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1ountsâ and other words of wisdom for anyone embarking on a career change in 2025.","eyebrow":"Interview tips","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"2025-01-17 10:05","rss":"What we earn and how we earn it makes up a huge part of our lives. But changing it can be daunting. This is especially true if youâve had a gap between jobs to care for young children or family members, or havenât done an interview for a few years.","tags":{"value":["Interview tips","coaching","mentoring","nervous","Smart Works"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["da229a58-acab-40e8-b9fc-e21209555547"],"preview_image":{"id":19899224,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/54505ac1f9/how-to-prepare-for-an-interview.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":597235020,"full_slug":"blog/winning-quiz-show-money-building-savings","content":{"title":"âI saved enough for a house. It started with a quiz show.â","preview_title":"âI saved enough for a house. It started with a quiz show.â","description":"For writer Mike Rampton, saving up for a property felt pointless. The goal was too big to reach â until a quiz show gave him a leg up.","eyebrow":"Money truths","author":"18ea0bdb-df54-4afd-a07c-290a8f2f5c5f","date":"2025-01-08 10:05","rss":"The internet is awash with financial advice that only makes sense if you have spare cash. Invest in a new kitchen, overpay on your mortgage by \xa31,000 a month, that kind of thing. And while a lot of it makes sense, it isnât necessarily something you can easily do. This is no exception: my greatest financial move ever, and one I highly recommend, was winning money on a quiz show.","tags":{"value":["saving","easysaver","budget","beginners ","2025 ","interest","savingsaccount ","earninginterest ","moneytruths ","firsthome ","buyingahome ","savingforahouse"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["e5603000-d35c-4028-a215-a8f5de474dc4"],"preview_image":{"id":19699912,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/b05672bc62/illustration-of-a-spotlight-shining-on-a-purple-house-with-dormers.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":577763140,"full_slug":"blog/wage-gap-relationships","content":{"title":"âI earn 10% of what my partner makes.â","preview_title":"âI earn 10% of what my partner makes.â","description":"I canât shake the guilt that Iâm holding him back. ","eyebrow":"For What Itâs Worth","author":"fc04e456-f529-49fd-b8e4-3f11b5e5a12f","date":"2024-12-12 10:05","rss":"The number 10 is a defining figure for us. Weâre 10 years apart, met 10 years ago, and I earn 10% of what he makes. The gaps are large, thereâs no denying that. But we donât have some great power imbalance. Our relationship is equal â we both contribute and we both make compromises. Just not in the same way.","tags":{"value":["Share the load","Age gap","Wage gap","Relationships","Money"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["e5603000-d35c-4028-a215-a8f5de474dc4"],"preview_image":{"id":19222844,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/45f37ac102/fwiw-couple-2-recoloured.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":567739292,"full_slug":"blog/reasons-for-overspending","content":{"title":"Why do we overspend?","preview_title":"Why do we overspend?","description":"Head versus heart. Self-soothing versus future proofing. What happens when a therapist and a financial advisor tackle the topic of overspending?","eyebrow":"Expert interviews","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"2024-12-03 10:00","rss":"Spending money isnât always a practical choice. Sometimes itâs emotional. Or psychological, underpinned by deep-rooted fears or needs, even influenced by the attachment style that shows up in your relationships.","tags":{"value":["Overspending","data","Timi Merriman-Johnson","Vicky Reynal","Mr MoneyJar"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":17791720,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/6f588e7b3b/why-do-we-overspend.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":581958989,"full_slug":"blog/cost-of-being-disabled","content":{"title":"How much does it cost to be disabled?","preview_title":"âBeing a wheelchair user: \xa32,310 a month on essentials alone.â","description":"An imagined trip to London? \xa3775. The reality of my monthly essentials? \xa32,310. Welcome to my world as a wheelchair user.","eyebrow":"How Much Does It Cost?","author":"629910d3-8176-4519-8bf5-2e8835e59c19","date":"2024-11-29 10:00","rss":"Dear reader, I was wondering if you could lend a hand? You see, Iâm a wheelchair user and I
1need an able-bodied companion for a 24-hour trip to London. Donât worry â Iâll cover your expenses. 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1omes with costs. Take a peek at one writerâs receipts for their border terrier, Mac.","eyebrow":"How Much Does It Cost?","author":"16cfd84f-204e-4a22-871b-7b50ae4881b2","date":"2024-04-19 15:59","rss":"Itâs a classic tale: she, a dog person, me, a cat lover. At first, neither of us were keen to switch teams. But then lockdown hit, what was \'normal\' totally changed and we welcomed Mac, a lively border terrier, into our home. Before we got him though, we did talk about logistics. What would happen when we went away? What would it be like looking after a dog and a baby in the future? 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Itâs only when you review your finances more holistically that you realise the importance of them and how they can impact you. Hereâs how they work.","eyebrow":"Money masters","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2024-03-14 11:59","rss":"Credit scores are one of the many things we only seem to come across in adult life. 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Many people blame themselves for âfalling forâ a scam, when in fact, they have been targeted and socially engineered by fraudsters.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","older people","protect","safety"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Fraud"],"preview_image":{"id":10962234,"filename":"/images/685x385/0a16e2f45e/helping-older-people-stay-safe-online-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365961374,"full_slug":"blog/building-a-community-for-freelance-parents","content":{"title":"It takes a village: Freelancing and parenting","preview_title":"It takes a village: Freelancing and parenting","description":"","eyebrow":"Business","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"2023-08-18 11:02","rss":"For Frankie Tortora, her online community Doing It For The Kids (DIFTK) has always been and will always be about helping freelancers with kids feel less alone.\\n\\nâItâs a killer combo having small children and working for yourself - both are isolating in different ways - and the âIt takes a village to raise a childâ thing doesnât really exist so much any more,â says Frankie (pictured above).\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","family","parents","children","freelancers","Frankie"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["9c4af548-295d-433d-95e1-f47eb494c367"],"preview_image":{"id":17137097,"filename":"/images/1080x720/a6c0241a6e/where-can-i-find-support-as-a-freelancer-and-parent_-1.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365961352,"full_slug":"blog/creative-wilderness-brand-workshops-in-the-great-outdoors","content":{"title":"How can nature help develop your brand?","preview_title":"How can nature help develop your brand?","description":"Creative Wilderness holds brand workshops for its clients in forests and fields. 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Here are a few ways to help avoid trouble down the line.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2023-06-28 09:00","rss":"If youâre planning a weekend in Bordeaux or a trip around the West Coast of Scotland, hiring a car could make all the difference to how much youâre able to explore and see.\\n\\nHereâs what to think about before you book your car, and after youâve paid, to help avoid disputes down the line, most of which usually relate to alleged damage.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","Holiday","vacation","family","car hire","car rental","insurance","rental"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10962167,"filename":"/images/685x385/9f66497090/holiday-car-hire-hacks-to-help-you-avoid-trouble-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365961165,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-avoid-card-charges-abroad","content":{"title":"How to avoid card charges abroad","preview_title":"","description":"","eyebrow":"","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"2023-06-13 11:30","rss":"When youâve saved up for a well-earned break or weekend away, the last thing you want is to be charged additional fees for using your debit card abroad. Especially when the fees are easy to avoid.\\n\\nSo if youâve booked a weekend in Berlin or a trip around the Greek Islands, read on to find out how to spend money abroad without fees.\\n","tags":{"value":["Travel","holidays","abroad","Europe","vacation"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":10962148,"filename":"/images/1200x630/b092ccc2c7/avoid-card-charges-abroad-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365961139,"full_slug":"blog/starling-launches-new-feature-hide-references","content":{"title":"Helping economic abuse survivors with our new feature, âHide referencesâ","preview_title":"","description":"Starling launches a new feature, Hide references, to enable customers to block payment references from those using them to send abusive or upsetting messages.","eyebrow":"","author":["Starling writing team"],"date":"2023-06-06 09:00","rss":"At Starling, we want to give people total control over their finances, which is why we enable customers to block payment references from those using them to send abusive or upsetting messages. 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Virtual cards are similar to physical debit cards - they have their own card number, CVV and expiry date, but they donât arrive in the post. Instead, the card exists on your phone and enables you to spend from your chosen Starling Space.\\n","tags":{"value":["virtual cards","wallet","payments","spending","budgeting","security","safety"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":18538569,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/990b9529b2/a-guide-to-our-virtual-cards-1.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365961107,"full_slug":"blog/meet-starlings-marketing-and-communications-team","content":{"title":"Marketing and Communications at Starling: Meet the team","description":"Find out what the leaders of Starlingâs Marketing and Communications team look for when they hire and how company culture influences the work of team members.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2023-06-01 09:00","rss":"Ever wanted to find out about the people that get Starling into the news? Or the people that write the words on our website? Look no further.\\n\\nHere, five Starling leaders talk about why they joined Starling, what they do and how our values as a company influence our approach to marketing and communications.\\n","tags":{"value":["careers","jobs","recruitment","behind the bank","Marcomms","Alex Frean","Oliver Mott","Eve Stepney","Rachel Kerrone","Gemma Johnson"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10962117,"filename":"/images/685x385/e4be270c09/marketing-comms-recruitment-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365960455,"full_slug":"blog/accounting-integration-for-multi-currency-accounts","content":{"title":"Accounting software integration for Starling multi-currency accounts","preview_title":"","description":"If you run a UK business and regularly need to send, receive or hold euros or dollars, Starlingâs multi-currency accounts could save you time, money and stress.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2023-05-22 12:00","rss":"If you run a UK business and regularly need to send, receive or hold euros or dollars, Starlingâs multi-currency accounts could save you time, money and stress.\\n\\nWhether itâs paying suppliers in Italy or receiving payment from clients in the US, Starlingâs multi-currency business bank accounts can make payments simpler, especially now that weâve expanded our integration with Xero.\\n","tags":{"value":["multi currency","euro","dollar","xero","currency","international payments","promotion"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":21212627,"filename":"/images/1080x720/862987985c/accounting-software-integration-for-starling-multi-currency-accounts.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365959431,"full_slug":"blog/making-the-most-of-your-holiday-money","content":{"title":"Making the most of your holiday money","preview_title":"","description":"","eyebrow":"","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"2023-05-05 15:15","rss":"To make the most of your holiday money, itâs a good idea to create a holiday budget. 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Find out about the success of Duo Consulting and their business model.","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2023-04-25 12:00","rss":"âHaving a freelance model gives us agility,â says Dan Sheridan (pictured above). Dan is the founder of the Manchester-based PR and Communications business Duo Consulting.\\n\\nâI started out as a freelancer myself and then as I got busier, my reputation grew and more opportunities came along, I plugged in other freelancers. It was a neat and tidy way of expanding from a solo entrepreneur to something bigger.â\\
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These texts are not from Starling â so if you receive one of these, please ignore it.","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","sms","protection","safety","texts"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10962048,"filename":"/images/1200x630/71b39d54a7/fake-sms-and-calls-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365958095,"full_slug":"blog/interview-with-marieanne-spacey-cale-southampton-fc-women-coach","content":{"title":"Marieanne Spacey-Cale: Head of Women and Girlsâ Football at Southampton FC, in interview","preview_title":"","description":"Flo Lloyd-Hughes interviews Marieanne Spacey-Cale, who has won five Womenâs FA Cups and is now head coach of Southampton FC Women.","eyebrow":"","author":["Flo Lloyd-Hughes"],"date":"2023-04-12 12:00","rss":"âBeing able to have conversations with stronger, opinionated women as a young teenager helped meâ. And today? Marieanne Spacey-Cale is more than just a football coach. The former England international is a trailblazer for the womenâs game.\\n\\nAt the peak of her playing days, Marieanne was known as one of the best midfielders in England. She won five Womenâs FA Cups, seven League Cups and four league titles while playing for two of the biggest clubs in England, Arsenal and Fulham, throughout the 80s and 90s.\\n","tags":{"value":["Womenâs football","Southampton","soccer","Marieanne Spacey-Cale","Money made equal"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":17600372,"filename":"/images/1080x720/77e6fb22a7/marieanne-spacey-cale_-head-of-women-and-girls-football-at-southampton-fc-in-interview.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365957518,"full_slug":"blog/six-changes-we-delivered-to-make-banking-better","content":{"title":"Six changes weâve delivered in six months","preview_title":"","description":"Lots of banks talk about âinnovationâ but at Starling, we walk our talk. Read on to learn about six changes weâve made in six months to make banking better.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2023-04-03 12:00","rss":"Lots of banks talk about âinnovationâ but at Starling, we walk our talk. Read on to learn about six changes weâve made in six months to make banking even better.\\n\\nVirtual cards\\n\\nWe launched virtual cards to help our customers organise their money and budget. Like debit cards, virtual cards are free and have their own card details and CVV. The difference is that they arenât posted to you. They exist in your Starling app and in your digital wallet, and you can set them up for a particular spending category in your budget, such as âSubscriptionsâ or âTakeawaysâ.\\n","tags":{"value":["milestones","new products","products","features","virtual cards","savings"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":18539027,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/16eb4d2b61/six-changes-we-ve-delivered-in-six-months-1.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365953669,"full_slug":"blog/helping-young-people-stay-safe-online","content":{"title":"Helping young people stay safe online","preview_title":"","description":"To help young people stay safe online, we asked The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to tell us about the resources theyâve developed.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":["Citizen Resilience Team, National Cyber Security Centre"],"date":"2023-03-09 12:00","rss":"To help our customers stay safe online, we asked The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to tell us about the resources theyâve developed for young people, including the video game âCyberSprintersâ.\\n\\nYoung people are growing up in a digital world which provides amazing opportunities, but also exposes them to online dangers.\\n\\nAt the NCSC, our mission is to make the UK the safest place to live and work online. As part of this, weâve developed a range of games and activities aimed at young people aged 7 to 11, and their families. Theyâre designed to help children and families make smart decisions about staying secure online - and have some fun along the way.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","protect","young people","family","NCSC","National cyber security","video"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Fraud"],"preview_image":{"id":21594816,"filename":"/images/1080x720/94a791edba/helping-young-people-stay-safe-online.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365953081,"full_slug":"blog/meet-our-night-time-customer-service-team","content":{"title":"Meet our Nighttime Customer Service team","description":"Starling customers can speak to us on the phone or in-app any time of day or night. Here, we find out more about Starling\'s Nighttime Customer Service team.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2023-03-07 09:00","rss":"Starling customers can speak to us on the phone or in-app any time of day or night. 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1with you, our 24/7 Customer Service team is on hand to listen and do whatever they can to answer your question and find a solution.\\n\\nâIf you receive a notification at 10pm that you donât recognise, you want to talk to someone then and there - itâs your money and itâs a really big deal. Thatâs why weâre here to chat 24/7, not just 9am-5pm,â says Customer Service team member Rowan.\\n","tags":{"value":["Careers","jobs","nighttime","Customer Service","Help","24 hours","evening"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961964,"filename":"/images/685x385/1c0cd4522d/nighttime-customer-team-preview.png"}}},{"id":365953079,"full_slug":"blog/seven-women-share-tips-on-business-success","content":{"title":"Seven women share tips for business success","preview_title":"","description":"How to grow your small business and succeed: Seven business women share their advice","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2023-03-02 09:00","rss":"Seven businesswomen, all Starling customers, share their advice on how to grow your small business and succeed.\\n\\n1. 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But you can also protect your phoneâs SIM card. A SIM card is what enables you to make calls and send messages. Itâs the little chip given to you by your service provider (for example EE, O2, Vodafone) that you put into your phone. When locking your SIM card, you need to be very careful - entering your SIM code incorrectly three times will cause it to stop working and will mean that youâll need to call your provider for help to access it again.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","SIM","mobile phones","security","safety","protect"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Fraud"],"preview_image":{"id":21540461,"filename":"/images/1080x720/1261339f80/how-to-protect-your-phone-with-a-sim-lock.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365952380,"full_slug":"blog/securing-your-mobile-devices-with-a-lock","content":{"title":"Locking and securing your mobile device","preview_title":"","description":"Without a lock to secure your mobile device, your personal data could be immediately accessible if your phone were to be lost or stolen.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":["Starling security team"],"date":"2023-02-22 09:00","rss":"For many of us, our lives are organised and lived through our smartphones, which is why itâs never been more important to keep these devices secure.\\n\\nDepending on your phone, you may be able to secure it with a PIN, passcode or biometric lock (fingerprint or Face ID). Without this security in place, if your phone were to be lost or stolen, a fraudster could access your social media, email accounts and other personal apps on your device, all of which may contain information they could use to impersonate or steal your money.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","mobile phone","security","safety"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Fraud"],"preview_image":{"id":10961947,"filename":"/images/685x385/f9c77a132e/securing-mobile-device-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365952187,"full_slug":"blog/tackling-climate-change-starlings-carbon-offsetting-projects-in-2023","content":{"title":"Tackling climate change: Carbon offsetting projects","description":"At Starling, weâre committed to doing our part to fight climate change. As part of that commitment, we work hard to reduce our carbon emissions and invest in environmental community projects to offset them.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2023-02-16 12:00","rss":"At Starling, weâre committed to doing our part to fight climate change. As part of that commitment, we work hard to reduce our carbon emissions and invest in environmental community projects to offset them.\\n","tags":{"value":["sustainability","green","carbon offsets","climate change","ethical"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961939,"filename":"/images/685x385/dd20b57e87/carbon-projects-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365951499,"full_slug":"blog/zero-based-budgeting","content":{"title":"What is zero-based budgeting?","preview_title":"What is zero-based budgeting?","description":"Are you the planner in the group? The type A? This budgeting trick could be for you â itâs all about the detail and making a plan that suits your spending habits.","eyebrow":"Good with money","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"2023-02-03 11:29","rss":"Zero-based budgeting is a way to plan your money so that every pound of your monthly income is allocated into categories that work for you. It gives every pound a purpose â no set percentages, no set categories.","tags":{"value":["Budgeting","budgeting tool","zero based budgeting","ZBB","planning"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":18383120,"filename":"/images/1080x720/6eda8341fc/what-is-zero-based-budgeting_-2.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365951379,"full_slug":"blog/starling-app-features-that-saves-businesses-time","content":{"title":"Features of the Starling app to save a business time","preview_title":"","description":"","eyebrow":"Business","author":"613e80e1-fa97-4708-b662-4b0176dc087a","date":"2023-01-23 14:57","rss":"âTime is a precious resource for business owners, and everything I set out to do with Starlingâs business account was to help them save time and make financial management that much easier,â says Starlingâs foun
1der and CEO Anne Boden.\\n\\nHere, seven of our business customers tell us what they love about banking with Starling and how our app saves them time.\\n","tags":{"value":["time","saving time","features","productivity","business management","start ups"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["9c4af548-295d-433d-95e1-f47eb494c367"],"preview_image":{"id":18539065,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/e2a1cb3476/features-of-the-starling-app-to-save-a-business-time.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365951376,"full_slug":"blog/banking-app-features-inspired-by-starling-customers","content":{"title":"Bright ideas: App features inspired by Starling customers","preview_title":"","description":"","eyebrow":"","author":"613e80e1-fa97-4708-b662-4b0176dc087a","date":"2023-01-11 00:00","rss":"Starling was created to deliver a banking app designed around the real needs of customers. Thatâs why, when a customer tells us about a feature theyâd like to see in the app, we take that feedback on board and, often, build and release it. Itâs something weâve always done. And something weâll always do.\\n","tags":{"value":["customers","ideas","feedback","UX","user experience"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":18539782,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/704460e2f6/bright-ideas-app-features-inspired-by-starling-customers.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365951354,"full_slug":"blog/meet-starlings-risk-team","content":{"title":"Meet Starlingâs Risk team","preview_title":"","description":"Three members of the Risk team discuss why they joined and what they love about working at Starling.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2023-01-10 12:00","rss":"At Starling, our Risk team takes a collaborative and project-led approach to managing risks across the bank. There are almost 40 people in the team and weâre looking to grow this further.\\n\\nHere, we find out from four members of the team about why they joined and what they love about working at Starling.\\n","tags":{"value":["Risk team","recruitment","careers"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":17466272,"filename":"/images/1080x720/9633f7fecb/starling-risk-team-preview.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365951353,"full_slug":"blog/change-for-good","content":{"title":"Change for good","preview_title":"","description":"In her New Year letter, Anne Boden looks at the exciting opportunities for change and for good in 2023.","eyebrow":"","author":["Anne Boden"],"date":"2023-01-06 09:00","rss":"Why change is not the enemy\\n\\nNothing surprises and delights me as much as the ability to change. I begin the year excited by the opportunities for change and for good that I believe lie before us in 2023, but mindful also of the very difficult circumstances we find ourselves in.\\n\\nIn many organisations change is seen as something to wrestle into submission, to contain and to fear. But to view change as an enemy stifles innovation. At Starling we like change - itâs why we exist, after all.\\n","tags":{"value":["Anne Boden","2023","growth","New Year","blog"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":18393280,"filename":"/images/1080x720/5750794593/change-for-good.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365951341,"full_slug":"blog/making-pocket-money-equal-at-christmas","content":{"title":"Making pocket money equal at Christmas","preview_title":"","description":"Educational psychologist Professor Tim Jay talks about the Starling campaign to #MakePocketMoneyEqual and what it means during the festive period.","eyebrow":"","author":"613e80e1-fa97-4708-b662-4b0176dc087a","date":"2022-12-14 00:00","rss":"Educational psychologist Professor Tim Jay talks about the Starling campaign to #MakePocketMoneyEqual and what it means during the festive period.\\n\\nDid you know that in the UK boys receive 20% more pocket money than girls? And that toys designed for girls are 5% more expensive than toys designed for boys?\\n","tags":{"value":["MPME","pocket money","family","parents","caregivers","equality","children","kite","kids"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["2f57227e-0837-4389-9aa4-745f3088adfd"],"preview_image":{"id":10961848,"filename":"/images/1200x630/8ed57ea947/time-to-make-pocket-money-equal-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365951159,"full_slug":"blog/cost-of-living-scams-to-watch-out-for","content":{"title":"Cost of living scams to wat
1ch out for","preview_title":"","description":"The cost of living crisis is hitting people hard across the UK. Criminals are taking advantage to try and steal funds. We explore some of the scams to look out for and ways to help stay safe.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":["Starling Financial Crime team"],"date":"2022-12-08 12:00","rss":"The cost of living crisis is hitting people hard across the UK. Sadly, criminals are taking advantage of the fact that many of us are currently feeling vulnerable and theyâre using the opportunity to try and steal funds. Here, we explore some scams to look out for and ways to help stay safe.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","cost of living","safety","safe"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Fraud"],"preview_image":{"id":10961837,"filename":"/images/685x385/a5ea897e13/cost-of-living-scams-preview.png"}}},{"id":365950949,"full_slug":"blog/volunteering-at-starling-the-season-of-giving","content":{"title":"Starling volunteering hours: The season of giving","description":"At Starling, we give every employee 16 paid hours to volunteer at a charity or project of their choice, each year. Hereâs how three team members have used their hours.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2022-12-06 09:00","rss":"At Starling, we give every employee 16 paid hours to volunteer at a charity or project of their choice, each year. Hereâs how three team members have used their hours and what their plans are for future volunteering. Pictured above clockwise from the left are Hollie, Stephanie and Luke.\\n","tags":{"value":["volunteering","careers","christmas","festive","community","recruitment"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961831,"filename":"/images/685x385/72208df6fc/volunteering-season-of-giving-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365950439,"full_slug":"blog/starling-partners-with-sportsaid-to-support-young-footballers","content":{"title":"Inspiration from five young footballers","preview_title":"","description":"Starling has partnered with SportsAid to identify five up-and-coming players that have each received a \xa31,000 grant to support their training and development.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2022-11-28 12:00","rss":"Starling writer Charlotte Lorimer talks with five young footballers who have been supported by Starling with a \xa31,000 athlete award. The footballers â Maddy Earl, Mia Enderby, Evie Rabjohn, Zara Shaw, and Mia Endacott â were chosen in partnership with the charity SportsAid.\\n","tags":{"value":["football","women\'s football","SportsAid","inspiration","young footballers","Euros","sport"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961807,"filename":"/images/685x385/06ee4d436a/inspirational-young-footballers-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365950435,"full_slug":"blog/meet-starlings-data-science-team","content":{"title":"Meet Starlingâs Data Science team","preview_title":"","description":"Starling data scientists help drive data-based, strategic decisions across the bank. Find out more about the team.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2022-11-18 09:00","rss":"At Starling, our data scientists help drive data-based, strategic decisions across the bank. They use their knowledge of mathematics, statistics and programming to uncover insights that can improve our account application process or app features. They also work with our Engineering team to make our internal systems even more efficient and our products even more useful for customers. This sometimes includes the building of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, which is carefully managed by the team.\\n","tags":{"value":["Data science","employees","colleagues","technology","engineering"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961794,"filename":"/images/685x385/7775bdb621/blog-data-science-team-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365950432,"full_slug":"blog/meet-our-customer-service-team","content":{"title":"Starling customer service: Meet the team","description":"At the core of Starling - a branchless and app-based bank - is our 24/7 customer service team.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2022-11-08 09:00","rss":"At the core of Starling - a branchless and app-based bank - is our 24/7 customer service team. You can speak to a human being - not a bot - any time of the day or night.\\n\\nHereâs how three people out of the hundreds that make up Starling customer service are working to help you. The teams are based across our three office
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1chnology to improve your businessâs cybersecurity.\\n","tags":{"value":["Security","CyberSmart","cybercrime","Marketplace","protection","safety","encryption","email"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d","9c4af548-295d-433d-95e1-f47eb494c367"],"preview_image":{"id":10961754,"filename":"/images/1200x628/84d24170f7/cybersecurity-header-1200.jpg"}}},{"id":365950413,"full_slug":"blog/restriction-on-account-why-does-it-happen","content":{"title":"Restricted accounts: Why does it happen?","preview_title":"Restricted accounts: Why does it happen?","description":"Read our guide to understand why a bank might restrict someoneâs account â and what to do if youâre asked for more information.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2022-10-06 00:00","rss":"If youâve spent any amount of time browsing the internet, particularly social media or well-known financial forums, thereâs a chance youâve seen comments similar to the above; you might have also read reviews or general posts about banks freezing customer accounts.\\n\\nThe more curious among you might have even wondered why a bank would take such action. Others may already know that itâs often a legal requirement for a bank to take such an action and in doing so they must have good reason.\\n\\nHere at Starling, we use some seriously clever tech, designed and built by some very smart people - which assists us on keeping an eye on all of our customersâ accounts. Now, letâs tackle some of the common questions and myths associated with the mysterious world of account restrictions.\\n","tags":{"value":["restricted accounts","blocked accounts","frozen accounts","fraud","Laurie Hood","crime","security","safety","protection"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10961735,"filename":"/images/1200x630/4ffd91f7a4/restricted-accounts-blog-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365950412,"full_slug":"blog/equipsme-health-insurance-for-businesses","content":{"title":"Equipsme in Starling Business Marketplace","preview_title":"Equipsme in Starling Business Marketplace","description":"Equipsme, a business health insurance provider and Starling Marketplace partner, explains its services. Our business customers can get more details and a quote on their plans through our app.","eyebrow":"Marketplace","author":"613e80e1-fa97-4708-b662-4b0176dc087a","date":"2022-10-03 00:00","rss":"Equipsme, a business health insurance provider and Starling Marketplace partner, explains its services. Our business customers can sign up for their plans through our app.\\n\\nEquipsme provides flexible and simple health insurance plans for businesses and their employees and families. Equipsme also offers health plans for self-employed business owners. Starling customers can sign up through Marketplace on the Starling app.\\n","tags":{"value":["equipsme","insurance","health insurance","business insurance","business marketplace"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":10961732,"filename":"/images/1200x630/21b2840b09/equipsme-blog-share.png"}}},{"id":365950410,"full_slug":"blog/interview-with-jill-scott-football-retirement-whats-next","content":{"title":"In conversation with Jill Scott: Lioness and businesswoman","description":"Annabel Herrick talks with Jill Scott, Lioness and businesswoman, about football, enterprise and whatâs next.","author":["Annabel Herrick"],"date":"2022-09-23 09:00","rss":"A chatty, buoyant teammate and morale magician, footballer Jill Scott is quick to apologise for losing her voice, now raspy: âIâm so sorry, Iâve been doing interviews all day,â she says. Jill is still riding the wave of the win but the exuberant midfielder â âthe worst person to sit next to if you want downtime on the busâ â is fighting to keep her energy up.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","football","UEFA","Lioness","sports"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961719,"filename":"/images/685x385/f66ee35832/lioness-and-businesswoman-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365950409,"full_slug":"blog/take-control-of-your-finances-budgeting-and-money-insights","content":{"title":"Ghosting your finances will only make them scarier.","preview_title":"Ghosting your finances will only make them scarier.","description":"A better understanding of your money and where itâs going can help you feel more in control of it. Here, we share budgeting and money insights from a financial planner Elizabeth, and Nicholas, a money expert from a government-approved free guidance service.","eyebrow":"Good with money","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"2022-09-21 16:22","rss":"âItâs all about taking things one step at a time,â says Nicholas Hill, money expert at MoneyHelper. âBut remember that the sooner you start, the sooner youâll feel in control.â","tags":{"value":["Cost of living","budgeting","budget planner tool","money management"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":18539152,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/107645be54/taking-control-of-your-finances-1.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365950407,"full_slug":"blog/starling-budget-planner-tool-better-manage-your-money","content":{"title":"The Budget Planner tool: Control and visibility","preview_title":"","description":"To make budgeting easier, weâve created an online tool that does lots of the legwork for you. Itâs free, easy to use and is designed to give you a better understanding of your finances.","eyebrow":"","author":["Starling writing team"],"date":"2022-09-21 09:00","rss":"Setting a budget can help you feel more in control of your money and plan ahead. To make budgeting easier, weâve created an online tool that does lots of the legwork for you. Itâs free, easy to use and has been designed to give you a better understanding of your finances.\\n","tags":{"value":["cost of living","budget planner tool","saving","money management","planning","budgeting"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":18571176,"filename":"/images/1080x720/f7b8e3349a/the-budget-planner-tool_-control-and-visibility-1.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365950400,"full_slug":"blog/top-scams-targeted-at-young-people","content":{"title":"Scams targeting younger people","preview_title":"Scams targeting younger people","description":"From fake festival tickets to âdiscountâ designer trainers, social media is full of pitfalls â learn how to stay safe.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2022-09-02 00:00","rss":"Fraudsters are extremely good at adapting their scams to try and steal money from anyone. In this blog, weâll go through some of the scams currently targeted at people in their teens and early 20âs, and look at how to stay safe.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","students","young","teenage","safety","protect"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10961695,"filename":"/images/1200x630/244c7174f0/stay-safe-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365950396,"full_slug":"blog/the-woodbridge-vets-caring-for-your-pets","content":{"title":"The Woodbridge Vets: Caring for your pets","description":"The Woodbridge Vets practice seeks to provide the best possible service by assigning one vet to each pet. They look after cats, dogs and other small animals.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2022-08-18 12:00","rss":"âPets help us so much and being able to look after that human-animal bond is incredibly important,â says vet Dr Kyle Eadie. âWe have some clients whose dogs or cats are their best friends. We also have dogs and cats that are passed to someone new when their owner passes away. Either way, making sure they have what they need really matters.â\\n\\nKyle, 27, runs The Woodbridge Vets with Dr Laurie Barrow, 31. Since opening their practice in April 2022, they have attracted more than 1,000 clients from in and around Woodbridge, a small town in Suffolk.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","Kyle Eadie","regional","vets","pets","animals","family"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961669,"filename":"/images/685x385/af267506d0/woodbridge-vets-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365949758,"full_slug":"blog/careering-into-motherhood-career-coaching-for-working-mothers","content":{"title":"âWe started career coaching sessions for working mums, held once the kids were in bed.â","preview_title":"âWe started career coaching sessions for working mums, held once the kids were in bed.â","description":"","eyebrow":"Business","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"2022-08-04 17:33","rss":"Careering into Motherhood provides a space where working mothers support one another. The online community has more than 10,000 members, primarily connected through a Facebook group but also through Instagram and LinkedIn. \\n\\nThe business began three years ago as a way to connect working mothers. At the time, founder Jane Johnson was running a recruitment business that helped women find flexible roles with employers. âI was inundated with candidates and rather than turning them away when I couldnât place them, I set up the Careering into Motherhood Facebook group where people could post job openings and ask for advice.â\\
1nThe business began three years ago as a way to connect working mothers. At the time, founder Jane Johnson was running a recruitment business that helped women find flexible roles with employers. âI was inundated with candidates and rather than turning them away when I couldnât place them, I set up the Careering into Motherhood Facebook group where people could post job openings and ask for advice.â\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","Jane Johnson","careers","networking","mothers","coaching","community"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["9c4af548-295d-433d-95e1-f47eb494c367"],"preview_image":{"id":10961656,"filename":"/images/1200x630/1251deab01/careering-into-motherhood-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365948537,"full_slug":"blog/meet-our-cardiff-customer-service-team","content":{"title":"Welcome to Cardiff: Meet our Customer Service team","description":"Team members discuss what they love about being part of our Customer Service team in Cardiff.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2022-07-27 09:00","rss":"Since opening our Cardiff office two years ago, we\'ve hired almost 900 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the city. If you\'re passionate about helping customers, we want to hear from you.\\n\\nHere, we speak to Yaaseen Quraishi (pictured above left), Vicky Plenty (pictured above centre) and Olivia Beedell (pictured above right), from our Cardiff office, to find out what they love about being part of Customer Service at Starling.\\n","tags":{"value":["Cardiff","customer service","recruitment","careers","help","Yaaseen Quraishi","Vicky Plenty","Olivia Beedell"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961634,"filename":"/images/685x385/487b9bb5ca/meet-cardiff-customer-services-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365948130,"full_slug":"blog/travelling-with-teenagers-tips-and-advice","content":{"title":"Travelling with teens: Tips and advice","preview_title":"","description":"Kate Wickers, travel author and mother of three boys, now aged 21, 20 and 16, shares her travel advice and experience on travelling with teens.","eyebrow":"","author":["Kate Wickers"],"date":"2022-07-19 09:00","rss":"We asked Kate Wickers, author of new travel memoir âShape of a Boy: My Family and Other Adventuresâ, and mother of three boys, now aged 21, 20 and 16, to share her travel advice and experience. Kateâs mantra is âhave kids, will travelâ.\\n\\nYouâve been through the hard years of travelling with babies and young kids and now you have teenagers, which makes life easier in so many ways. However, now there are new challenges such as battles over independence and the worry over them striking out in foreign locations alone.\\n","tags":{"value":["Kate Wickers","travel","abroad","teens","family","holidays","vacation"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961621,"filename":"/images/685x385/84e193d2fc/travelling-with-teens-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365947824,"full_slug":"blog/friendly-turtle-sustainable-eco-friendly-products","content":{"title":"Friendly Turtle: A one stop shop for eco-friendly products","description":"Starling business customer Friendly Turtle is an online shop selling hundreds of eco-friendly products. Founder Ricky Wallace tells their story.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2022-07-15 09:00","rss":"Friendly Turtle is an online shop that sells eco-friendly products from almost 100 brands. There are more than 1,700 available items, including plastic-free cooking utensils, seed kits for your garden, and zero waste lip balm.\\n\\nâA zero waste product is an item that has no waste associated with the purchase. For example, it can either be biodegradable, compostable, recyclable or reusable - nothing from the purchase has to go to landfill,â says founder Ricky Wallace.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","Ricky Wallace","green","eco","sustainable","ethics","online"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961614,"filename":"/images/685x385/cf34e77e74/friendly-turtle-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365947519,"full_slug":"blog/folde-dorset-nature-books-arts-and-crafts","content":{"title":"FOLDE Dorset: Books, arts and crafts","preview_title":"","description":"FOLDE Dorset sells nature books and locally made arts and crafts. Co-founders and friends, Karen Brazier and Amber Harrison, talk about their story.","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2022-07-12 09:00","rss":"The story of FOLDE Dorset begins with an old photograph, placed on the wall of a Shaftesbury pub, and a conversation between two friends about what they would do if they could rewrite their lives.\\n\\nâWe thought weâd like to wake up, walk from our houses, up the hill, along Park Walk, which is very beautiful, to a shop,â says Karen Brazier (pictured above left), neighbour and friend of Amber Harrison (pictured above right). âWe didnât know what the shop would be, but wanted to wear aprons, like the shopkeeper in the photograph on the wall in our local pub.â\\
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1ategories and a category search function. Feel more in control of your money.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2022-06-13 09:00","rss":"As the cost of living rises, itâs more important than ever to have total visibility of your finances. The easier it is to see what youâve spent in the past, the easier it is to plan your future outgoings and feel in control of your money.\\n\\nTo help you budget, weâre introducing 36 new spending categories and a category search function, both of which can be accessed through the Spending tab and transaction list in the Starling app. The new categories, which include âGardenâ, âTakeawayâ, and âBucket Listâ, are available within Starling personal and joint accounts and follow suggestions from customers. You asked, we delivered.\\n","tags":{"value":["spending categories","features","budgeting","cost of living"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10961544,"filename":"/images/685x385/c8f7932119/new-spending-categories-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941541,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-protect-yourself-from-social-media-scams","content":{"title":"How to protect yourself from social media scams","preview_title":"How to protect yourself from social media scams","description":"Social media often acts as a window shop for criminals. Learn how to shop online safely and protect yourself from romance and investment scams.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2022-06-12 00:00","rss":"Social media can help us stay in touch with friends, be entertained and also do business. But itâs also a place where scammers are active. Starlingâs financial crime specialist Sarah Lenette shares what you need to look out for.\\n\\nIn the UK, one in every five minutes spent online is on social media platforms. They are where we catch up with friends, shop, job hunt, or even look for love with many of us using these sites/apps on a daily basis. Each day the average UK internet user spends 39 minutes on sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, WhatsApp and LinkedIn. Some of us may be spending even more time online as we find ourselves at home more often than weâd like to be. Unfortunately, some scammers are using the platforms that we know and trust to trick people into parting with their money.\\n","tags":{"value":["scams","fraud","protection","prevention","safety"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10960731,"filename":"/images/1200x628/092f990560/social-media-scams-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365946421,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-protect-yourself-against-holiday-scams","content":{"title":"Planning a holiday? Watch out for these scams","preview_title":"Planning a holiday? Watch out for these scams","description":"From fake villa listings to âghostâ flights, learn how to spot the red flags that separate a dream holiday from a costly scam.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2022-06-10 00:00","rss":"Itâs the time of year weâve been eagerly anticipating. Summer is finally here and some of us will be looking to treat ourselves to a well deserved camping trip/seaside adventure/tropical getaway. So, letâs take a look at common holiday scams and top tips to protect your money this summer.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","safety","protection"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10961540,"filename":"/images/1200x630/7b25345d37/how-to-protect-yourself-against-holiday-scams-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365946417,"full_slug":"blog/volunteering-at-starling-sharing-skills-and-passions","content":{"title":"Starling volunteers: Sharing skills and passion","description":"At Starling, team members have an optional 16 hours of extra paid leave each year for volunteering. They can share their skills in a way that benefits others.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2022-06-07 09:00","rss":"At Starling, all 1850 of our employees have an optional 16 hours of extra paid leave each year for volunteering. Team members can share their skills or passions in almost any way that benef
1its others, whether thatâs in a school or through a charity.\\n\\nHere, we speak to three team members about how they use their Starling volunteering hours.\\n","tags":{"value":["volunteering","careers","Becky Jay","Gurmokh Sangha","Vikki Williams","community","Starling"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961530,"filename":"/images/685x385/81ba5b3fae/volunteering-at-starling-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365946403,"full_slug":"blog/using-your-starling-card-abroad","content":{"title":"Using your Starling card abroad","description":"Charlotte Lorimer talks about how she used Starling on her holidays. When you use your Starling card or withdraw cash abroad, we donât charge fees.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2022-05-24 09:00","rss":"The simplicity of travelling with Starling is one of the many reasons I became a customer five years ago. For me, itâs far and away the best bank card for travel: there are no extra fees for withdrawing cash or using your card abroad, youâre given the Mastercard exchange rate for each foreign transaction and within seconds, youâre told exactly how much youâve spent, both in the local currency and in sterling.\\n","tags":{"value":["travel","holidays","summer","vacation","ATMS","exchange rates","Mastercard"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961512,"filename":"/images/685x385/a10e0ce410/using-starling-card-abroad-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365946396,"full_slug":"blog/rachel-o-sullivan-interviews-aston-villa-star-jill-scott","content":{"title":"Jill Scott: Legendary footballer and Starling business customer","preview_title":"","description":"Womenâs football expert and Girls on the Ball co-founder interviews one of the greats: Lioness Jill Scott.","eyebrow":"Kick On with Starling","author":"c8dd3a0a-13fb-49da-8f68-ff5ddfafdfc8","date":"2022-05-22 17:02","rss":"âTo shape peopleâs lives with memories and momentsâ â that is what England stalwart Jill Scott is hoping to achieve with this summerâs pivotal UEFA Womenâs EUROs, sponsored by Starling, as the official national banking partner.","tags":{"value":["Euros","European Championships","football","womenâs football","England","sport","Girls on the Ball","UEFA Womenâs EUROs"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["da229a58-acab-40e8-b9fc-e21209555547"],"preview_image":{"id":10961500,"filename":"/images/1200x630/efaf99edb9/jill-scott-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365946401,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-protect-yourself-from-loan-scams","content":{"title":"How to identify loan scams","preview_title":"How to identify loan scams","description":"Finding the right loan can be stressful, but donât let a âguaranteedâ offer rush your decision. Read our guide and learn how to protect yourself.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2022-05-20 00:00","rss":"Looking for a loan can feel confusing at the best of times. Something that you might not consider when searching online, is if the company youâre communicating with is genuine or actually impersonating a legitimate lender. In this blog, weâll look at loan scams and what you can do to avoid them.\\n\\nScammers have been known to set up websites that appear to belong to genuine lenders. These sites may offer loans to those unable to obtain credit elsewhere, or offer large sums with low interest rates.\\n","tags":{"value":["Fraud","loan scams","scams","safety","Take five","help","protect"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10961510,"filename":"/images/1200x630/8c60811975/loan-scams-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365961280,"full_slug":"blog/sophie-downey-interviews-manchester-city-star-lauren-hemp","content":{"title":"Lauren Hemp: Rising star of womenâs football","preview_title":"","description":"As the official national banking partner of the UEFA Womenâs EURO 2022, we spoke to legendary players, including Manchester City star and Lioness Lauren Hemp.","eyebrow":"Kick On with Starling","author":"d7f80919-5a0b-4a9d-b15b-310946e8208d","date":"2022-05-10 16:49","rss":"It was obvious from the start that Lauren Hempâs star would shine brightly. As one of those lucky enough to be pitchside in 2016 when she had started playing for Bristol City, I had little doubt that she was destined for big things. Within two minutes of entering the field, the 16-year-old forward had raced past several defenders to score. It was the first of many to come.","tags":{"value":["Euros","European Championships","football","womenâs football","England","sport","Girls on the Ball","UEFA Womenâs EUROs"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["da229a58-acab-40e8-b9fc-e21209555547"],"preview_image":{"id":10962196,"filename":"/images/1200x630/f55264eaac/lauren-hemp-share.png"}}},{"id":365946393,"full_slug":"blog/tips-when-travelling-with-a-disability","content":{"title":"Advice and tips when travelling with a disability","preview_title":"","description":"Martyn Sibley co-founded Disability Horizons magazine and Accomable, an accessible travel site which was sold to Airbnb. Here, he gives his advice and tips when travelling with a disability","eyebrow":"","author":["Martyn Sibley"],"date":"2022-05-05 10:00","rss":"Growing up with a disability, Martyn faced many personal challenges. He successfully chased down his dreams, from working in London to driving a car with his hands, scuba diving, writing an adventure travel memoir and being engaged to his soul mate.\\n\\nMartyn is a disabled influencer, voted regularly in the top five of the UKâs disability power 100 list. He co-founded: the Disability Horizons magazine; Purple Goat, a disability-first marketing agency and Accomable, an accessible travel site which was sold to Airbnb. Heâs also a published author.\\n","tags":{"value":["accessible","travel","disabled","Martyn Sibley","holiday","vacation"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":18566062,"filename":"/images/1080x720/71fb512f56/advice-and-tips-when-travelling-with-a-disability-1.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365946390,"full_slug":"blog/major-john-huggins-switch-to-starling-current-account","content":{"title":"Major John Huggins: Painting, Parkinsonâs and personal finance","description":"Major John Huggins explains why he switched to the Starling current account and how he is able to manage his personal finances.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2022-04-29 09:00","rss":"âItâs like a breath of fresh air when you deal with Starling,â says Major John Huggins (pictured above). John, 75, is based in Lincolnshire. He opened his [personal account](/current-account/) with Starling in January 2022.\\n\\nâI was getting progressively more and more cheesed off with my high street bank. When you try to talk to them, you go onto an automatic machine and if it canât answer your question, you canât get out and talk to a real person. I went to look for an alternative and found Starling.â\\n","tags":{"value":["cass","switching to starling","personal account","current account switching service","John Huggins"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961489,"filename":"/images/685x385/e2c036ad79/john-huggins-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365946291,"full_slug":"blog/groni-sustainable-painting-and-decorating-business","content":{"title":"GrÅni: Painting the town green","preview_title":"","description":"GrÅni is a sustainable painting and decorating business, based in Yorkshire. Founded by Matus Marek in 2020, it offers customers a greener way to decorate their home, office or caf\xe9.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2022-04-22 09:00","rss":"GrÅni is a sustainable painting and decorating business, based in Yorkshire. Founded by Matus Marek in 2020, it offers customers a greener way to decorate their home, office or caf\xe9. The old Germanic word âGrÅniâ is the root for the English word âgreenâ.\\n\\nMat (pictured above right with his business partner Kobi Tetteh) and the GrÅni team use ecological and n
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Weâve committed to a one third reduction of our carbon emissions by 2030.\\n","tags":{"value":["carbon offsetting","environment","green","eco","sustainability"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961372,"filename":"/images/685x385/eaa4aefa2a/green-projects-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365945085,"full_slug":"blog/identifying-hmrc-scam-calls-text-emails","content":{"title":"HMRC phone, email and text scams","preview_title":"HMRC phone, email and text scams","description":"HMRC doesnât use WhatsApp. Find out whatâs legit â and whatâs a scam.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2022-02-09 00:00","rss":"You receive a call, text or email from what looks like the tax authorities at HMRC and they want to talk about your taxes. It must be genuine, right? But wait: are you sure they really are HMRC and not criminals?\\n\\nItâs a scam thatâs been around for years and itâs still here. 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Whether youâre a small business owner with clients that like to pay by cheque or someone who has received a birthday cheque this free feature can help you deposit your cheque quickly and easily. Provided that the amount on the cheque is worth \xa3500 or less, youâll be able to deposit it via the Starling app.\\n","tags":{"value":["coronavirus support","cheque imaging","coronavirus","covid-19","product news","cheque deposit"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961364,"filename":"/images/685x358/d17208dcfc/cheque-imaging-blog-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365945082,"full_slug":"blog/why-work-in-tech-at-starling","content":{"title":"Working in tech at Starling","description":"Team Starling is made up of people from all walks of life. Here, we talk to three Starling team members about what they love about their work.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2022-02-03 12:00","rss":"Team Starling is made up of people from all walks of life. Here, we talk to three Starling team members about what they love about their work.\\n\\nâWhatâs really interesting about Starling is that we build everything from scratch,â says software developer Saff Soobratty, part of the Starling Banking Services team. âWe create direct integrations with payment systems like Faster Payments, which means that other FinTechs can cut their engineering costs.â Saff, 32, started at Starlingâs London office in 2019.\\n","tags":{"value":["Engineering","jobs","recruitment","software","human resources","employees","staff","Saff Soobratty","Reshma Pinto","David Sullivan"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961356,"filename":"/images/685x385/e7ced65aff/team-starling-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365945081,"full_slug":"blog/tips-for-building-a-brand-focused-on-health-and-wellness","content":{"title":"Kate Male: Building health and wellness brands","description":"Kate Male develops branding for businesses in the wellness sector. 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Kate, 35, is based in Romford.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","Kate Male","branding","design","wellness","health","websites"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961350,"filename":"/images/685x385/17a3f738fe/kate-male-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365945079,"full_slug":"blog/protecting-your-business-from-fraud","content":{"title":"Protecting your business from fraud","preview_title":"Protecting your business from fraud","description":"Read our guide to learn how to spot CEO and employee fraud, plus invoice scams and âfalse accounting.â","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2022-01-26 00:00","rss":"Starlingâs financial crime specialist Laurie Hood explains how you can help protect your business from fraud.\\n\\nYouâve set up your business, re-mortgaged your house and lined up your first customers. Everything is going well - your dream of being a successful entrepreneur is in sight. Then the fraudsters arrive. How do you protect your business and what should you look out for?\\n\\nUK Financeâs Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign says that CEO impersonation scams and invoice fraud are common ways that businesses are targeted. Take Five is a national campaign led by UK Finance, offering straightforward advice to help protect against fraud.\\n\\nHere, we run through what you can do to help stay safe.\\n","tags":{"value":["business","fraud","business fraud","fraud protection","invoice fraud","CEO fraud","payment fraud"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10961347,"filename":"/images/1200x630/db7fd5767c/protect-business-fraud-blog-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365945076,"full_slug":"blog/pocket-money-and-chores-tips","content":{"title":"Pocket money and chores","preview_title":"","description":"","eyebrow":"","author":"c1592fbf-13d8-4e28-8896-b48
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1asting travel trends","preview_title":"","description":"Globetrender reports on everything from floating hotels to space tourism. It also produces trend reports exploring the future of travel.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-12-21 13:00","rss":"âIâm an optimist so I look for the silver linings and stories of innovation and resilience,â says travel journalist Jenny Southan. Her online publication and travel trend forecasting agency, Globetrender, reports on everything from floating hotels to space tourism. It also produces trend reports exploring the future of travel.\\n\\nâWeâve tried to see the pandemic as an opportunity to provide insights for the travel industry,â Jenny says. âWe launched a report called âTravel in the age of Covid-19â in June 2020 and so far, all of the trends we forecasted have proved accurate.â Globetrenderâs report covered trends relating to germaphobia, unprecedented flexibility offered by airlines and travel companies and the popularity of outdoor holidays\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","travel","holidays","abroad","jenny southan","covid","coronavirus"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961325,"filename":"/images/685x385/a87e167f54/globetrender-forecasting-travel-trends-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365945065,"full_slug":"blog/tips-on-how-to-write-inclusively","content":{"title":"How to write inclusively: tips from our writing team","preview_title":"How to write inclusively: tips from our writing team","description":"","eyebrow":"Communication at Starling","author":"613e80e1-fa97-4708-b662-4b0176dc087a","date":"2021-12-16 15:01","rss":"We built Starling because we knew the world needed a new kind of bank: one that put customers first and made the world of finance as accessible and easy for as many people as possible.\\n\\nWhich means we had to find a way of communicating that was clear, open and inclusive, so no one was left out. Language has the power to include, welcome, engage and educate â but it can also be alienating, confusing or even scary. Here are some of the ways we stay thoughtful and intentional when we write.\\n","tags":{"value":["writing","inclusive","editorial","language","writing team","diversity"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["da229a58-acab-40e8-b9fc-e21209555547"],"preview_image":{"id":21243924,"filename":"/images/1080x720/493b14fd8b/how-to-write-inclusively_-tips-from-our-writing-team.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365945053,"full_slug":"blog/why-switch-your-business-banking-to-starling","content":{"title":"Why switch your business banking to Starling?","preview_title":"","description":"Making the switch to Starling is easy once you have an open business bank account. Find out more about how and why to switch.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-11-30 12:00","rss":"At first glance, switching your business bank account may sound complicated. But with Starling being part of the Current Account Switching Scheme (CASS), we do all the heavy lifting for you.\\n\\nOnce you start the switch from the Starling app, your payees, direct debits, standing orders and balance will move over to your new business bank account and your old business account will be closed, all within seven days.\\n","tags":{"value":["switching","business banking","cass","features"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961298,"filename":"/images/685x385/8373e1902b/starling-bank-business-switch-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365945051,"full_slug":"blog/carbon-jacked-reducing-carbon-footprints-in-business","content":{"title":"Carbon Jacked: Reducing carbon footprints in business","description":"Starling business customer, Carbon Jacked, is an environmental start-up that helps individuals and businesses reduce their carbon footprint.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-11-24 12:00","rss":"Carbon Jacked is an environmental start-up that helps individuals and businesses reduce their carbon footprint. âA carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from the activities of an organisation or person; we all have one,â says co-founder Jack Curtis.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","Jack Curtis","Jacques Sheehan","carbon offsetting","eco","environment","COAT","climate change"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961294,"filename":"/images/685x385/99e92ae0fb/carbonjacked-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365945044,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-spot-and-avoid-parcel-delivery-scams","content":{"title":"Parcel and package delivery scams","preview_title":"Parcel and package delivery scams","description":"Are you expecting a package? From fake Royal Mail texts to âspoofedâ DPD messages, find out how to track y
1our parcels safely without clicking on dangerous links.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2021-11-10 00:00","rss":"Online shopping can be extremely convenient. But itâs important to be very cautious of any texts you receive from companies, notifying you that theyâve been unable to deliver the latest gadgets/trainers/socks. They could be from fraudsters.\\n","tags":{"value":["scams","fraud","post","parcels","delivery","safety","protection"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10961283,"filename":"/images/1200x630/479ed5a474/parcel-delivery-scams-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365945022,"full_slug":"blog/talking-about-money","content":{"title":"Talking about money","description":"Journalist and author, Alex Holder, explains why she believes we need to get better at talking about money, if we want to feel in control of our finances.","author":["Alex Holder"],"date":"2021-11-08 12:00","rss":"Journalist and author, Alex Holder, explains why she believes we need to get better at talking about money, if we want to feel in control of our finances.\\n\\nIâm that annoying friend, the one who asks how much rent youâre paying. Not because Iâm a gauche conversationalist, but because I want to know that what Iâm paying in rent is fair. Once upon a time asking that kind of question about money was a no-go area, but Iâve learned just how informative â and liberating - it can be to bring money into the conversation.\\n","tags":{"value":["finance","money","saving","freelancing","investing","mental health"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961279,"filename":"/images/685x385/582e280008/talking-about-money-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365945015,"full_slug":"blog/new-contactless-payment-limit","content":{"title":"How to set your own contactless payment limit","preview_title":"","description":"The maximum contactless limit will rise to \xa3100 on 15th October. From that date, Starling customers will be able to choose their own contactless payment limit.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-10-13 12:00","rss":"At Starling, we want our customers to be in control of their money. Thatâs why weâre launching a feature that enables you to set your own limit for contactless payments made on your debit card, up to \xa3100, available from 15th October 2021.\\n\\n### Whatâs changing?\\n\\nThe maximum contactless limit will automatically rise to \xa3100 on 15th October. From that date, Starling personal, joint and business customers will be able to choose their own contactless payment limit using our flexible in-app slider.\\n","tags":{"value":["contactless limit","features","slider","payments","cards","mobile"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10961260,"filename":"/images/685x385/9688f228a7/contactless-payment-limit-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365945011,"full_slug":"blog/working-as-a-software-engineer-at-starling","content":{"title":"Working as a software engineer at Starling","preview_title":"","description":"What brought members of our Software Engineering teams to Starling and what do they love about working here? We talked to three Starling engineers to find out.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-10-07 12:00","rss":"What brought members of our Software Engineering teams to Starling and what do they love about working here? We talked to three Starling engineers to find out.\\n\\nSince joining Starlingâs Southampton office in July 2019, YewBie Cheng has helped build the customer-facing side of a huge range of features. These include in-app cheque imaging, the Starling Business Toolkit and Kite, the debit card for children aged 6-16.\\n\\nYewBie started coding as a teenager, a skill that aided her university Engineering studies. Following her PhD in Electro-Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton, she took on a number of leadership roles, most notably for the National Policing Improvement Agency, a department in the Home Office. There, she helped deliver a \xa369 million project that integrated the different systems within the police forces for England and Wales.\\n","tags":{"value":["software engineers","careers","recruitment","Starling","YewBie","Ed Jeffreys","Katie Cornish"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":18568861,"filename":"/images/1080x720/41df4a202f/working-as-a-software-engineer-at-starling.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365945007,"full_slug":"blog/five-things-to-talk-about-before-getting-a-joint-account","content":{"title":"5 things to discu
1ss before getting a joint account","preview_title":"","description":"If you share financial commitments, a joint account can make managing money more straightforward. Here are five things to discuss before opening one.","eyebrow":"Joint spending","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-10-05 12:00","rss":"If you share financial commitments with someone, a joint bank account can make managing your money more straightforward. They can be especially useful for couples that live together or housemates who are good friends.\\n\\nA Starling joint account can be set up by two people with Starling personal accounts, straight from the app. Both people listed on the joint account can set up payees, make payments and spend from the account.\\n","tags":{"value":["joint accounts","friends","households","sharing","partner","family","talking"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":18420064,"filename":"/images/1080x720/967cf7d8c0/5-things-to-discuss-before-getting-a-joint-account.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365945003,"full_slug":"blog/six-things-you-need-to-know-about-pensions","content":{"title":"Six things you need to know about Pensions","preview_title":"","description":"Weâve teamed up with PensionBee and Penfold to help you better understand Pensions. Find out more.","eyebrow":"","author":["PensionBee","Penfold","Team Starling"],"date":"2021-09-16 12:00","rss":"To mark National Pension Awareness Week, weâve teamed up with our partners in the Starling Marketplace, PensionBee and Penfold, to help you better understand pensions.\\n","tags":{"value":["pensions"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961230,"filename":"/images/685x358/35d21d26b6/pensions-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365944997,"full_slug":"blog/high-value-payments","content":{"title":"How to make a high value payment","preview_title":"","description":"A look at the process of making a high value payment from your personal, business or joint account using the Starling app.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-08-27 12:00","rss":"","tags":{"value":["high value payments","payments","payment limits","making a payment"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news","Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961217,"filename":"/images/685x385/3caffa2977/how-to-high-value-payment-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365944996,"full_slug":"blog/brum-driving-school-tailored-driving-lessons","content":{"title":"Brum Driving School: Tailored driving lessons","preview_title":"","description":"The Brum Driving School adapts their lessons to fit the needs of each student. Thereâs no one size fits all.","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-08-24 12:00","rss":"Learning to drive can be both daunting and exciting, challenging and rewarding. As the co-founder of Brum Driving School and mother of two young adults, Georgie Goodman (pictured above with one of her students) understands the range of emotions students experience.\\n\\nâWhat I try to do is be flexible and adapt lessons to suit the person learning,â she says. âI aim to create a really non-judgemental, calm and welcoming environment where people know that making mistakes is to be expected.â Georgie, 46, qualified as a driving instructor in 2019.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","driving lessons","birmingham","georgie goodman","franchise","technology"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":18393983,"filename":"/images/1080x720/de7b49bfec/brum-driving-school_-tailored-driving-lessons.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365944674,"full_slug":"blog/essential-tips-for-wedding-budgeting","content":{"title":"Essential tips for budgeting your wedding","preview_title":"","description":"Advice on how to budget for your wedding, from Starling team member and newlywed, Lucy Cafferkey.","eyebrow":"","author":["Lucy Cafferkey"],"date":"2021-08-19 12:00","rss":"Whether you have \xa320,000, \xa310,000 or \xa3500 to spend, you need to plan your budget. Lucy Cafferkey, senior PR manager at Starling Bank, shares insights gained from her own recent wedding.\\n\\nI got engaged in November 2019 when Corona was a light lager and not a virus. My wedding had to be rescheduled which allowed me time to master budgeting in a way that I had never done before. Hereâs how I did it.\\n","tags":{"value":["weddings","spaces","budgeting","planning","cost of living"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":18561540,"filename":"/images/1080x720/c93b525d93/essential-tips-for-budgeting-your-wedding.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365944328,"full_slug":"blog/switching-to-starling-after-50-years-with-a-high-street
1-bank","content":{"title":"Switching to Starling after 50 years with a high street bank","preview_title":"","description":"Stephen switched to Starling Bank after 50 years with traditional banks. Hereâs why he made the switch.","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-08-10 12:00","rss":"âIâm part of a generation that doesnât tend to change banks,â says Father Stephen Brown. âI joined my high street bank before I went to university and Iâve had the same bank account ever since. Until this year when I switched to Starling 50 years later.â\\n\\nStephen, 67, became a Starling personal account customer in February 2021. Starling is a fully-licensed bank, meaning that balances up to \xa385,000 are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).\\n","tags":{"value":["switching","CASS","personal account"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":18563483,"filename":"/images/1080x720/90c3ef9e7a/switching-to-starling-after-50-years-with-a-high-street-bank.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365944209,"full_slug":"blog/seven-money-books-by-women-with-something-for-everyone","content":{"title":"Seven money books by women with something for everyone","preview_title":"","description":"What is your financial priority? We look at financial priorities and pair each with recent money books that can provide more information.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-07-29 10:00","rss":"What is your financial priority? Whether you\'re building up a rainy day fund, chipping away at your overdraft or keen to better understand your relationship with money, a wealth of resources are available. Here, we look at five financial priorities and pair each with recent money books that can provide more information.\\n\\nGive yourself a financial health check\\n\\nIf you want to take an honest look at your finances, including your debts, savings, credit score and pension, a good place to start is You\'re Not Broke, You\'re Pre-Rich by Emilie Bellet, CEO and founder of Vestpod, a platform for women to learn about money, or Black Girl Finance by finance coach Selina Flavius (pictured above, photo credit: Brand Yourself Photography). Both books have pages for working out and writing down financial goals, monthly budgets and your net worth (assets such as property minus liabilities such as student debt).\\n","tags":{"value":["women authors","financial advice","books","reviews","otegha","iona bain","selina flavius","alex holder","emilie bellet","alice tapper"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961203,"filename":"/images/685x392/2436fa9b76/seven-money-books-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365944107,"full_slug":"blog/be-kin-interior-design-with-a-focus-on-mental-wellbeing","content":{"title":"Be-kin: Interior design with a focus on mental wellbeing","preview_title":"","description":"Be-kin is an interior design studio that focuses on mental wellbeing. Wren Loucks, CEO and founder, talks about their business model.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-07-27 12:00","rss":"What makes Be-kin different from other interior design studios is its focus on mental wellbeing. Founded by London-based designer Wren Loucks in January 2020, the studio works with both individuals and companies across the UK.\\n\\nâThe name Be-kin plays on the phrase âbeacon of lightâ and âkinâ, which means family. I wanted it to communicate the aim of creating spaces for people, families and businesses to thrive,â says Wren, 32. She uses Starling to manage her business finances.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","wren louck","design","wellbeing","activism","upcycle","sustainable"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961199,"filename":"/images/685x358/abd780838d/wren-loucks-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365942635,"full_slug":"blog/bamboo-socks-and-animal-conservation","content":{"title":"Bare Kind: Bamboo socks and animal conservation","preview_title":"","description":"Starling business customer Lucy Jeffrey runs Bare Kind, an online shop that sells bamboo socks. Bare Kind donates 10% of profits to animal conservation charities.","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-06-25 12:00","rss":"Founded by Lucy Jeffrey in 2018, Bare Kind offers ten styles of bamboo socks, each themed with a different animal. Customers can choose from sock designs including turtles, penguins, bees, orangutans, leopards, elephants, rhinos, hedgehogs and rabbits.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","socks","lucy jeffrey","eco","green","environment","bbls","loan"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":18572912,"filename":"/images/1280x854/a4fa4f2627/bare-kind-3.jpeg","name":""}}},{"id":365941840,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-avoid-national-insurance-number-scams","content":{"title":"National Insurance number scams: How to avoid them","preview_title":"National Insurance number scams: How to avoid them","description":"Your National Insurance number is the key to your \\"Digital DNA.\\" Learn how to keep it private and what to do if youâre worried itâs fallen into the wrong hands.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2021-06-08 00:00","rss":"National Insurance number scams have recently increased. Starlingâs financial crime specialist Sarah Lenette takes a look at how to protect yourself.\\n\\nHave you received a telephone call from someone who says your National Insurance number has been compromised? If you do, hang up the phone right away, theyâre a scammer.\\n\\nAccording to the UKâs national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, Action Fraud, criminals have been targeting individuals to trick them into sharing their National Insurance numbers. And these scams are on the increase.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","National insurance","protection","safety"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10961163,"filename":"/images/1200x687/ab32136cb3/national-insurance-number-1200.jpg"}}},{"id":365941713,"full_slug":"blog/ways-to-share-the-bill-with-friends","content":{"title":"Ways to share the bill with friends when youâre out and about","preview_title":"","description":"We run through the ways to share the bill with family and friends, when youâre out and about.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-05-17 12:00","rss":"As more of us get out and about to our favourite pubs and cinemas, splitting the cost of the pints or popcorn couldnât be simpler. We run through the ways to settle up the bill with your friends and family, with Starling.\\n\\nNearby Payments\\n\\nIf you want to pay someone back straight away and theyâre also a Starling customer, use Nearby Payments. This feature enables you to make a secure payment to another Starling account without setting them up as a payee.\\n\\nTo make a Nearby Payment, your two phones need to be within a few metres of each other and both of you need to open Nearby Payments by going to your âPaymentsâ screen and tapping âSen
1d Moneyâ. You can then click on the name of the person youâd like to send money to, enter the amount and ping it over.\\n","tags":{"value":["nearby payments","settle up","split the bill","round ups","features","spending insights","entertainment","cost of living"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961096,"filename":"/images/685x358/500c7ce30b/blog-bill-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941710,"full_slug":"blog/short-term-financial-safety-net-overdraft","content":{"title":"The Starling overdraft: Designed to put you in control","preview_title":"","description":"A Starling overdraft can act as a short-term safety net for eligible personal customers. If you donât have enough money to cover an essential upcoming payment, or you have a sudden drop in your income, our flexible overdraft could help.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-05-14 12:00","rss":"A Starling overdraft can act as a short-term safety net for eligible personal customers. If you donât have enough money to cover an essential upcoming payment, or you have a sudden drop in your income, our flexible overdraft could help.\\n","tags":{"value":["overdraft","planning","loans","repayments","budgeting"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961090,"filename":"/images/685x358/e442c282fa/overdraft-control-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941700,"full_slug":"blog/enterprise-nation-a-community-for-small-businesses","content":{"title":"Introducing Enterprise Nation: A vibrant community of small businesses and business advisers","preview_title":"","description":"Charlie Gilbert, content manager at Enterprise Nation, shares the wealth of resources they offer to Starling businesses customers.","author":["Charlie Gilbert"],"date":"2021-04-30 12:00","rss":"Enterprise Nation is a membership organisation that small business owners can join for free. Weâll be organising a range of webinars and podcasts with them over the year. Here, Charlie Gilbert, content manager at Enterprise Nation, shares the wealth of resources they offer to Starling business customers.\\n\\nLoads of us have stared out of the window, dreaming of starting our own business. And while it can be one of the most rewarding things you ever do, it can also be pretty scary.\\n\\nThereâs pressure to be an expert on everything from accounting to marketing. Thereâs often no one to bounce ideas off. Thereâs also knowing how and where to spend your money â while still being able to pay the bills.\\n","tags":{"value":["enterprise nation","business support","networking","small business","webinars","podcasts"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961072,"filename":"/images/685x358/3e7567e50f/enterprise-nation-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941703,"full_slug":"blog/keeping-children-safe-online","content":{"title":"Keeping children safe online","preview_title":"Keeping children safe online","description":"Keeping children safe online is about more than just âstranger danger.â Read our guide and learn how to spot social media red flags.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2021-04-30 00:00","rss":"Keeping children safe from the dangers on the internet is our responsibility as adults, whether weâre parents, carers or teachers. Itâs also our responsibility as a bank. Here are some ways to help keep your children protected.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","scams","protection","children online","sarah lenette"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10961079,"filename":"/images/1200x629/c76a5da0fe/keep-children-safe-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365941695,"full_slug":"blog/our-human-and-innovative-cs","content":{"title":"Starling Customer Service: Human and innovative","preview_title":"","description":"At Starling, we combine the power of human empathy with innovative technology. Our Customer Service agents are on hand to help 24/7.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-04-20 12:00","rss":"At Starling, we combine the power of human empathy with innovative technology. Our Customer Service agents are on hand to help 24/7 through our in-app chat, by email or finally by phone. Whichever channel you choose, youâll be able to speak to a human (not a robot) who can help answer your question or listen to your feedback.\\n\\nAs a digital bank, we put technology at our core. It makes contacting us easier and it makes responding to your questions or concerns more efficient. Say goodbye to bank branch visits and crackly hold music. And s
1ay hello to 24/7 human, innovative banking with Starling.\\n","tags":{"value":["customer service","help","innovation","innovative","digital bank"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10961057,"filename":"/images/685x358/d7c6e969f7/customer-serv-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941693,"full_slug":"blog/gloriously-good-candle-company-lockdown-success","content":{"title":"Lockdown success stories: Gloriously Good","preview_title":"","description":"Florinela Cooke started up her business during the first national lockdown. Gloriously Good, a wellbeing and candle company, has gone from strength to strength.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-04-13 09:00","rss":"\\"Throughout school and university, I was told that the best path was the corporate world. That you should climb the ladder. And I started to do that after university, I spent eight years in the corporate world. But I wasnât happy or fulfilled,\\" says Florinela Cooke (featured above), founder of wellbeing and candle company Gloriously Good. \\"I had my own ideas - I wanted to pursue my own interests and start a business.\\"\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","lockdown","candles","entrepreneur","wellbeing","coronavirus","florinela cooke"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961050,"filename":"/images/685x392/8d697e55a6/gloriously-good-header-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941690,"full_slug":"blog/supporting-startups-with-pr","content":{"title":"Lockdown success stories: How Juliet Fallowfield supports start-ups with PR","preview_title":"","description":"Juliet Fallowfield registered her PR business the day after being made redundant. Find out how she became an unexpected entrepreneur.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-04-01 12:00","rss":"âWhen I was made redundant my brother said, âIf you work that hard for other people, why donât you work that hard for yourself?â What he meant was that I should take a break, run or meditate. But what I heard was, âwhy donât I actually work that hard for myself and start a company?ââ\\n\\nThese are the words of Juliet Fallowfield, PR consultant, entrepreneur and Starling business customer. She registered her business - Fallow, Field & Mason - in April 2020, the day after being made redundant. Days later, she dived into a two-month pro bono project.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","coronavirus","coronavirus support","juliet fallowfield","pr","lockdown","entrepreneur","start up"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961041,"filename":"/images/685x358/242b3a485c/juliet-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941688,"full_slug":"blog/starting-a-business-straight-from-school","content":{"title":"Alice Benham: Tips for starting a business straight from school","preview_title":"","description":"Entrepreneur Alice Benham shares what she wishes sheâd known when she first became self-employed, aged 17.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-03-26 12:00","rss":"_Entrepreneur Alice Benham shares what she wishes sheâd known when she first became self-employed, aged 17._\\n\\n\\"University isnât for everyone,\\" says Alice Benham, a business and marketing coach. Alice, 22, left school before completing her A-Levels. Shortly afterwards, she secured her first freelance contract to help a client with social media.\\n\\nFive years on, sheâs worked 1:1 with 150 small business owners. She has four part-time employees and recently pushed her revenue into six figures - testament to her hard work and success in diversifying her income through courses and programmes on digital marketing and business strategy, and also thanks to referrals from loyal clients.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","alice benham","school","entrepreneur","social media"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961034,"filename":"/images/685x457/b7ce113d6f/alice-benham-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941687,"full_slug":"blog/the-little-loop-lockdown-success","content":{"title":"Lockdown success stories: Charlotte Morley of The Little Loop","preview_title":"","description":"As part of our series on lockdown business success stories, we hear from Charlotte Morley, founder of The Little Loop, an ethical rental service for childrenâs clothing.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-03-18 12:00","rss":"As part of our series on lockdown business success stories, we hear from Charlotte Morley, founder of The Little Loop, an ethical rental service for childrenâs clothing.\\n\\nâIâve always wanted to create a business that would do something for the environment,â says entrepreneur Charlotte Morley. âWhen I had children, it became extremely obvious what that business should be. The majority of childrenâs clothes are in excellent condition when they grow out of them, especially if they were bought new. Passing them on and finding replacements takes time and can be inconvenient. I wanted to create a solution to that problem.â\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","the little loop","charlotte morley","kids","family","children","ethical","sustainable","eco","green","coronavirus","coronavirus support"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10961030,"filename":"/images/685x358/b0b3c160a0/lockdown-loop-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941684,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phishing-scams","content":{"title":"Phishing scams: How to protect yourself","preview_title":"","description":"Phishing is a method used by fraudsters to obtain personal information such as passwords, bank or card details. Learn how to help protect yourself.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":["Starling Financial Crime team"],"date":"2021-03-11 12:00","rss":"Itâs likely
1youâve seen emails from supposed delivery companies with subjects such as âYour package requires a shipping fee - pay this nowâ. The email contains a link to what appears to be their genuine website. The email and/or website asks for your personal and financial details. In fact, the email could be a phishing scam.\\n\\nPhishing is a method used by fraudsters to obtain sensitive or personal information such as passwords, bank or card details, which can then be used to access existing accounts or to steal identities, potentially resulting in financial loss.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","phishing","protection","security","scams","safety"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Fraud"],"preview_image":{"id":10961024,"filename":"/images/685x358/b2acec24f4/phishing-blog-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941677,"full_slug":"blog/teaching-kids-to-budget","content":{"title":"Teaching kids to budget","preview_title":"","description":"Teaching kids how to budget can help set them up for a better relationship with money in later life. Here are some ideas.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-02-23 12:00","rss":"Budgeting is an essential skill. It can help you better plan your finances and make it easier to live within your means. Teaching kids how to budget can help set them up for a better relationship with money in later life.\\n\\nNeeds versus wants\\n\\nA budget is a financial plan that looks at the money you receive and allocates it to spending or savings. A good budget will ensure your needs are met in full before any money goes on non-essentials.\\n\\nAt the core of making spending decisions is understanding the difference between needs and wants. Talk to children about the things we need for safety and security such as a home, electricity, food and clothes. Be sure to explain these things are not the same as wants, such as Netflix shows, chocolate and fashion items.\\n","tags":{"value":["money explained","kids","family","parents","children","teaching","education","learning","budgeting","cost of living"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10961006,"filename":"/images/685x358/85fdf94be3/kids-budget-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941674,"full_slug":"blog/ways-to-reduce-financial-anxiety","content":{"title":"Ways to reduce financial anxiety","preview_title":"","description":"To help reduce financial anxiety, it may help to concentrate on positive actions that you can control. Here are a few ideas.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-02-10 12:00","rss":"It can be argued that financial anxiety is a by-product of the way that you respond to a situation, not always just a result of the situation itself. Focusing more on what you can control, and less on what you canât, may help reduce negative feelings.\\n\\nThere are things within your control that can affect your finances. These may include deciding what to spend money on, budgeting and learning new skills. There are also many âbig pictureâ issues of concern, which you canât directly influence.\\n","tags":{"value":["money explained","financial wellbeing","anxiety","stress","health"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960993,"filename":"/images/685x358/488f333ba8/financial-anxiety-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941665,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-defend-yourself-against-iban-discrimination","content":{"title":"Defend your rights against IBAN Discrimination","preview_title":"","description":"Your Starling IBAN should always be accepted because the UK is still part of SEPA, and Starling still fully supports SEPA payments.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2021-02-03 12:00","rss":"Weâve noticed that a few companies across Europe are refusing to accept your Starling euro account bank details because they contain the country code âGBâ. This is known as IBAN discrimination and itâs illegal. Here are a few simple steps you can take if it happens.\\n","tags":{"value":["iban","discrimination","sepa","will adams"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance","Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960980,"filename":"/images/685x358/756243c56b/iban-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941663,"full_slug":"blog/the-power-of-collaboration-in-business","content":{"title":"The power of collaboration in business","description":"Three Starling business customers talk about how working collaboratively helps everyone involved.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-02-02 12:00","rss":"Three Starling business customers talk about how working collaboratively helps everyone involved.\\n\\nLearn from fellow entrepreneurs\\n\\nâBefore I started running my business full-time, I created a WhatsApp group of five other friends running online businesses,â says Masibu Manima, founder of marketing agency Translate Culture. âI w
1anted to learn what their pain points were.â\\n\\nTwo years on, the group has grown to 80 business owners, some of which run multi-million pound companies. âCollaboration is the new competitive advantage, especially for people exploring entrepreneurship for the first time,â he says.\\n","tags":{"value":["nicki capewell","masibu manima","joycelyn mate","rachael twu-masi-corson","business case","collaboration","cooperation"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960971,"filename":"/images/685x358/55160dd76c/power-collab-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941637,"full_slug":"blog/finding-lost-pensions-and-investments","content":{"title":"Finding lost pensions and investments","preview_title":"","description":"In the second of our series on finding lost money, Rosie Bannister, personal finance writer, investigates the areas of insurance, inheritance and more.","eyebrow":"","author":"eccd8ab0-97bb-48a6-b729-7c3e2ad98fc5","date":"2021-01-21 13:58","rss":"In the second of our series on finding lost cash, Rosie Bannister, personal finance writer, investigates the areas of insurance, inheritance and more.\\n\\nThere are likely billions of pounds of long-forgotten money hanging around waiting to be found in many different places. In my last article, I looked at how you might find lost money from current accounts, Premium Bonds, child trust funds and more. But there could be other assets out there that youâve forgotten, or never even knew about.\\n\\nBe very wary of anyone you find thatâs looking to charge you money to track down lost assets or investments, it may well be a scam. I do list a few exceptions to this general rule in the information below.\\n","tags":{"value":["finding money","finding cash","lost accounts","lost money","investment","pension"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":10960960,"filename":"/images/1200x800/87125cb729/find-lost-pensions-investments-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365941632,"full_slug":"blog/case-study-how-connected-card-can-help","content":{"title":"Starling stories: Our Connected card","preview_title":"","description":"Our Connected card acts as an extra debit card that you can give to trusted friends, relatives and neighbours who are shopping for you.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-01-08 12:00","rss":"Our Connected card acts as an extra debit card for Starling personal customers. We launched it back in April 2020, less than three weeks into the first lockdown, when we knew that people who were sheltering for health reasons would need to find a safe way of paying trusted friends, neighbours and community volunteers, who were doing the shopping for them. In 2021, the Connected card is as useful and helpful as ever.\\n\\nThe card can be topped up by the account holder up to \xa3200 and canât be used for online shopping or cash withdrawals, making it a secure and simple solution for people in self-isolation or living with disabilities. So far, itâs been recommended by NHS Volunteer Responders, an organisation set up to support the NHS and help people stay safe during the coronavirus crisis, and by the disability charity Scope.\\n","tags":{"value":["coronavirus","coronavirus support","connected card","help","volunteer","toby mildon","carer","support worker","disabled"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance","Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960941,"filename":"/images/685x358/287070e468/starling-stories-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941635,"full_slug":"blog/fin-wood-handcrafted-floors-and-stairs","content":{"title":"Fin Wood: Handcrafted floors and stairs","preview_title":"","description":"Alin Cristescu, founder of Fin Wood, tells the story of his company and why he became a Starling business customer.","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2021-01-08 12:00","rss":"The Cristescu family have been wood craftsmen for three generations. âMy earliest memory of my grandfatherâs workshop is the smell of the wood,â says Alin Cristescu, founder of Fin Wood. âMy grandfather worked a lot with pine and oak, using traditional equipment, most of which he made himself. There were lots of hand held tools.â\\n\\nAlin, 38, set up his business in 2013 after mov
1ing to London from Romania. Fin Wood offers hardwood floor installation and restoration, stair cladding and floor sanding.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","fin wood","alin cristescu","craft","craftsman","handicraft","wood"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":18573404,"filename":"/images/1080x720/b48547d616/fin-wood_-handcrafted-floors-and-stairs.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":364835158,"full_slug":"blog/supporting-accidental-entrepreneurs-and-tackling-fraud","content":{"title":"Supporting the accidental entrepreneurs and tackling fraud","preview_title":"","description":"This has been another year of strong growth at Starling, despite the headwinds, hardships and heartache inflicted by the pandemic.","eyebrow":"","author":["Anne Boden"],"date":"2021-01-07 12:00","rss":"This has been another year of strong growth at Starling, despite the headwinds, hardships and heartache inflicted by the pandemic. In the last 12 months weâve grown our account numbers from one to two million, expanded our loan book to more than \xa31.9 billion and seen our deposit base grow from \xa31 billion to \xa34.8 billion.\\n\\nAs the pandemic and associated lockdowns accelerated the shift to digital in 2020, we took our employee headcount past 1,000, raised \xa3100 million more in funding and became profitable on a monthly basis, passing breakeven point in October.\\n\\nWe remain one of just four banks to be designated a Which? ârecommended providerâ and we topped the Which? tables for customer satisfaction.\\n","tags":{"value":["anne boden","starling","growth","reporting","progress","plans"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10960936,"filename":"/images/685x358/d1d046bac7/anne-new-year-preview.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365941629,"full_slug":"blog/finding-and-reclaiming-lost-money","content":{"title":"Finding lost cash","preview_title":"","description":"Many of us have âforgotten moneyâ in Premium bonds, Child Trust Funds, accounts or even the lottery. Here are some ways to hunt it down and get your money back.","author":["Rosie Bannister"],"date":"2021-01-06 12:00","rss":"Many of us have old accounts we havenât looked at in years, or maybe that are forgotten about completely. Itâs likely that there are millions or even billions of pounds in these âlostâ accounts. We asked Rosie Bannister, personal finance writer, to look at ways you could hunt these accounts down and get your money back. This is the first of two articles on the topic.\\n\\nBefore you begin, itâs important to know you donât need to pay anyone to help you track down old accounts, so donât be lured in by anyone asking for money.\\n","tags":{"value":["finding money","finding cash","lost accounts","lost money","premium bonds","lottery","child trust funds"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960933,"filename":"/images/685x358/1588f0cc8f/lost-cash-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941628,"full_slug":"blog/how-do-video-game-currencies-work","content":{"title":"Video game currencies: How they work","preview_title":"","description":"There are two main types of video game currency. One is free to buy and use. The other you need to pay for, using real money.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2020-12-29 12:00","rss":"Diamond dollars, magic tokens and virtual gold coins: we take a look at the world of video game currencies and how to navigate it.\\n\\nWhilst many games are free to play initially, to get fully immersed in the gameplay, youâll often find you need to use special money at some point. When you want upgrades for your avatar or to enhance your player abilities within a game, youâll more than likely need to buy video currency.\\n\\nThere are two main types of this special money. One is free to buy and use. The other you need to pay for, using real money, to allow access to your gameâs premium options.\\n","tags":{"value":["video games","gambling","video game money","gaming","money explained"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960930,"filename":"/images/685x358/9bd2edb9ec/video-game-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941626,"full_slug":"blog/sharing-and-giving-teaching-generosity-in-kids","content":{"title":"Sharing and giving","preview_title":"","description":"Our Money Explained series helps conversations around money, by breaking down money concepts into the basics. Here, we take a look at the area of sharing and giving.","eyebrow":"","author":"613e80e1-fa97-4708-b662-4b0176dc087a","date":"2020-12-23 14:52","rss":"Our Money Explained series helps conversations around money, by breaking down money concepts into the basics. Here, we take a look at the area of sharing and giving.\\n\\nWith Christmas just around the corner, now is an excellent time to help your children understand the idea of giving. After a particularly tough year for so many families, rather than focus on the idea of giving as only a financial concept, why not talk about all the very many different ways in which people can give and share.\\n\\nChildren (and adults) can a
1ppreciate what they have, whilst also demonstrating compassion and empathy. Teaching and modelling practical ways in which children can share and give to others helps everyone.\\n\\nHere are some tips for nurturing generosity in children.\\n","tags":{"value":["money explained","sharing","giving","donations","caring","values","community"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":10960928,"filename":"/images/1200x629/7ec9d2eb12/sharing-giving-share.jpg"}}},{"id":365941625,"full_slug":"blog/cornelia-james-glove-maker-by-royal-appointment","content":{"title":"Cornelia James: Glove maker by Royal Appointment","preview_title":"","description":"Cornelia James, a glove making business, has banked with Starling since 2019. We share their story of growth, adaptation and success.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2020-12-22 12:00","rss":"Almost 75 years ago, an Austrian refugee called Cornelia James set up a business to make and sell gloves in Britain. Building on what she had learned at the College of Art in Vienna, she stitched each pair from the coloured leather she had packed into the one suitcase sheâd taken, when she fled the city. Today, Cornelia James gloves are esteemed and sold all over the world.\\n\\nâWhen it comes to starting and running a business, the main thing is to be adaptable,â says Corneliaâs son-in-law, Andrew Lawson, managing director. âYou must have a plan but the plan must allow for flexibility and change. Itâs also important to have a sympathetic bank behind you and a passion for what youâre doing. If your heartâs not in it, youâre never going to hack it.â\\n","tags":{"value":["cornelia james","glove maker","fashion","royal","queen","princess","clothing","bbls","pivoting","business case"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960920,"filename":"/images/685x358/7ca89b6935/glove-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941623,"full_slug":"blog/sumup-card-reader-for-contactless-payments","content":{"title":"The SumUp card reader, for contactless payments","preview_title":"","description":"The Starling Marketplace welcomes SumUp, a card reader that accepts debit, credit and contactless payments, and remote payments too.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2020-12-15 09:00","rss":"SumUp has been designed to make accepting, refunding and processing payments simple. Its card readers accept debit, credit and contactless payments and its new remote payment options, including Payment Links, Invoices and Online Store, allow business owners to take payments safely and securely.\\n\\nThere are no monthly fees or contracts for SumUpâs products and features, just a simple fixed percentage fee of 1.69% when accepting a transaction, and as of date of publication, a one-off payment of only \xa319 for the Air card reader, or \xa369 for the 3G reader. SumUp aims to democratise payments. It has two million customers, and counting.\\n","tags":{"value":["sumup","card reader","remote payments","mobile payments","business payments"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960910,"filename":"/images/685x358/3ba2331c7b/sumup-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941617,"full_slug":"blog/track-your-money-with-the-starling-app","content":{"title":"Track your money with the Starling app","preview_title":"","description":"Keeping track of your money can be tricky. Thatâs why we built several features to help you understand where and how your money comes and goes.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2020-11-24 09:00","rss":"Keeping track of your money can be tricky. Bills, food, late night online shopping, IOUs, birthday presents - thereâs so much to think about. Thatâs why we built several features into the Starling app to help you understand where and how your money comes and goes. Here, we run through some of these features.\\n\\nAn insight into your spending\\n\\nThe Spending Insights feature automatically categorises your transactions so you know how much youâve spent on Groceries, Bills & Services or Entertainment. It also identifies the location of the merchant and works out the percentage of money going to each retailer and category. Spending Insights is a tool for all Starling customers - personal, business, joint and euro.\\n","tags":{"value":["track","real time notifications","statements","spending insights","insights"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960896,"filename":"/images/685x358/fc2c72e734/track-money-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941605,"full_slug":"blog/the-doers-a-collective-for-freelancers","content":{"title":"The Doers: A collective for freelancers","preview_title":"","description":"The Doers is a collective of freelancers, each with their own marketing expertise, who come together to deliver projects for clients.","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2020-10-27 12:00","rss":"The Doers is a collective of freelancers, each with their own marketing expertise, who come together to deliver projects or ongoing services for clients. âOur aim was to have ten freelancers by the end of year one,â says Jess Sims, who co-founded The Doers in September 2018. âWe ended up with more than 100. And we now have more than 200.â\\n\\nThe collective is about 60% female, 40% male, mostly based in the UK. âWeâre essentially a plug-in marketing team,â she says. Clients include tea company Teapigs, c
1ancer charity Maggieâs and Penfold, a pension provider available through the Starling Marketplace.\\n","tags":{"value":["freelancers","collective","the doers","jess simms","laura west","support","networking","business case"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960862,"filename":"/images/685x358/5ae63b7c30/doers-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941603,"full_slug":"blog/from-bus-driver-to-business-owner","content":{"title":"Richmond Osei-Akoto: From bus driver to business owner","preview_title":"","description":"Richmond, 37, founded the online marketplace Afi-Akos. His inspiration? The people of Ghana.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2020-10-22 12:00","rss":"âIâve always had a burning desire to step out on my own but I was never brave enough to go for it 100 percent,â says Richmond Osei-Akoto. âItâs a clich\xe9 but I was the kid who bought the sweets and sold them for a little more when people were trapped in school and couldnât go out and buy their own.â\\n\\nRichmond, 37, founded the online marketplace Afi-Akos last year. His inspiration? The people of Ghana. âTheyâre so entrepreneurial. If youâre not hustling, youâll slip through the cracks - thereâs no safety net,â he says. âI was born in Ghana and came to the UK when I was five. When I went back aged 22, I was blown away.â\\n\\nThrough Afi-Akos, Richmond sells products and art mainly from Ghana, sharing its spirit of creativity and craftsmanship with customers back in the UK. Wanting to play a part in the success of small Ghanian businesses is what drove him and inspired him to start his own venture.\\n","tags":{"value":["richmond osei-akoto","crafts","ghana","business case"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960855,"filename":"/images/685x358/d1c2f93039/richmond-bus-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941596,"full_slug":"blog/introducing-online-banking-for-personal-customers","content":{"title":"Introducing: Online Banking for personal customers","preview_title":"","description":"Weâre now giving our personal account customers the option to manage their money on a laptop or desktop, in addition to the Starling app.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2020-10-05 09:00","rss":"At Starling, we take note of features and changes requested by our customers. Itâs one of the key things that guides the way our bank develops. That\'s why we\'re launching an option to manage your money on a laptop or desktop through your browser, as well as through the app on your smartphone.\\n\\nBoth business and personal customers can now access their banking with their computer on the Starling website.\\n","tags":{"value":["online banking","retail banking","desktop banking","personal accounts","laptop banking"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960840,"filename":"/images/1370x717/387a333cd1/online-banking-blog-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941578,"full_slug":"blog/saving-up-for-something-special","content":{"title":"Saving up for something special","preview_title":"","description":"In the latest of our Money Explained series, we look at how you can help your kids save up for that special something.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2020-08-25 12:00","rss":"In the latest of our Money Explained series, we look at how you can help your kids save up for that special something. We believe itâs important to talk about money as a family from an early age, to help build confidence and money skills. Our series helps these conversations by breaking down money concepts into the basics.\\n\\nSo, your child comes to you one day and wants you to buy them a new Lego set, a high street fashion item or perhaps a game controller. Something that costs about \xa350. Instead of simply coming up with the money or saying you canât afford it, why not work with them to see how they could save enough to buy it themselves? Here are some ideas on talking through how to save.\\n","tags":{"value":["money explained","rosie bannister","children","family","parents","pocket money","kids","savings"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960792,"filename":"/images/685x358/66ce78c8de/money-explained-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941575,"full_slug":"blog/dealing-with-debt-and-financial-insecurity","content":{"title":"Dealing with debt and financial insecurity","preview_title":"","description":"Clare Seal was over \xa327,000 in debt when she decided to truly confront the issue. She created the Instagram account @myfrugalyear help make herself more accountable.","author":["Clare Seal"],"date":"2020-08-18 12:00","rss":"Clare Seal was over \xa327,000 in debt when she decided to truly confront the issue. She turned to Instagram to help make herself more accountable, posting anonymously with the account @myfrugalyear. Here, Clare shares her journey with us.\\n\\nWhile talking about money in general seems to have become easier for Brits in recent years, we still tend to clam up when it comes to debt and financial difficulty. Itâs understandable - losing control of your financial situation is something that can cause deep shame, and is often perceived as being an indication of character, rather than a result of circumstance.\\n\\nWith the coronavirus pandemic and fallout of lockdown pushing many people into uncharted financial territory, there is a danger that affected people will stop communicating and allow themselves to be dragged along by the current, rather than face their problems. But when it comes to money worries, the very worst thing to do is to keep them to yourself.\\n\\nNobody knows this better than me. In March of 2019, when I finally managed to drag my head out of the sand and face my financial demons, I had over \xa327,000 of credit card and overdraft debt, spread across several different accounts.\\n","tags":{"value":["clare seal","debt","financial hardships","insecurity"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960785,"filename":"/images/685x358/2d5da801a4/clare-seal-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941574,"full_slug":"blog/festival-glitter-gay-rights-and-conscious-entrepreneurship","content":{"title":"Make up or Break up: Glitter, gay rights and eco-conscious entrepreneurship","preview_title":"","description":"When Jason and Ian started selling glitter from Affleck\'s market in Manchester in 2014, they never imagined how their business would grow or the difference it would make.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2020-08-11 12:00","rss":"When Jason Guy and Ian Welham started selling glitter from Affleckâs market in Manchester in 2014, they never imagined how their business would grow or the difference it would make. âWeâve gone from what was essentially a market stall five years ago to a business that employs four people year-round, ten during the summer when weâre busy, on track to turn over a million pounds a year,â says Jason, co-founder of Make Up or Break Up.\\n","tags":{"value":["jason guy","ian welham","festival glitter","lgbtq+","activism","business case"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960781,"filename":"/images/685x358/18f8190835/glitter-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941545,"full_slug":"blog/new-look-for-starling-bank-statements","content":{"title":"A new look for your Starling bank statements","preview_title":"","description":"Weâve updated the way your Starling bank statements look. You now have three types of statements: transaction history, interest earned and fees paid to Starling.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2020-06-23 09:00","rss":"At Starling, weâre always working to make our app even better - both for personal and business accounts. Recent tweaks include displaying monthly spend as well as daily spend on the homescreen and updating the font on the Android app to match our website. These
1changes are small, but significant when it comes to producing a sleeker user experience, otherwise known as UX, for Starling customers.\\n\\nIn our latest release, weâve updated the way your Starling bank statements look. You can now see three types of statements: transaction history, interest earned from Starling and fees paid to Starling. We always strive to be transparent on any fees we charge around overdrafts or loans.\\n\\nPreviously, the transaction history and interest statements were available in-app. The fees statement had to be requested from Customer Service. Now, all three are visible and accessible in-app.\\n","tags":{"value":["statements","ux","goals","spaces","updates"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960745,"filename":"/images/685x358/7e3fccae1c/new-look-statements-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365941543,"full_slug":"blog/always-open-pride-at-starling","content":{"title":"Always Open: Pride at Starling","preview_title":"","description":"We speak to five members of Starlingâs LGBTQ+ network and share the actions and aims that underpin our rainbow logo this June.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2020-06-19 09:00","rss":"Pride isn\'t just about jazzing up your logo. It\'s about recognising the contributions the LGBTQ+ community makes to your company and championing equality. Here, we speak to six members of Starling\'s LGBTQ+ network and share the actions and aims that underpin our rainbow logo this June.\\n\\nStarling\'s LGBTQ+ group began in March 2018 as a channel on Slack, the communication and collaboration platform. Software engineer Lee Stewart was part of channels to #BuildTheBank and #RunTheBank. He made one to #BendTheBank. âI believed that LGBTQ+ people at Starling would benefit from a place we could find one another, express ourselves freely and share ideas for how things could be better. I asked for that space and was initially denied. My act of rebellion was to go ahead and do it anyway,â says Lee. âPride is a protest. And creating #BendTheBank became the crack in the door that allowed us to grow into a full-fledged network.â\\n","tags":{"value":["lgbtq","bend the bank","bendthebank","pride","equality"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10960737,"filename":"/images/685x358/cf90e41073/always-open-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":171482498625871,"full_slug":"blog/slack-integration-for-starling-business-customers","content":{"title":"Introducing: Instant Slack notifications for business customers","preview_title":"Introducing: Instant Slack notifications for business customers","description":"","eyebrow":"","author":"613e80e1-fa97-4708-b662-4b0176dc087a","date":"2020-06-15 09:00","rss":"","tags":{"value":[],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["9c4af548-295d-433d-95e1-f47eb494c367"],"preview_image":{"id":173895362928854,"filename":"/images/2400x1016/3f56bd207a/slack-integration-0705.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365941537,"full_slug":"blog/running-a-web-design-business-at-16-years-old","content":{"title":"Flynn Blackie: Running a web design business at 16 years old","preview_title":"","description":"Until last summer, designing websites was a side hustle for 16-year-old Flynn Blackie. Now he runs a successful web design and marketing business.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2020-04-28 09:00","rss":"Until last summer, designing websites was a side hustle for 16-year-old Flynn Blackie. \\"In June 2019, I made one of the biggest decisions Iâve had to make: do I leave school and go full-time and or do I keep doing this on the side?\\" He chose to leave the classroom behind. Instead, heâs learning about the world of business first-hand: marketing, design, cashflow, time management, portfolios, email follow ups - the list goes on.\\n\\nSince the outbreak of coronavirus, heâs created a specific resource for small businesses in need of fast support. \\"Iâm building websites for businesses and turning them around in as little as seven days so that they can stay connected to their customers. Iâm adding member-only chat rooms and forums to the websites and online class platforms so that businesses can continue to communicate with customers and offer their services online,\\" he explains. \\"Everywhere you look someoneâs business is affected, like myself. I want to use this period to help prepare businesses for the inevitable comeback and motivate people to keep positive, be resilient and come back stronger.\\"\\n","tags":{"value":["mod digital","web design","flynn blackie","business case"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960699,"filename":"/images/685x457/7f4e01b0b4/flynn-blackie-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365941501,"full_slug":"blog/take-five-week-protect-yourself-from-fraud","content":{"title":"Stay safe from fraud: Take Five Week","preview_title":"Stay safe from fraud: Take Five Week","description":"\\"Stop, Challenge, Protect.\\" It only takes a few minutes to double-check a suspicious request, but it could save you thousands of pounds. ","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2020-03-20 00:00","rss":"Starling Bank is committed to help protect all its customers against fraud. Thatâs why we signed up to the Take Five Charter. And thatâs why we are supporting Take Five week (9 - 13 March), a national campaign to help people stay safe from financial fraud.\\n\\nItâs âtake fiveâ because if you see anything you are at all suspicious of, you should always take a few minutes and think before you proceed. Starlingâs financial crime specialist, Sarah Lenette explains.\\n\\nFor those of you who may not be familiar with @TakeFive - this is a UK wide campaign that offers straightforward advice to help prevent email, phone based and online fraud. Itâs led by UK Finance and backed by the Government. Itâs delivered with and through a range of partners in the UK payments industry, as well as financial services firms, law enforcement agencies, telecommunication providers and others.\\n\\nHere at Starling Bank, we believe in doing everything we can to help you keep your money safe. Signing the Take Five Charter is one more way to help provide you with the knowledge you need to protect your hard earned cash. By working alongside Take Five, we are combining our efforts with others across the financial sector to help tackle fraud.\\n","tags":{"value":["fraud","take five","scams","safety"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":10960653,"filename":"/images/1200x628/98e653d85a/take-five-header-1200.jpg"}}},{"id":365941505,"full_slug":"blog/piggybanking-technique-for-budgeting","content":{"title":"Piggybanking: A smart idea to help you budget","preview_title":"","description":"Rosie Hopegood, freelance journalist and editor, shares a smart way to help organise your monthly budget.","eyebrow":"","author":"eccd8ab0-97bb-48a6-b729-7c3e2ad98fc5","date":"2020-03-17 16:01","rss":"Iâll start with a confession: Iâm a reformed bad money person. In my late twenties, I had a staff job at a national newspaper and despite being on an okay salary, I tended to bury my head in the sand about what was going on in my bank account. I would spend freely for the first three weeks of the month, and then be horribly skint in the last week before payday. Sometimes, I wouldnât realise that I had gone over my overdraft limit until I received a text message from my bank.\\n\\nLooking back, Iâm embarrassed by how little control I had over my finances at that time. I wasnât spending wildly or extravagantly, but London is expensive and journalism salaries are notoriously low compared to many other professions. The app for my high street bank was clunky and slow, so I rarely opened it â hardly conducive for keeping tabs on what I was spending.\\n\\nEverything changed when I switched to a digital-only bank. Straight away I could see a breakdown of where my money was going. Pret and Uber, for example, were taking up more than their fair share of my resources. Just being able to see my spending, laid out in neat categories, really helped me get a handle on what I was spending and where. This was a huge wake-up call in managing my money (and my caffeine consumption).\\n","tags":{"value":["savings","piggybanking","goals","budgeting","coronavirus support","cost of living"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["67a63325-ae99-4995-99a7-7568fbdf5f8d"],"preview_image":{"id":10960662,"filename":"/images/1200x628/284d1b97e4/piggybanking-blog-header-1200.jpg"}}},{"id":365941490,"full_slug":"blog/confirmation-of-payee-what-you-need-to-know","content":{"title":"Confirmation of Payee: Helping to keep you safe","preview_title":"","description":"Confirmation of Payee is a new name-checking process that is being introduced across the UK banking industry to help combat financial fraud.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":["Stacey Gower"],"date":"2020-02-21 09:00","rss":"Confirmation of Payee (CoP) is a service that some banks use to automatically check the name and account details of a new payee to see if they match to an existing account. It was introduced in 2020 to protect your account from fraud and to help make sure your money goes to the right people.","tags":{"value":["Confirmation of Payee","safety","fraud","protection","online security"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Fraud"],"preview_image":{"id":10960631,"filename":"/images/685x446/cf43789e86/confirmation-of-payee-header-685.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365941487,"full_slug":"blog/debit-card-or-credit-card-what-is-better","content":{"title":"Ask Rosie: Debit, credit card or cash, which is better?","preview_title":"","description":"Our money agony aunt Rosie looks into the pros and cons of the different means of spending. Should you use a credit card, debit card or cash?","author":["Rosie Bannister"],"date":"2020-02-19
112:00","rss":"Hi Rosie,\\n\\nWondering whether you\'d generally suggest spending on a credit card, debit card or with cash? I am lucky enough to be able to pay my credit card off in full each month - but seem to use it more often.\\n\\nSpending with cash seems to make me think twice - and sometimes stops me. And a debit card takes money out of my bank account straight away - so I see that quicker than a credit card. Are there any other things I should think about?\\n","tags":{"value":["Agony Aunt","Rosie Bannister","advice","cash","credit cards"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960627,"filename":"/images/596x343/dd2a38d3af/ask-rosie-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365941482,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-negotiate-freelance-rates","content":{"title":"How to negotiate your freelance rate","preview_title":"","description":"To earn more money youâre going to have to ask for it. Here are some tips on maximising your pay, from small email hacks to embracing the tension of negotiation.","author":["Alex Holder"],"date":"2020-01-30 09:00","rss":"We asked Alex Holder, freelancer and author of Open Up - Why Talking about Money Will Change Your Life and host of the Audible Original Podcast Awkward Conversations About Money, to share some inside tips on negotiating higher rates of pay.\\n\\n2019 taught me a stellar lesson â that often more money lies on the other side of a moment of awkwardness. If like me youâre freelance, almost no one is going to crown you with a pay rise. To earn more money youâre going to have to ask for it. Many people find talking about money and their own value hard, but the reality of working for yourself is regular negotiation over day rates and project fees. So how should you enter those conversations? Here are some tried and tested ways of maximizing your pay, from small email hacks to embracing the tension of a negotiation.\\n","tags":{"value":["Alex Holder","freelancer pay","negotiating pay","salary","wages"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960614,"filename":"/images/685x343/23375c1cc6/freelance-rate-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":364830170,"full_slug":"blog/starling-2019-year-in-review","content":{"title":"Learning to fly","preview_title":"","description":"2019 was a year of rocketship growth for Starling. Here, CEO Anne Boden looks back and reviews Starling\'s milestones, achievements and challenges.","eyebrow":"","author":["Anne Boden"],"date":"2020-01-07 09:00","rss":"If 2019 was a year of rocket-ship growth for Starling - we passed one million customer accounts and \xa31 billion on deposit, more than doubled our employee headcount to 900+, raised \xa3205 million more in funding and opened three new offices - it was also the year we learned to fly.\\n\\nStarting a company from scratch and growing it is one thing, but taking it to scale without losing sight of what makes it different and special is quite another. And that was one of our big challenges last year. It meant finding a balance between long-term success and short-term wins, between speed and precision and between creativity and process - all while staying true to our original goals: to build a bank account around customer needs.\\n\\nIt has meant hiring the right people for the right roles and refusing to be distracted from our obsession with customer service. It has also been about self-belief.\\n","tags":{"value":["2019","milestones","growth","SMEs","future","expansion","summary"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10960595,"filename":"/images/685x446/6a95e8ece1/anne-ny-blog-685.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365940676,"full_slug":"blog/quickbooks-online-business-accounting-software","content":{"title":"Introducing: QuickBooks online accounting software for business customers","preview_title":"","description":"QuickBooks enables you to collect, analyse and organise business transactions so that they can be filed for tax self-assessment quickly and easily.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2019-12-18 09:00","rss":"Today, online accounting software provider QuickBooks joins the Starling Marketplace to make balancing the books easier for our business customers - both limited companies and sole traders. QuickBooks enables you to collect, analyse and organise business transactions so that they can be filed for tax self-assessment quickly and easily. You can also create and send invoices, gain insights into cashflow and connect your accountant directly to the web portal.","tags":{"value":["accountancy","Quickbooks","tax","VAT","Ollywood","self assessment","digital taxation","online accountancy","business marketplace"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business","Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960581,"filename":"/images/685x446/2a022c9b1e/quickbooks-integration-blog-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940671,"full_slug":"blog/habito-go-for-first-time-home-buyers","content":{"title":"Introducing: Habito Go for first-time home buyers","preview_title":"","description":"Our Marketplace partner Habito has launched a new product that can help eligible first-time home buyers to make a cash buyer offer on a property.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2019-11-20 09:00","rss":"For many, getting your foot on the property ladder can sometimes seem impossible. Even if you do manage to scrape together enough for a deposit, the process of securing your first property is full of pitfalls and paperwork. But the online mortgage broker and lender Habito is seeking to change that.\\n\\nIts new product, Habito Go, has been designed to give first-time buyers a better chance of securing a property. The premium service involves a bridging loan, which means that if youâre eligible, Habito will transfer in full the amount you need to make an offer on your potential property. And that means you can make a cash buyer offer, which is generally considered much more attractive to sellers and therefore more likely to be accepted.\\n\\nStarling personal customers who want to use Habito Go can kick the whole process off from the Starling Marketplace. As with all our partners, Habito is part of what we call The Starling Promise: we make sure you donât pay more for products on the Starling Marketplace than you would by going direct to our partners.\\n","tags":{"value":["marketplace","habito go","first time home","home buyer","property","cash buyer","mortgage","houses"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960559,"filename":"/images/685x343/786fb87158/habito-blog-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940666,"full_slug":"blog/designing-a-business-success","content":{"title":"Christina Hsieh: A design for business success","preview_title":"","description":"Christina Hsieh made the leap in 2017 and founded her own structural engineering company, CH Simple Design. This is the story of her business.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2019-11-04 09:00","rss":"It took five years for Christina Hsieh to build the confidence to start her own business. In 2017, she made the leap and founded her own structural engineering company, CH Simple Design. Structural engineering involves the design, analysis and safety planning of structural components of architecture such as buildings, towers and bridges. âTo have the freedom to do what you want is very powerful, but it is also scary,â she says.\\n\\nTaking control of your career\\n\\nChristina, 40, grew up in Taiwan and trained to be an engineer. She moved to the UK in 2001. She fully believes in the importance of quality control and innovative structural engineering solutions. She applies this belief in quality and innovation to all her work with clients.\\n\\nChristina wanted to start her own company to gain more control over how she works and how projects are run. âI started the company with
1no previous clients,â she explains. She has now built up a considerable client base and is receiving more and more requests from existing and new clients.\\n","tags":{"value":["Business banking","Christina Hsieh","engineering","design","mobile banking","architecture","CH Simple Design","business case"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960544,"filename":"/images/685x446/f379063d8e/designing-a-business-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940663,"full_slug":"blog/two-currencies-one-card","content":{"title":"Two currencies, one card: personal and business euro accounts","preview_title":"","description":"Our business customers can now apply for a business euro account and all Starling customers can start using their existing debit card to spend euros.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2019-10-30 09:00","rss":"After months of coding and weeks of testing, our Starling euro team are ready to reveal what theyâve been working so hard on. Starling business customers can now apply for a euro account and in addition, both Starling personal and business customers can use their existing debit card to spend from their euro account.\\n\\nYou wonât need to request a new debit card. No matter if you have a teal, navy or purple card, Starling personal and business customers can simply update their app and switch their spend from pounds to euros in-app.\\n\\nHow do I change my card spend from pounds to euros?\\n\\nTo use your debit card with your euro account, youâll need to activate âCurrency Controlsâ in the âCard and Currency Controlsâ screen of your euro account. For example, maybe youâre heading off to spend time with family at your Spanish holiday house or setting out to source new stock from Italian leather workshops. As soon as you arrive, you can go to your Starling app, switch your spending and youâll be all set.\\n","tags":{"value":["euro accounts","euro card","travel","abroad","exchange rates","FX","business euro"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business","Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960538,"filename":"/images/685x343/06dfaba2b6/bca-euro-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940658,"full_slug":"blog/flexible-business-phone-insurance-with-so-sure","content":{"title":"Business Marketplace: Flexible phone insurance from so-sure","preview_title":"","description":"A mobile phone is often an essential work tool. Our business customers can now sign up for simple, reasonable and hassle-free phone insurance from so-sure.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2019-10-23 09:00","rss":"For business owners, freelancers and contractors, a mobile phone is often an essential tool for work. And that means phone insurance should be too. From today, Starling business customers can sign up for simple, reasonable and hassle-free insurance from so-sure.\\n\\nStarling business customers - sole trader, limited company and multi-user accounts - can access so-sure phone insurance from the Marketplace. In just a few clicks, youâll be instantly covered for loss, theft, accidental damage, out-of-warranty breakdowns and international travel. Unlike other insurers, so-sure cover phones that are up to three years old. Plus if you donât make a claim over the course of a year, you could earn up to 80% of your premium back.\\n\\nHow do I sign up?\\n\\nTo sign up, go to your Starling menu in the app, click Marketplace and tap Browse. Our partner so-sure can be found under the insurance category. Once you give your permission, weâll take care of the faff of form-filling so that you can save time and energy for that freelance project or leafing through the CVs for a new employee. Youâll have enough business admin as it is, we donât want to add to it.\\n","tags":{"value":["business banking","mobile phones","insurance","social insurance","smes","sole traders","limited company","so-sure","business marketplace"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960521,"filename":"/images/685x343/c9b22f9784/so-sure-blog-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940659,"full_slug":"blog/making-cash-deposits-even-easier","content":{"title":"Making cash deposits even easier","preview_title":"","description":"Now it\'s even easier for Starling customers to pay in and deposit cash. With our Post Office finder tool you can easily locate your nearest branch. Handy.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2019-10-23 09:00","rss":"Britain may well be on its way to becoming a cashless society - cash transactions have slipped to 17% of all payments in 2020. But sometimes many of us need to deposit cash. Thatâs why Starling partnered with the Post Office, where customers can pay in or withdraw cash at any one of 11,500 branches. To make it even easier, weâve created a Post Office finder to help you locate your nearest branch.\\n\\nSimply add your postcode and weâll pull up a map with the nearest options for you. You can then link out to Google Maps and see the directions, distance and how long it will take you to get there based on your current location.\\n","tags":{"value":["post office","cash deposits","cash withdrawals","ATMs","business banking","post office branch finder"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960526,"filename":"/images/685x358/787982ca0f/post-office-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940630,"full_slug":"blog/business-banking-for-electrician","content":{"title":"Tony Reader: Sparking better business banking","preview_title":"","description":"When it comes to the world of work, other people often think they know whatâs right for us. And we often rebel. Thatâs the story of Tony Reader when he trained as an electrician.","eyebrow":"","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2019-09-03 11:00","rss":"When it comes to the world of work, our parents or guardians often think they know whatâs right for us. And we often rebel. Thatâs the story of Tony Reader. He chose to push back against a career in insurance in order to train as an electrician and ultimately run his own business, AER Ele
1ctrical.\\n\\nFinding your own path\\n\\nâMy parents wanted me to have an easy life. They were looking out for me. They wanted me to be in a warm office not on a building site,â says Tony, 45, who grew up in Dagenham. âI went straight from school at 16 into a job in insurance. But I found the work mundane and I couldnât see myself going anywhere.â\\n\\nAt 19, he decided to leave insurance and go to study as an electrician. âI worked while I studied to put myself through college and I was able to move back in with my parents,â he says. âThey supported me all the way when they saw how much I enjoyed meeting people and learning - youâll never be a perfect electrician, thereâs always something new to find out. I still enjoy it to this day.â\\n","tags":{"value":["business banking","business case","sole trader account","electrician","limited company","entrepeneur","instant notifications","Xero"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960470,"filename":"/images/685x548/a262baa1ae/tony-reader-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940613,"full_slug":"blog/campervan-travel-adventures","content":{"title":"Campervan travel adventures","preview_title":"","description":"Harriet and Josh quit their jobs, bought a campervan and set off to travel around Europe. Hereâs how they did it.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2019-08-19 09:00","rss":"âWe decided we needed a change - that change had to include freedom and adventure,â says Harriet Evans, 28. Together with her boyfriend Josh, 25, they quit their jobs, bought a van and set off around Europe. âFor months, we wondered if it was the right thing to do but itâs hands down the best decision weâve ever made.â\\n\\nSaving up for travelling\\n\\nHarriet and Josh met six years ago through working for a childrenâs activity centre in Surrey called PGL. As part of their jobs as instructors and programme directors, food and accommodation was provided on site so they were able to save lots of their salary. But they still worked two jobs each from January this year, through to May - Harriet as a cleaner in a gym and Josh delivering pizzas.\\n\\nâWe worked as hard as we could and spent as little as possible,â she says. âWe bought ourselves a VW Transporter van and converted it ourselves into our very own campervan - that was a big chunk of money and then we saved for all the everyday costs such as fuel and food.â\\n","tags":{"value":["travel","exchange rate","abroad","joint accounts","holidays","fees abroad","euros","foreign exchange"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960447,"filename":"/images/685x446/8eda59622f/harriet-and-josh-blog-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940605,"full_slug":"blog/get-together-with-joint-accounts","content":{"title":"Get together with a Starling joint account","preview_title":"","description":"Rent. Bills. Everything else. We get it, you need an easy way to stay on track of it all so you can get back to doing more important things.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2019-08-13 09:00","rss":"Rent. Bills. Everything else. We get it, you need an easy way to stay on track of it all so you can get back to doing more important things.\\n\\nThatâs where the Starling joint account comes in. Itâs the same Starling account you know and love but with room for two, so you can keep tabs on all your in-and-outgoings together in real-time from your iPhone or Android.\\n\\nBranch-based set up? No thank you\\n\\nIf you already have a Starling personal account you can set up a free Starling joint account together in minutes from your living room, the beach, on the train or (pretty much) anywhere, so long as youâre sitting next to each other and both have the Starling app.\\n\\nWith instant payment notifications, month-by-month spending insights and a space for all your finances in one place youâre good to go. Plus, youâll both get a teal Starling Mastercard Debit and be able to see who spent what from the Starling app.\\n","tags":{"value":["Joint accounts","personal accounts","accounts","current account","features"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960444,"filename":"/images/685x343/1212
1cdb232/joint-accounts-couple-blog-header-685.jpg"}}},{"id":365940594,"full_slug":"blog/pros-cons-subscription-based-business","content":{"title":"Is running a subscription based business right for you?","preview_title":"","description":"Subscriptions have been baked into the business models of many British startups, Charlotte Lorimer explores the pros and cons of a subscription-based business model.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2019-07-26 13:00","rss":"Charlotte Lorimer explores the pros and cons of a subscription-based business model.\\n\\nSubscriptions have been baked into the business models of many British startups, sometimes from the beginning, sometimes as a way of developing their enterprise. The peace of mind of regular income and repeat business works for lots of companies but not for everyone. Youâll need an attractive monthly cost, cancellation policy and variety in your products.\\n\\nThe Retro, founded by 23-year-old Peter Donoghue, began as a music blog and e-commerce store selling turntables and polaroid cameras. âI needed something to put on my university application so I built a blog about my record collection,â he says.\\n\\nOllie Edwards came up with the idea for Epic Breakfast while working as a maths teacher at a secondary school. âWhen youâre really busy on Thursday and Friday, the last thing you want to think about is buying food for the weekend,â he says. Ollie, 37, knew he couldnât be the only busy person waking up on Saturday mornings, wishing he had the ingredients for a full English. Through Epic Breakfast, he now delivers breakfast boxes each Saturday to customers in and around Bristol.\\n\\nFor Rachel Wood, 31, founder of Rare Birds Book Club, variety is at the core of her business, a monthly subscription for books. âIâve always been a voracious reader and I loved recommending books to friends. It got to the point where I was recommending books for other peopleâs book clubs. Thatâs what got me thinking about starting a business,â she says.\\n","tags":{"value":["business banking","subscription","business","SME","startup","freelancer","sole trader","business case","Starling app"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960422,"filename":"/images/640x427/42e7995c4a/epic-breakfast-header-640.jpg"}}},{"id":365940488,"full_slug":"blog/business-account-multiple-people-significant-control","content":{"title":"Introducing: Multi-owner mobile business accounts for limited companies","preview_title":"","description":"Weâre extending our business accounts to even more companies with the launch of multi-owner accounts. Our aim is to provide the best banking experience for businesses.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2019-07-25 09:00","rss":"At Starling, our aim is to provide the best banking experience for individuals and businesses across the UK. Now, weâre extending our mobile business accounts to even more companies.\\n\\nIn March 2017, we launched the UKâs first mobile business bank accounts. For the first time, British limited companies with one person of significant control could apply for a business accounts in minutes, all from one app. A few months later, we launched business accounts for sole traders and now, companies with multiple persons of significant control/directors will be able to apply for a Starling mobile business account.\\n","tags":{"value":["business account","multi psc","person of significant control","multiple owner","ltd company","PSC","business"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960415,"filename":"/images/640x356/f02b95ca7f/multi-director-card-640.jpg"}}},{"id":365938367,"full_slug":"blog/budgeting-abroad-team-gb-hockey","content":{"title":"Managing money abroad as a Team GB hockey player","preview_title":"","description":"Sarah Jones is an international field hockey player. Earlier this year, she opened a Starling account to help her manage her money when she travels for matches.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2019-06-18 09:00","rss":"Sarah Jones plays hockey for Wales and Great Britain as a midfielder. Earlier this year, she opened a Starling account to help her manage her money when she travels for matches.\\n\\nâIâve been playing since I was 11 in secondary sc
1hool,â says Sarah, who grew up in Wales. âI carried on when I went to Loughborough University and at the end of those three years I got involved with the Welsh team.â\\n\\nâHockey is a constantly evolving game, itâs very fast and itâs hugely down to teamwork and how you can work together. I didnât make sport my career in a very traditional way. A lot of people are targeted at universities but I got into playing professionally later.\\n\\nSarah opened her Starling account in January 2019 after hearing about it from a friend. âI couldnât believe how easy the whole process was - itâs normally so painful,â she says. Since then she has played in Australia, New Zealand, China and Spain. With Starling, we wonât block your card when you use it in a new country and we wonât charge you any fees for using your card overseas or withdrawing cash. The days of having to inform your bank when youâre away are over - it works perfectly for someone whoâs in Germany one week and Holland the next.\\n","tags":{"value":["travel","sport","spending","budgeting","travelling","abroad"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960375,"filename":"/images/640x428/47745e086b/sarah-jones-header-640.jpg"}}},{"id":365938225,"full_slug":"blog/app-scams-voluntary-code","content":{"title":"Helping to keep your money safe with the CRM code","preview_title":"","description":"Starling has signed up to the voluntary CRM Code. Hereâs what that means for you.","eyebrow":"Fighting fraud","author":"9fd43799-a56c-4285-845f-7c023bd2d171","date":"2019-05-28 10:29","rss":"Weâre always finding new ways to help keep our customers safe. Today, weâve signed up to a new voluntary industry code, designed to better protect and educate our customers, increase vigilance and combat financial crime.","tags":{"value":["fraud","app","security","financial fraud","crime","scams"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["aab656d8-c199-40fe-b120-f07ebf128c69"],"preview_image":{"id":17426333,"filename":"/images/2160x1440/7de873c6cb/the-new-app-scams-code.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365938188,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-improve-public-speaking","content":{"title":"Alex Merry: Speech writer, public speaking coach and entrepreneur","preview_title":"","description":"Alex Merry helps write and deliver talks that inspire change. We asked him for his top tips on self-improvement in business.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2019-05-23 09:00","rss":"Alex Merry helps write and deliver talks that inspire change. From Hollywood costume designers to top entrepreneurs, heâs worked with people all over the world to craft their insights into speeches that have been seen and heard by thousands, sometimes millions, of people when the recordings have been shared online.\\n\\nâSpeeches have been at the forefront of every meaningful movement in history; they have fought for civil rights, inspired nations and even sent people to the moon,â says Alex, 31. âFor the first time in human history, sharing a message globally is no longer limited to the leadership elite and that means that a speechâs impact can travel far beyond the audience it was delivered to. Public speaking can become an incredible catalyst for change.â\\n","tags":{"value":["business","speech writer","public speaking coach","entrepreneur","tedx","business case"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960318,"filename":"/images/640x409/2cc6427eee/alex-speaking-header-640.jpg"}}},{"id":365938091,"full_slug":"blog/freeagent-making-business-banking-easier","content":{"title":"FreeAgent helps make business banking easier","preview_title":"","description":"Sync your Starling business account with FreeAgent accounting software to help make business banking simple and stress-free.","author":["Steve Bates"],"date":"2019-04-08 09:00","rss":"Itâs our mission to make business banking simple and stress free. So, on top of providing the account for free to small businesses, we offer valuable features designed to alleviate the stress of running a small business. Take a look at our expanding Starling Bank Marketplace to see some of the ways our portfolio of partnerships can help you and your business.\\n\\nFrom today, you\'ll be able to sync your Starling business account with FreeAgent accounting software. We introduced this partnership in response to customer demand, following our integration with Xero last year.\\n\\nOnce you integrate your Starling business account with FreeAgent, youâll be able to automatically share your transaction feeds in real-time with the softw
1are.\\n\\nThat means you can slash the time you spend on your daily admin, digitise your finances and relax about tax. In short, FreeAgent will enable you to spend your time more productively.\\n","tags":{"value":["freeagent","accounting software","accounting","small business","business","sme","multiple director","business accounts","limited company","digital tax","business account","business banking","business marketplace"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business","Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960273,"filename":"/images/640x360/735aa320e9/freeagent-header-640-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365938087,"full_slug":"blog/building-festival-pro-business","content":{"title":"Drumming to Coding: How Tushar Joshi created new software for festival organisers","preview_title":"","description":"Ever wondered what itâs like to play the stages of Glastonbury? Find out from Tushar Joshi, a drummer and coder who developed a software system to manage festivals, behind the scenes.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2019-03-28 09:00","rss":"Summer is coming - and weâre sure many of us have a concert or festival (or two) planned. Ever imagined what it feels like to be up on that stage? Starling customer Tusher Joshi knows all about it - from playing the stages of Bestival to Glastonbury, he has over 200 festivals to his name.\\n\\nTushar, 42, started playing in a band when he was 16. In 2004, he formed the electro band Subgiant with bass and keyboard player Olly Maw and DJ Dan Hayes. They have played together ever since. âVery few bands tour and play for such a long time,â he says.\\n\\nThroughout his time on stage, heâs always thought thereâd be a better way of running the festival backstage.\\n\\nâAs an artist, you can turn up for your set and no one will have looked through your specifications for sound or how the stage should be laid out. Festivals want to be festivals and have a party - organisation is an afterthought,â he says.\\n\\nThatâs why he developed Festival Pro, a piece of software that collects and organises all the information and processes required for running a festival. The business combines two passions: music and technology.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","business","small business","coworking space","startup","festivals","music"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960262,"filename":"/images/640x427/099400859e/band-header-640-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365938078,"full_slug":"blog/building-sustainable-business","content":{"title":"A new kind of farmer: From turnips to Tesla","preview_title":"","description":"Dot McCarthy runs Cronkshaw Fold farm and study centre in Lancashire. Find out more about her passion for mitigating climate change and how this informs the development of her business.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2019-02-21 09:00","rss":"Dot McCarthy has farming in her bones and is part of a growing cohort of women trying to bring change to agriculture. Women now make up one third of the sectorâs workforce, an increase of seven per cent over the last decade.\\n\\nâItâs never been unusual to me - my Mumâs a farmer and lots of my farming friends are women,â says Dot McCarthy, 30, who runs Cronkshaw Fold farm and study centre near Rossendale, Lancashire.\\n\\nDot took over the farm from her mother three years ago. Since then, she has developed the way itâs run to make it more sustainable both as a farm and as a business.\\n","tags":{"value":["business","business case","sole trader","limited company","coworking","business owner","sustainable business"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960251,"filename":"/images/640x427/0dce830fc7/dot-header-640-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365938067,"full_slug":"blog/introducing-euro-accounts","content":{"title":"Introducing: Euro accounts","preview_title":"","description":"Being a Starling customer just got even better. You can now hold, send and receive euros for free with a Starling euro account. Our euro account is a secure and fast way to send and receive euros on a regular basis.","eyebrow":"","author":["Kjersti Larsen"],"date":"2019-02-05 09:00","rss":"Being a Starling customer just got even better. You can now hold, send and receive euros for free with a Starling euro account.\\n\\nOur euro account is a secure and fast way to send and receive euros on a regular basis. It also marks the first step in spreading our wings beyond Britain.\\n\\n### Whoâs it for?\\n\\nOur euro account has been designed for UK residents who:\\n\\n- are European expats living in the UK and sending money back home\\n- work in the UK, but are paid in euros\\n- travel frequently to and from Eurozone countries\\n- have family and friends living in Europe\\n- own property in Europe\\n- make regular payments in euros for a pension or mortgage in another country\\n- are UK residents working in Europe for a defined period\\n\\nWhatever you need euro payments for, Starlingâs account will make it easier to manage them.\\n\\nFor those who conduct a lot of transactions in euros, the new Starling euro account can help reduce exchange rate risks.\\n","tags":{"value":["euro accounts","send money abroad","current account","multicurrency account","euro bank account","euro account uk","europe","euro"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news","Personal finance"],"preview_image":{"id":10960240,"filename":"/images/640x360/ac650a795a/euro-account-640-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365938063,"full_slug":"blog/changing-banking-2019","content":{"title":"How weâre changing banking in 2019","description":"This is going to be our biggest year ever at Starling Bank. The year 2018 was a tremendous time of growth and accolades and in 2019 weâll be launching a host of new products and features.","author":["Anne Boden"],"date":"2019-01-07 09:00","rss":"This is going to be our biggest year ever at Starling Bank. The year 2018 was a tremendous time of growth and accolades, with customer numbers growing from 50,000 to more than 400,000 and our headcount expanding from 130 to top 300.\\n\\nLooking forward into 2019, weâre expecting to hit one million customers this year. Weâll also be launching a host of new products and features, starting with euro accounts for UK residents. Some 3,500 customers have signed up to the waiting list for these accounts, which our staff are already beta testing, so we know demand is high. Later in the year, weâll be launching credit cards and weâll be expanding our lending.\\n","tags":{"value":["2019","new year","round up","money management","business","teen account","payment services","awards","post office","fees","brexit"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling","Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960236,"filename":"/images/685x311/a28cbdf551/newyear-685.jpeg"}}},{"id":365938061,"full_slug":"blog/communicating-environmental-social-issues","content":{"title":"Jo Barber: Advising small businesses on their social purpose","description":"Starling business customer Jo Barber tells us more about C
1orporate Social Responsibility and the role it plays in her marketing consultancy Seeing Social.","author":["Charlotte Lorimer"],"date":"2018-12-21 09:00","rss":"When it comes to the environment, many customers are willing to vote with their wallets. More than two-thirds of UK consumers state that they would pay more for environmentally-friendly products. Corporate Social Responsibility is something that both employees and customers expect from companies. Starling business customer Jo Barber tells us more about Corporate Social Responsibility and the role it plays in her marketing consultancy Seeing Social.\\n\\nJo Barber founded her business with a clear focus: to help brands communicate their approach to environmental and social issues. Sheâd always been interested in the concept of companies âdoing well by doing goodâ, but recognised that for small businesses with a host of daily pressures to contend with, this idea can seem daunting.\\n","tags":{"value":["business case","corporate social responsibility","business account","social responsibility","ethics","ethical business"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960230,"filename":"/images/640x436/737d0d798c/jo-barber-640-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365938047,"full_slug":"blog/post-office-deposits","content":{"title":"Introducing: Cash deposits at the Post Office","description":"Starling customers can deposit cash into their mobile current accounts through any one of the 11,500 branches of the Post Office.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2018-11-12 09:00","rss":"How far is your nearest bank? And what about your nearest Post Office? Chances are youâll be living much closer to a Post Office than a bank branch, especially following the closures of 2,900 bank branches in the last three years, which left 1,500 communities without a bank. The good news is that 99.7% of us live within three miles of a Post Office. The even better news is that you can now deposit cash into your Starling account at any one of the Post Officeâs 11,500 branches nationwide.\\n","tags":{"value":["post office","find me a post office","business account","mobile business account","post office card","deposit money","cash points near me"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business","Personal finance","Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960210,"filename":"/images/1400x935/e73644e94d/post-office-640-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365938028,"full_slug":"blog/starling-milestones-september","content":{"title":"Starling milestones: Autumn 2018","preview_title":"","description":"Find out what weâve been up to: multiple business accounts, young person accounts and euro accounts coming up. Read our September round-up.","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2018-09-13 09:00","rss":"The days are getting shorter, the leaves are falling but thereâs no falling behind here at Starling: weâre filling our days with exciting developments and features to help you manage your money. Read on for a recap of what weâve been up to and how weâre getting on with our Roadmap.\\n\\nYou can now...\\n\\nOpen more than one business account\\nOpen a personal account if youâre 16 or 17-years-old\\nUse Nearby Payments to pay other Starling account holders near you\\nTake out a loan with Starling or spread the cost of a previous transaction (if eligible)\\nAccess life insurance advisor Anorak from our Marketplace\\nSign up to the waiting list for euro accounts\\n","tags":{"value":["business bank account","online business bank account","best bank account for 16 18 year olds","life insurance quotes","euro current account","euro bank account","personal loans uk","loans"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Business","Personal finance","Product news","Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":10960178,"filename":"/images/640x427/f5b77bc8fe/starling-milestones-september-640-preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365938014,"full_slug":"blog/new-bank-card-design","content":{"title":"Introducing our new card","preview_title":"","description":"A portrait bank card reflects how we actually use our cards today; itâs intuitive, instinctive, and in short: itâs just common sense.","eyebrow":"","author":["Starling Team"],"date":"2018-07-24 08:30","rss":"To say weâre excited about this announcement is something of an understatement â but today we
1can finally reveal that weâve completely redesigned our debit cards across all our products. We canât wait to hear what you think of the new look, but in the meantime, Starlingâs Art Director Mark Day is here on the blog to explain how and why he went about leading this big change...\\n\\nGood design is about more than the way things look. Itâs about challenging old methods and responding to cultural shifts. Adapting the outdated to meet new ways of living.\\n\\nWe built a new kind of bank from scratch because it was clear that traditional banking didnât really fit into the way we live anymore, and that it only still existed because no-one had got round to changing it yet.\\n\\nAnd itâs that spirit â questioning old logic, then finding a way that works better â that weâve brought to the redesign of our new debit card. We decided that we wanted to do everything in-house rather than outsource it, and then once we started the process, we realised that we first needed to understand why bank cards look the way they do.\\n","tags":{"value":["design","New card design","portrait card","Starling Bank","teal card","vertical card"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Product news","Personal finance","Business"],"preview_image":{"id":10960121,"filename":"/images/640x360/3e68f4b35f/fallingpersonalcards_preview.jpg"}}},{"id":365937806,"full_slug":"blog/merchant-blocking-gambling-betting","content":{"title":"Introducing: Merchant blocking for gambling and betting","preview_title":"","description":"Starling Bank has become the first UK bank to offer a feature to all our customers to block card spending for gambling and betting.","eyebrow":"","author":["Team Starling"],"date":"2018-06-13 10:20","rss":"In many ways, the Starling Bank personal account is all about being as frictionless as possible â our Marketplace allows you to connect to Insurance or an ISA in a few taps and you can pay friends or family through secure passcodes and fingerprint technology rather than physical card readers.\\n\\nHowever, sometimes friction is positive. It can provide that extra moment to stop and think. A moment to reflect.\\n\\nThis can be particularly helpful when it comes to activities such as gambling. According to the Gambling Commission Annual Report published in February 2018, 45% of respondents had participated in some form of gambling in the previous four weeks, including playing the National Lottery. Of those who gamble online, 51% have gambled using a mobile phone or tablet, a figure which has increased this year. Most people donât have a gambling problem: less than 1% of respondents were identified as high risk, and 3.9% were identified as low or moderate risk gamblers. While these are small percentages, this adds up to hundreds of thousands of people. And the impact on their financial, physical and mental health and that of their friends and family is huge.\\n","tags":{"value":["gambling","marketplace","merchant blocking","mental health"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance","Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960064,"filename":"/images/1500x1125/3696a7c3d9/ace-card.jpg"}}},{"id":365937374,"full_slug":"blog/how-to-send-money-abroad-bank-less","content":{"title":"How to send money abroad - from your bank, for less","preview_title":"","description":"Itâs arrived. Straight forward international bank transfers from your current account with competitive low-cost prices. The way it should be.","eyebrow":"","author":["Starling Team"],"date":"2018-05-24 13:52","rss":"In a global economy, sending money abroad should be simple, fast, safe, low cost and transparent. You donât want to worry about hidden markups or unfair exchange rates â and you want to be sure that your money will safely reach wherever youâre sending it.\\n\\nStarling International Payments allows you to send money abroad directly from your Starling bank account. No additional apps or sign-ups, just straightforward international bank transfers from your current account with competitive low-cost prices. The way it should be.\\n\\nThis feature of the app gives you the ease and peace of mind you need, especially if you:\\n\\
1n- own a business and are seeking to pay overseas suppliers\\n- are expats living in the UK remitting payments to their home country\\n- own property abroad\\n- make regular international payments for a pension or mortgage in another country\\n- need to make a one-off purchase overseas of up to \xa310,000\\n- are working abroad for a defined period\\n- simply want to send money as a gift to family and friends on the other side of the world.\\n","tags":{"value":["send money abroad","sending money abroad","international payment","money transfer","transfer money abroad","fx"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Personal finance","Business","Product news"],"preview_image":{"id":10960037,"filename":"/images/1500x1000/86993115c2/atlas-continent-country.jpg"}}},{"id":365937364,"full_slug":"blog/mariam-tech-women-50-winner","content":{"title":"Mariam, our TechWomen50 winner","preview_title":"","description":"Winner of the TechWomen50 award 2017, Mariam talks us through what\'s she\'s learnt in her career so far and the advice she\'d give to other young women.","eyebrow":"","author":["Mariam Ogunbambi"],"date":"2018-01-17 11:30","rss":"It can be difficult forging your career and finding the right career path that will keep you passionate and give you the opportunities to work your way up that elusive ladder. Mariam is one of our many driven women at Starling whoâs successfully doing just that, so we wanted to pick her brain (after congratulating her on her TechWomen50 Individual Award).\\n\\nFirst things first, weâre very proud (and not surprised) that you have been named as one of the We are tech women 50 winners. How does it feel?\\n\\nTo be honest, it still hasnât sunk in. I have never won an Industry Award before so it is quite surreal but also positively overwhelming (if I can say that!). I am really humbled to have been shortlisted and then to win. It is exciting to be recognised amongst extremely talented women in tech, especially with all our varying backgrounds (Iâm sure the judges would have had a hard time selecting the winners) but I also canât wait to see what this means in terms of my career in tech.\\n","tags":{"value":["TechWomen","Women in tech","career","industry","career in tech","inspirational","careers"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["Team Starling"],"preview_image":{"id":16180683,"filename":"/images/1000x750/d48e22c682/mariamogunbambi-preview.jpg","name":""}}},{"id":365950411,"full_slug":"blog/your-childs-first-mobile-phone-expert-advice","content":{"title":"Your childâs first phone: What you need to know","preview_title":"","description":"We share expertise from the NSPCC and Internet Matters on how to help your children stay safe.","eyebrow":"","author":"65db9ab0-ab76-4b6f-ae28-d84da8d378dc","date":"","rss":"In the UK, 60% of children aged 8 to 11 have their own phone, according to a recent study from Ofcom. Here, we share expertise from the NSPCC and Internet Matters on the issues involved and how to help your children stay safe.\\n","tags":{"value":["NSPCC","Internet matters","family","children","safety","kids","phone","mobile phone","Kite"],"plugin":"storyblok-tags"},"categories":["2f57227e-0837-4389-9aa4-745f3088adfd"],"preview_image":{"id":10961729,"filename":"/images/1200x630/1049f9d9f8/childs-first-phone-share.jpg"}}}]}')}}]);
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