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UK Digital Bank Starling Hits £2.5B Valuation
UK Digital Bank Starling Hits £2.5B Valuation
April 26, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

U.K. digital bank Starling has seen its valuation double to over £2.5 billion ($3.15 billion), the Financial Times reported Tuesday (April 26). Starling is reportedly...

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UK Neobanks Show Potential for 2022 with Major Fundraising and Expansion Plans
UK Neobanks Show Potential for 2022 with Major Fundraising and Expansion Plans
January 07, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Despite the legal and pandemic-related business challenges that have plagued neobanks in the United Kingdom in recent months, the challenger bank space in Europe is...

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EMEA Daily: US, EU Officials Talk Tech Regs in Pittsburgh; UK Commercial FinTech OakNorth Valued at $5B
EMEA Daily: US, EU Officials Talk Tech Regs in Pittsburgh; UK Commercial FinTech OakNorth Valued...
September 29, 2021  |  International

In today’s top Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, U.S. and EU officials met in Pittsburgh to discuss technology regulation, while U.K. commercial...

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Starling Bank Opens App Access To Kids Ages 6 To 16
Starling Bank Opens App Access To Kids Ages 6 To 16
June 28, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

Digital bank Starling is rolling out mobile app use for children who have its Kite debit card, according to a press release. The app access...

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Neobank Starling Gets £50 Million Goldman Backing 
Neobank Starling Gets £50 Million Goldman Backing 
April 19, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

Goldman Sachs backed British FinTech Starling Bank with £50 million in an oversubscribed Series D funding round that valued the startup in excess of £1.1...

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Today In B2B: Acuant CFO Talks Digitization; Flo Eyes SMB Loan Bait-and-Switch
Today In B2B: Acuant CFO Talks Digitization; Flo Eyes SMB Loan Bait-and-Switch
April 09, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Acuant’s CFO discusses easing the back-office digitization journey, while Flo explores the small business lending bait and switch. Plus, Sokin debuts...

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Starling Bank Attains Unicorn Status With Latest $373 Million Share Sale
Starling Bank Attains Unicorn Status With Latest $373 Million Share Sale
March 07, 2021  |  Digital Banking

Britain’s Starling Bank is scheduled to announce Monday (March 8, 2021) that it has raised about $373 million from investors led by Fidelity Management &...

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Fidelity In Talks To Take £100 Million Stake In UK’s Starling Bank
Fidelity In Talks To Take £100 Million Stake In UK’s Starling Bank
February 02, 2021  |  International

Fidelity, the U.S. fund management giant, is in talks to take a 100 million pound (about $136.8 million) stake in the U.K.’s Starling Bank in...

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Today In Payments: Mastercard Introduces Recovery Insights Tools; Starling Notches $49M In Funding
Today In Payments: Mastercard Introduces Recovery Insights Tools; Starling Notches $49M In Funding
May 29, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Mastercard introduces Recovery Insights tools, Google is mulling a purchase of a share of Vodafone India, and British digital bank Starling...

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