United Kingdom · Financial institution
Starling Bank Limited
Starling Bank Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales, with its head office in London. It trades as Starling. It is a subsidiary of Starling Intermediate Holdings Limited, which is in turn controlled by Starling Group Holdings Limited. The bank provides personal, business and joint current accounts, savings and lending through a mobile app and has no branches.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- SRLGGB2LXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under SRLGGB2L directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 1 branch code
- Other BIC with this LEI
- SRLGGB3L
- BIC first registered
- 2016-08-06
- Last updated
- 2022-07-27
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Total assets
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Starling Intermediate Holdings Limited
Institution type
Digital bank
Trades as Starling
- Ownership
- Starling Intermediate Holdings Limited holds the bank's shares, and Starling Group Holdings Limited holds 75% or more of Starling Intermediate Holdings Limited.
- Direct parent
- Starling Intermediate Holdings Limited, United Kingdom 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Starling Group Holdings Limited, United Kingdom
- Head office
- 5th Floor London Fruit And Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, E1 6PW London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- 09092149, Companies House (England and Wales); PRA/FCA firm reference number 730166
- Former names
- Starling FS Limited · Possible FS Limited
Business lines
The bank offers app-based personal, joint and business current accounts, savings, a Cash ISA, and euro and US dollar business accounts. The group licenses its banking platform to other banks through a separate subsidiary, Engine by Starling.
Online
- Websites & references
- starlingbank.com ↗
help.starlingbank.com ↗ customer help centre
developer.starlingbank.com ↗ developer portal
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · Threads ↗ · TikTok ↗ · Pinterest ↗ · Flipboard ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- starlingbank.com/
- starlingbank.com/about/
- starlingbank.com/about/board-of-directors/
- starlingbank.com/people/
- starlingbank.com/news/starling-appoints-colin-bell-as-chair/
- starlingbank.com/news/starling-delivers-fifth-year-of-profitability-and-accelerates-global-growth-strategy
- starlingbank.com/investors/
- starlingbank.com/investors/2026/annual-report-2026/
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16240204/persons-with-significant-control
- fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-starling-bank-failings-financial-crime-systems-and-controls
- starlingbank.com/news/starling-prices-debut-bonds-on-strong-international-demand/
- bankingdive.com/news/starling-to-whittle-headcount-by-3/824729/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starling_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Raman Bhatia
Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Colin Bell
Chair of the Board; Chair of the Board Nomination Committee
- Chief financial officer
-
Declan Ferguson
Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
-
Keith Algie
Group Chief Risk Officer
- Executive
-
Julie Chakraverty
Interim Senior Independent Director; Chair of the Board Risk Committee
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- United Kingdom
- Bank of England (Prudential Regulation Authority) Prudential supervisorCentral bankResolution
- United Kingdom
- Financial Conduct Authority ConductAML supervisor
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Other
The bank announced about 130 job cuts in its banking and technology teams as part of a restructuring.
bankingdive.com ↗ -
Leadership
Colin Bell succeeded David Sproul as chair of the boards of the bank and Starling Group Holdings Limited from 1 July 2026, subject to regulatory approval.
starlingbank.com ↗ -
Other
Moody's assigned the bank Baa2 long-term deposit and issuer ratings with a stable outlook.
starlingbank.com ↗ -
Enforcement
The FCA fined the bank GBP 28,959,426 over failings in financial sanctions screening and breaches of a requirement not to open accounts for high-risk customers.
fca.org.uk ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- SRLGGB2LXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- SRLGBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 2LLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 213800AE5VSF3V1PAV23
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- LONDON FRUIT AND WOOL EXCHANGE FLOOR 5 1 DUVAL SQUARE LONDON E1 6PW UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- LONDON FRUIT AND WOOL EXCHANGE FLOOR 5 1 DUVAL SQUARE LONDON LONDON E1 6PW UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>SRLGGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800AE5VSF3V1PAV23</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>SRLGGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800AE5VSF3V1PAV23</LEI>
<Nm>STARLING BANK LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>LONDON FRUIT AND WOOL EXCHANGE FLOOR 5 1 DUVAL SQUARE LONDON E1 6PW</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRLGGB2LSPS | PAYMENT SERVICES | London | 2 FINSBURY AVENUE FLOOR 3 2 FINSBURY AVENUE LONDON LONDON EC2M 2PP UNITED KINGDOM | 213800AE5VSF3V1PAV23 | 2022-07-27 |
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Sources & method
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