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This Week’s Top 5 Stories in Fintech

fintechmagazine.com · 1mo ago

Some of the top stories published by FinTech Magazine this week feature companies including HSBC, Starling, FloQast, Santander and TrendAI.

Starling Bank Appoints Former HSBC CEO Colin Bell as New Group Chair

ffnews.com · 1mo ago

Starling Bank appoints former HSBC CEO Colin Bell as its new Chair to lead the digital bank's next phase of international growth and SaaS...

How Starling Boosts Travel Offering with Global eSIM Plans

fintechmagazine.com · 1mo ago

Starling's Bernadette Smith highlights the expanded travel toolkit as the bank launches 30-day eSIM plans across 130 countries partnering...

Engine by Starling Bank: Launching Romania’s First Native Digital Bank

ibsintelligence.com · 1mo ago

IBS Intelligence (IBSi) is the world's only pure-play Financial Technology focused research, advisory, and fintech news analysis firm,...

UK AI Champions unveil plan to fast-track FinTech adoption

fintech.global · 2mo ago

The UK government's independent AI Champions for financial services, Harriet Rees of Starling Bank and Dr Rohit Dhawan of Lloyds Banking...

Hear from our expert Dan Hogan as he shares how you can get ready for MTD. For sole traders, the shift to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is about more than just compliance. It’s about building healthy financial habits. And Starling customers will get access to our new MTD for Income Tax tool for free. From 6th April 2026, real-time record keeping becomes the new standard. By getting your software in place now, you can check your spending on the fly and avoid the traditional year-end crunch.

NEW: Weʼre making roaming abroad as simple as banking abroad, with the launch of eSIMs in the Starling app. Our travel offering for customers – no fees from us overseas, no cash withdrawal fees from us and notifications in both currencies – has always been something our customers love about banking with Starling. Now, weʼre taking it a step further with eSIMs for travel data available directly in our app. Customers can download an eSIM for over 100 countries in just a few taps, with transparent, fair pricing and no hidden fees. We're helping them get online as soon as they touch down, avoid expensive roaming fees from their UK providers, and be good with money. It's another milestone passed, as we build a complete travel toolkit for customers. Prices subject to change. The prices displayed are accurate as of July 2026. Head to our website to view the T&Cs, the link is in the comments.

Manual data entry. Bookkeeping. And a never-ending pile of paperwork. Not what you got into business for? Lessen the admin load with our built-in tools. Accounting Essentials is free with every Starling business bank account, equipped with tools you’d actually use – from bookkeeping to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. Sole trader or landlord? Submit your MTD for Income Tax quarterly updates in a click of a button.

Oh for filing’s sake! Side hustle starting to feel like a full-time gig? With 7th August fast-approaching, swap the paper receipts and mental load for our built-in Making Tax Digital for Income Tax tool. It’s free, HMRC-recognised and built into your business bank account.

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@StarlingBank @aiechrl @monzo @Revolut I’ll second this, we paid for bulk payments on our business account to save time, but when we uploaded the file on the desktop we then had to physically approve each one on a mobile.

@StarlingBank @monzo @Revolut Why would I do that when I’ve just told you directly what the issue is Raise it with your UX team - it feels like Starling is a handwringing loser making me stand up to go and find my phone all the time, update my password, check my details, etc etc, worse than barclays