Digital Bank Starling to Penetrate the UK Banking Market
Starling Bank, a UK-based digital banking corporation and a strong supporter of Bitcoin and the distributed ledger technology has secured a US$70 million funding round to penetrate the UK banking market. The organization, led by a group of experienced veterans in the finance sector including former Allied Irish Banks CEO Anne Boden, former Head of Technology for Barclays Mark Hipperson, and former Divisional Risk Officer at Lloyds Banking Group Tony Ellingham attempts to use advanced and innovative financial technologies to enable real-time intelligence, intuitive money management, and....
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Anne Boden is more than skeptical about crypto, as she criticizes their use worldwide. The Goldman Sachs-backed digital bank’s CEO has gone head-on against cryptocurrencies, warning users to refrain from digital assets. Established in 2014 by Anne Boden, Starling bank is a digital bank that provides loans and chargeless financial services via a mobile app. […]
The founder and CEO of Starling, a digital bank, has expressed her views stating that EU laws have helped to shape the U.K.’s FinTech sector, but she fears that the result of Brexit could see the sector stalling. Anne Boden, who set up Starling in 2014, praised the EU by saying that it had come up with ‘very good payment and banking legislation,’ according to a report to the Financial Times. She said: I know the traditional banks don’t always like it, but if you look at it from a competition and innovation point of view, and especially for the development of fintech, then European....
Starling blocked crypto exchange deposits last week, citing “high levels of suspected financial crime with payments to some cryptocurrency exchanges.” Starling, a United Kingdom-based online bank, is preparing to resume payments to cryptocurrency exchanges after suspending crypto exchange deposits last week.A spokesperson for Starling told Cointelegraph on Tuesday that the bank is set to restart payments to crypto exchanges on June 23 after temporarily suspending the feature as a measure to protect its customers.Starling blocked payments to some cryptocurrency exchanges last week, citing....
Cryptocurrencies can be used for international payments if they don’t penetrate the Russian financial system, the head of Bank of Russia has stated. The governor also insisted that the digital assets should not be traded on platforms operating inside the country.
Bank of Russia Chair Ready to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments for International Settlements
Cryptocurrencies can be employed in international payments if they do not “penetrate” the financial system of the Russian Federation, according to Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Central Bank of Russia....
India’s largest bank by assets, the State Bank of India (SBI), will be the first in the country to embrace branch-less banking by launching its digital-only bank, SBI Digi Bank. The move by India’s largest bank is significant, in a country that is exhaustingly reliant on banking at physical locations. The digital bank will see a launch sometime in the next 3-6 months, according to a report in Indian daily the Economic Times. The country’s largest lender is initiating its 100% digital banking endeavor within months of an unprecedented demonetization drive enforced by the Indian central....