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I ditched Revolut last year and moved to Starling, pretty much entirely because I was sick of them trying to fucking sell me stuff in a "banking app" (they were
by robotmay 8y ago
I ditched Revolut last year and moved to Starling, pretty much entirely because I was sick of them trying to fucking sell me stuff in a "banking app" (they weren't a registered bank at the time, AFAIK). It became near impossible to actually use their app due to the amount of marketing horseshit being rammed through it, so I left, moved to Starling (which is fantastic) and I'll never go back.
In fact Starling has been so good that I've largely left my existing bank for them.
- pas 8y ago> Starling Seems to be UK only :/
- patrickmcnamara 8y agoThere was supposed to be an expansion to Ireland but it seems that it is seriously delayed.
- johnnycab 8y ago>I ditched Revolut last year and moved to Starling, pretty much entirely because I was sick of them trying to fucking sell me stuff in a "banking app" (they weren't a registered bank at the time, AFAIK) It is a common mis-conception to assume Revolut and Starling are the same. Revolut and Monzo probably have more in common i.e. they both started out getting crowdfunded as pre-paid cards. Monzo acquired a banking licence and migrated their customers over to their banking product. Revolut only acquired the licence, at the end of last year [1]. It has yet to offer a banking product. Starling was built from the ground up as a challenger bank. [1] https://blog.revolut.com/we-got-a-banking-licence/ https://blog.revolut.com/we-got-a-banking-licence/
- cimi_ 8y agoMonzo has had a banking license from the PRA and FCA in the UK since April 2017: https://monzo.com/blog/2018/06/07/is-monzo-a-bank/ https://monzo.com/blog/2018/06/07/is-monzo-a-bank/ Revolut has been licensed in Lithuania in December 2018: https://blog.revolut.com/we-got-a-banking-licence/ https://blog.revolut.com/we-got-a-banking-licence/ Big difference :) Disclaimer: I work for Monzo.