Starling has added an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) financial assistant to its banking app in the United Kingdom. The company began rolling out the new Starling Assistant to personal account customers on Friday (March 20) and plans to extend it to business and joint accounts soon,...
Starling Bank says it has begun using AI to help customers ward off purchase scams. The lender’s latest product, dubbed “Scam Intelligence,” marks the first time a British bank has offered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered scam detection tool in its app, Starling announced Tuesday (Oct....
Starling Bank is reportedly taking several debtors to court amid a U.K. financial watchdog’s investigation. The neobank has filed petitions against 24 companies that have defaulted on their loans, the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (June 19), citing court records. The publication said its analysis...
Starling has just finished its third profitable year amid plans to expand its software operations. The British neobank on Wednesday (June 12) released its annual report, showing a 54.7% increase in pre-tax profits, to 301.1 million pounds ($384.3 million). The firm’s revenues rose by 50.6% to 682.2...
July 31, 2022
The U.K. is home to popular digital-first challenger banks valued at over $1 billion such as Monzo, Revolut and Starling. Zopa, another British FinTech which has been around as a peer-to-peer lending service since 2005, gained prominence after raising $300 million at a $1 billion valuation in October 2021 and has recently launched a buy […]
May 21, 2026
United Kingdom neobank Starling saw revenues and profits fall last year as interest income dropped. The lender released its annual report Thursday (May 21), which showed revenues down 6% to 887 million pounds (about $1.2 billion) and pre-tax profits falling 3% to 217 million pounds (about $291 million). Starling Chief Financial Officer Declan Ferguson characterized […]
March 20, 2026
Starling has added an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) financial assistant to its banking app in the United Kingdom. The company began rolling out the new Starling Assistant to personal account customers...
October 28, 2025
Starling Bank says it has begun using AI to help customers ward off purchase scams. The lender’s latest product, dubbed “Scam Intelligence,” marks the first time a British bank has...
June 19, 2024
Starling Bank is reportedly taking several debtors to court amid a U.K. financial watchdog’s investigation. The neobank has filed petitions against 24 companies that have defaulted on their loans, the...