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Record 13,000 people moved their bank account to Monzo in Q3

24th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank reveals surprise £30m funding round led by Merian Chrysalis

23rd October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo appoints first Head of Diversity and Inclusion

22nd October 2019 | John Reynolds

AltFi Berlin Summit 2019 Early Bird Tickets end soon!

22nd October 2019 | AltFi

Curve goes “raging red” with rebrand that abandons “boring” pastels of digital banking

18th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

HSBC plots overhaul of First Direct to meet challenge of digital disruptors

15th October 2019 | John Reynolds

The Challenger: bunq's Ali Niknam

14th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Starling launches TV ad campaign after reaching 900,000 customers

14th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

11:Years: How the UK became the Galapagos of fintech innovation

14th October 2019 | David M. Brear

Royal Mint raises the bar with solid gold payments card

11th October 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling adds invoice insurance for business accounts via Nimbla partnership

10th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Merian Chrysalis raises £175m

25th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

NatWest launches speedier Faster Payment service for financial institution customers

24th September 2019 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank unveils online banking portal for SMEs

23rd September 2019 | Oliver Smith

SME digital banking service Cashplus expands Marketplace

16th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

One in every five contactless payments now blocked due to new European rules

12th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech-focused fund Merian Chrysalis looks to raise £100m

10th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

New SME services added to Starling Bank’s marketplace

10th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

Tech Nation's latest fintech cohort

6th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Tandem Review - September 2019

5th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

Digital banks on track to treble customers . . . but profits harder to come by

3rd September 2019 | Roger Baird

MoneyBox Review - September 2019

2nd September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling is launching a web portal in September, but there’s a catch

30th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Flux issues 500,000th digital receipt after partnering with Starling and Monzo

29th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Revolut hires financial crime boss

23rd August 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo launches ‘Get Paid Early’ for all customers

20th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

First Direct, Metro top customer satisfaction charts - digital banks fail to make the cut

19th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Open Banking – predictably unpredictable disruption?

19th August 2019 | Francesco Simoneschi

Curve prepares Crowdcube fundraising

16th August 2019 | Roger Baird

5 things we learnt from Starling’s 2019 Annual Report

13th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling adds Growth Street to marketplace

8th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Anne Boden says Starling Bank nearing £1bn in deposits, eyes profitability in 2020

5th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Strange bedfellows: N26 strikes a deal to offer cut-price rides on Lime e-bikes

1st August 2019 | Oliver Smith

PensionBee notches up £500m assets under management

31st July 2019 | Roger Baird

Fintech Tips: Open Banking in 4 easy steps

30th July 2019 | Roger Baird

What went wrong at Atom Bank?

25th July 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo and Starling captured soaring numbers of account switchers last quarter

25th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling beats Tide to offering multi-director business accounts

25th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Revolut Review - July 2019

25th July 2019 | Oli Batchelor

Nationwide’s ClearBank tie-up heralds the arrival of a new “flanker” bank

24th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Cashplus boosts sales and enjoys unicorn status

22nd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Slow clap: TSB launches account opening with a selfie

19th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Lloyds Banking Group launches card freezing

15th July 2019 | Roger Baird

Exclusive: OakNorth poaches senior Starling Banker

10th July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Money 20/20: Let's have the important conversations

4th July 2019 | David M. Brear

German digital bank Fidor closes British operations due to 'market uncertainties’

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

NatWest launches video calls for small business customers

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Fintech Tips: Four things we learnt about mobile banking this week?

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Moneybox launches ISA partnership with OakNorth Bank

2nd July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monese Review - June 2019

20th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling strikes deal with Direct Line Group to sell insurance

20th June 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi unveils dates and venues for its Winter Summits in Toronto and Berlin

18th June 2019 | AltFi

Funding Options and others share £25m from RBS competition fund

14th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling and Monzo growth surges outside metropolitan elite

11th June 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

London Tech Week: The Fintech Inside Track

10th June 2019 | Russ Shaw

Dutch lender bunq launches fee-free travel card

7th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Tech Nation opens applications for start up accelerator programme

5th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling offers Tribe customers real-time European payments

4th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Payments firm Tribe strikes European deal with China’s UnionPay

3rd June 2019 | Roger Baird

Revolut tops customer complaints to ombudsman

29th May 2019 | Roger Baird

MasterCard is offering Apple Card’s best features to fintechs

24th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

RBS-backed Loot collapses into administration

23rd May 2019 | Roger Baird

Nationwide, Investec and Co-op win £80m from RBS Competition Fund

14th May 2019 | Roger Baird

Atom explores £50m fundraising after BBVA shelves takeover

10th May 2019 | Roger Baird

People hate their banks. Don’t they?

3rd May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Digital banks have won over half of Brits, but women are being left behind

29th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech banks Monzo and Starling see huge uplift in account switchers as confidence grows in disruptors

26th April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Discouraged demand and SME advice gap take the limelight at alternative finance industry roundtable

25th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech Tips: Best digital bank for business

24th April 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi Insights: Here’s which digital bank is hiring the fastest and why

23rd April 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Coconut’s Sam O’Connor

18th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Rejoice! NatWest finally ditches card reader for business customers on mobile

16th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech Tips: Best digital bank for travel money

15th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling Bank Review - April 2019

12th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Dozens’ Aritra Chakravarty

10th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

AltFi Insights: New bank applications and online shopping hollow out high street bank network

8th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Transferwise, Starling Bank and Growth Street investor seeks £50m fundraise

2nd April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

The Current Account Switch Service has reached an ‘awareness milestone’, but its priorities are all wrong

29th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintechs dominate Future Fifty start-up stars

27th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Digital banks snub photo cheque imaging system

27th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Here’s how UK fintech responded to Apple Card

26th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Metro faces struggle to keep hold of £120m growth fund

25th March 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi Insights: Here’s which SME challenger bank is winning

25th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Tide’s Oliver Prill

21st March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Anne Boden says the dream of Open Banking “didn't really happen”, teases Starling’s credit card is coming soon

20th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Freetrade’s Adam Dodds

14th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Four reasons to attend the AltFi London Summit 2019

13th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Just 14% of people manage their money with apps

11th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling plans to remove two big roadblocks for business customers in 2019

11th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

British Bank Awards see Starling, Monzo, Zopa, Freetrade, Chip and Bud take home gold

8th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

LendInvest, Zopa and Iwoca among 19 fintechs named in Europe’s 1,000 fastest-growing companies

5th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo’s veteran CFO bows out

1st March 2019 | Roger Baird

Leading stars of Monzo, OakNorth and WorldRemit named among Women in Fintech Powerlist 2018 winners

28th February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Banks £350m fund to switch RBS customers goes live

26th February 2019 | Roger Baird

NatWest launches account aggregation as Open Banking takes hold

25th February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling, Metro Bank and ClearBank seize £280m from the RBS Competition Fund

22nd February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Zopa shakes up board ahead of bank launch

14th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling hoovers up banking deals with trio of payment firms

13th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling raises £75m and prepares for European drive

13th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling launches euro account as UK prepares for Brexit

4th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Growth Street raises £7.5m for small business lending ahead of Brexit

23rd January 2019 | Roger Baird

A year in fintech & alternative finance: part 2

14th January 2019 | Roger Baird

What to expect from fintech and alternative finance in 2019

9th January 2019 | David Stevenson

Starling’s Boden expecting one million customers in 2019

8th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Fintech rising star poached by Barclays

8th January 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi’s most-read stories from 2018

7th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo boss banks gong

7th January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Challenger banks flexed their muscles in 2018

7th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling Bank appoints new head of SME banking

12th December 2018 | George Geddes

Breaking: peer-to-peer lender Zopa granted banking licence

4th December 2018 | Ryan Weeks

How traditional banks can fend off challengers with a ‘segment of one’ marketing strategy

23rd November 2018 | Karen Wheeler

Monzo to enter business banking with RBS fund bid

22nd November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo hits the high streets with PayPoint partnership

21st November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Interview: the team that made Mettle

16th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Digital business banking arms race heats up

14th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank hits the high street with Post Office partnership

12th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

TrueLayer launches Data API

2nd November 2018 | George Geddes

Monzo to start paying interest on savings

1st November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Money app Emma launches marketplace

30th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monese continues expansion with new office in Lisbon

24th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monese launches UK business accounts

18th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger consultancy enters banking-as-a-service market

15th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling adds mobile phone cover to marketplace

9th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger banks: a familiar face with a new disguise?

6th October 2018 | Lewis Hill

Starling Bank plots business account upgrade

13th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

New integration to show Yolt users live pension balance

4th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Business banking fintech scoops £2.3m fundraise

3rd September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Goldman soft launches retail bank in UK

23rd August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Breaking: Starling starts lending with personal loan product

16th August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo launches joint accounts

14th August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Higher interest rates are a bullish signal for peer-to-peer platforms and digital banks

3rd August 2018 | David Stevenson

Starling strikes first banking-as-a-service partnership

3rd August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The absolute stress of switching banks

31st July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Brits squirm when talking money, finds Starling

30th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Growth Street CEO: the open marketplace model is the key to winning RBS fund rewards

27th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling is turning banking on its… side?

24th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The UK’s digital banks may be profitable sooner than you think

23rd July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Business lender Growth Street to join Starling marketplace

19th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The digital bank chasing down Starling and Monzo

17th July 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Why the UK’s digital banks enhance its status as a global fintech hub

16th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Chatbot money app links with Monzo and Starling using Open Banking

11th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Joint accounts to go live for Monzo testers next week

6th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger banks raise record capital in Q1

29th June 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

N26 adds Google Pay for German customers

26th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank launches joint accounts

25th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo goes live with gambling addiction feature

19th June 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Could Monzo’s Internet of Banking project ‘leapfrog’ its marketplace?

15th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Digital banks mobilise against gambling addiction

13th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling boss Anne Boden gets gong

11th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Overheard at Money20/20 Europe

6th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling enhances Google Pay functionality

1st June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The Great British banking race, part two: a case for non-banks

25th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The Great British banking race, part one: why fintechs are going gaga for banking licences

24th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

OakNorth: Brexit creates opportunity to reform banking regulation

24th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Report highlights globally connected UK tech sector

18th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

PensionBee hopes to gain new customers through a partnership with Perkbox

17th May 2018 | Karoliina Liimatainen

Wealthsimple and Habito go live in Starling Bank marketplace

3rd May 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank partners with Samsung for mobile payments

1st May 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Digital receipts start-up Flux gets new loyalty partner

30th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo joins Current Account Switching Service

25th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Metro Bank reports Q1 growth as shares fall

25th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank adds Wealthify to marketplace

25th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

RBS plans to move 1m users to new challenger bank, says report

24th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling seeks business banking lead, eyes major slice of RBS fund

24th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Open Banking: Monzo and Starling integrate with money management app

16th April 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo reveals gender pay gap data

12th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank CEO criticises Treasury RBS bidding war

12th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

FCA plans 2018 fintech review with banking and crypto in its sights

9th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Consumers not yet ready to tie the knot with digital banks, finds study

9th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Robo adviser Wealthsimple launches savings accounts

6th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank shows its hand on the gender pay gap

5th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Challenger airlines: The fintech threat that nobody saw coming

3rd April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank launches business accounts

29th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo integrates with ING-backed app Yolt

23rd March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut launches disposable virtual cards

22nd March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Are marketplaces the future of digital banking?

21st March 2018 | Andy Davis

Tide gets FCA-authorised, launches new card and integrations

21st March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Speaker Spotlight: An interview with Curve CEO Shachar Bialick

20th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Mind the financial gender gap

16th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut takes another step to becoming a fully-fledged bank

15th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Why money management apps are doomed to fail or be bought

14th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Atom Bank lands another £149m

7th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech firms revealed on UK Department of International Trade mission to NYC

7th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Virgin Money reveals digital bank build

27th February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank boosts payments with Bacs membership

27th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

The balancing act in digital bank lending

21st February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo launches API with Moneybox, Starling Bank expands its payments

20th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank breathes life into marketplace

13th February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

German digital business bank Penta raises €2.2m in seed funding

5th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Yolt and Lloyds Bank make first connection through Open Banking

25th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

UK fintech takes the lead in the Forbes 30 under 30

23rd January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Open Banking - a lifeline for high street retail

19th January 2018 | Michael Rolph

Moneybox and Flux gain FCA authorisation

18th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Debt tracker app Emma receives FCA approval

15th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Open Banking Levels the Playing Field for SMEs and Brings Hope of a Better Future for financial services

11th January 2018 | Felicia Meyerowitz Singh

Tandem completes Harrods Bank takeover to become Britain’s newest bank

11th January 2018 | Ryan Weeks

2017: The year of digital banking. What's next?

28th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

The disaggregation of financial services is temporary, says economist

27th December 2017 | Ryan Weeks

An interview with Mambu’s CEO Eugene Danilkis - “The UK is the fintech hub of Europe”

20th December 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank announces new mobile invoice and expense partnership

6th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Fidor Bank makes 2018 predictions, anticipates Blockchain rise and RegTech take off

6th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank gets new permissions for its financial services app store

5th December 2017 | Ryan Weeks

ING’s money app Yolt hits 100k users in Open Banking triumph

1st December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Open Banking Will Unlock the Door for Digital-Only Banks

24th November 2017 | Lewis Hill

Starling Bank puts Open Banking to the test

23rd November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank wins UK government contract, plus starts European expansion

22nd November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Barclays partners up with digital receipts start-up Flux

13th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank joins in on Black Friday fever

10th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut applies for European banking licence

8th November 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo raises £71m in latest fundraising round

7th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Yolt announces integration with Starling Bank

7th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo and Starling take bigger steps towards payment integration

24th October 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo fee increase heralds a new dawn of digital multi-banking

20th October 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Defining excellence in digital banking

20th October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech bank Starling to launch business accounts

4th October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank launches fintech marketplace

12th September 2017 | Harry Holmes

Starling Bank adds Android Pay

6th September 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Digital bank adds Apple Pay

18th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Equity crowdfunder and robo-advisor join Fidor Bank’s fintech marketplace

10th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger banks are chasing down incumbents

4th July 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Atom Bank delays current accounts over regulatory uncertainty

6th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Trust gap still holding tech back, says HSBC

24th May 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger bank hits one million accounts

3rd May 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech challenger Revolut to take on mortgages

19th April 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech synergy as challenger bank teams up with robo advice app

17th April 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Millennial Money Matters podcast: Episode 7, Starling Bank

10th April 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo breaks another equity crowdfunding record

29th March 2017 | Lisa Walls-Hester

Fintech disruptor Starling Bank goes live

17th March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank partners with fellow fintech TransferWise

15th March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo’s next crowdfunding round already more than three times oversubscribed

1st March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank to launch marketplace in March

23rd February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Government mobilising on fintech under Hammond

9th February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Global fintech investment up 10.9% to $17bn, UK down a third

7th February 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Zopa becomes first UK peer-to-peer lender to hit £2bn mark

30th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

What are the defining features of a digital-only bank?

27th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

“It’s not about tech or physical, it’s about integration,” says Metro Bank CEO

25th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fidor says banks “gobbling up” fintechs faster than ever

8th December 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Why financial health apps are natural allies for marketplace lenders (as long as they’re left independent)

29th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Metro Bank revamps online banking platform

21st November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Zopa to launch next generation bank

16th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Survey confirms US banks prefer to collaborate with fintechs

26th October 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Digital bank Starling moves closer to launch with first debit card payment

12th October 2016 | David Stevenson

Mobile bank Atom opens to customers

6th October 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Is fintech now “more bark than bite”? Starling Bank thinks so

26th September 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Crowdfunded bank Mondo gets regulator thumbs up

12th August 2016 | Daniel Lanyon