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STARLING DIGITAL BANKING
Britain’s Best Bank. On your phone.
Open a personal or business bank account from your phone and start managing your money at the tap of an app with Britain’s Best Bank 2020.
With millions of accounts across the UK, someone joins Starling every 39 seconds *
*This statistic was formed by calculating the number of accounts added in a 12 month period divided by the number of hours in a 12 month period.
Personal and business banking, at your fingertips
The personal account
Apply in minutes to get instant payment alerts and categorised spending insights. Create saving goals, split bills and do everything you used to do in a branch, on your phone. All with Britain’s Best Bank and Best Current Account 2020.
Business and sole trader accounts
No monthly fees, 24/7 UK customer support and an application that takes minutes. Over 300,000 UK businesses are skipping the admin and managing their finances with Britain’s Best Business Banking Provider 2020.
Kite child cards
Help kids learn how money works. Kite is a space in your app for your child to manage their pocket money with their own bank card, and build great habits for the future.
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A joint bank account
Get instant spending notifications, manage monthly bills or save for something great together. As long as you’re in the same room, you can set it up in seconds.
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A new kind of bank
No monthly fees.
Whether you’re personal or business.
100% digital signup.
Apply in minutes from your phone.
24/7 UK customer support.
Chat to real humans, any time.
A fully-regulated UK bank account.
Your money’s covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Saving made simple.
Set money aside in virtual piggy banks, whenever you want to, or toggle on Round Ups to automatically add spare change whenever you spend.
Many a happy customer
Everything you get with Starling
- No monthly fees current account
- 100% digital sign up
- 24/7 UK customer support
- Protected by Financial Services Compensation Scheme
- Instant payment notifications
- Visual saving spaces
- Round up transactions to put saving on autopilot
- No fees overseas
- Mobile and online banking
- Your spending categorised
- Post Office cash deposits (0.3% charge per deposit for businesses, with a minimum £3 fee, up to £250,000 per calendar year)
- Mobile cheque deposits
- Instant card locking security
- Use with mobile wallets
- Split the bill with friends
- Send and receive international payments (for an additional charge)
How to get started
‘Application form’. Sounds time-consuming, right? Wrong. Ours is 100% digital, which means you can do it wherever – and it takes just a few minutes.
Step 1
Download the Starling Bank app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store
Apply for an award-winning bank account today
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