Starling Bank
Funding History
| Series D · 03/2021 | $1.5B |
|---|---|
| Internal fundraise · 04/2022 | $3.1B |
About
Starling offers current accounts, business banking, joint accounts, savings "Spaces," and lending products including mortgages (through its Fleet Mortgages subsidiary) and business loans, all delivered through its own in-house technology stack.
- CEO
- Raman Bhatia
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2014
- Website
- https://www.starlingbank.com
- Employees
- ~4,158 (FY2026)
Overview
Starling was founded in 2014 by Anne Boden, a former Allied Irish Banks executive, as a mobile-only challenger bank built on its own cloud-native core banking platform rather than licensed legacy infrastructure.
The bank holds a full UK banking licence and has grown into one of the country's largest digital-only banks, serving personal, business and joint account holders alongside a growing Banking-as-a-Service arm, Engine by Starling, that licenses its core technology to other banks.
In September 2025, the group refreshed its brand identity, shortening its public-facing name from "Starling Bank" to "Starling" while the underlying regulated entity, Starling Bank Limited, is unchanged.
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