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November 22, 2022

Starling Bank cuts customers off from crypto-related payments

The neobank’s anti-crypto measures are even tougher than some UK high street retail banks


Amy O'Brien

2 min read

Anne Boden, the CEO of Starling

Starling Bank has decided to block all card payments to crypto merchants and restrict other outgoing and incoming crypto-related bank transfers, the bank said in a message to customers on Tuesday. 

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Amy O'Brien

Amy O'Brien is a freelance reporter covering Italian tech. She was previously Sifted's fintech reporter

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