Profits at Starling fell by just over a quarter last year amid a “difficult time” for the bank, which was recently £29m over shortcomings in its anti-money laundering processes.
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May 28, 2025
Starling profits slump by a quarter as neobank reckons with ‘legacy issues’
The UK’s financial regulator fined Starling £29m in October for ‘shockingly lax’ financial sanction screening controls
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