Anne Boden

Anne Boden
MBE
Born January 1960 (age 58)
Nationality British
Alma mater Swansea University
Occupation CEO and founder of Starling Bank

Anne Boden (born January 1960 in Swansea) is a British tech entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Starling Bank, a UK mobile-only bank. In 2018, she received an MBE for services to financial technology.[1]

Early life

Boden grew up in Bonymaen, the daughter of a steelworker and a department store worker. She was a pupil at Cefn Hengoed Comprehensive and graduated from Swansea University with a degree in Chemistry and Computer Sciences.[2]

Career

After graduating, she joined Lloyds banking group. She went on to help create the Clearing House Automated Payment System (CHAPS), the UK’s first real-time payments system.[3]

From Lloyds, she went on to work for Standard Chartered Bank and UBS, before becoming Chief Information Officer for AON Corporation and later Head of EMEA, Global Transaction Banking, for ABN AMRO and RBS. As Head of EMEA, she ran a payments business across 34 countries.[4] She joined Allied Irish Banks in 2012 as Chief Operating Officer, to help turn round the bank's fortunes after the financial crisis of 2008.[5]

Boden earned her MBA from Middlesex University in 1990 while working for Standard Chartered. In 2011 she served on the the Board of Governors of Middlesex University, which awarded her an honorary doctorate degree in July 2018.[6]

Starling Bank

In 2014, Boden founded Starling Bank. Two years later, Starling received its banking licence.[7] Starling is a direct member of Bacs,[8] the Faster Payments Scheme (FPS),[9] the Single European Payments Area (SEPA)[10] and the Current Account Switching Service (CASS).[11] In 2016, Starling secured a funding round of $70 million, one of the largest early stage investments for a UK technology company. In May 2017, Starling launched mobile-only current accounts, following this with mobile-only business accounts in March 2018[12] and mobile-only joint accounts in June 2018.[13] The Starling Marketplace gives customers access to third-party financial products through open APIs.[14]

Starling was voted Best British Bank and Best British Current Account at the Smart Money People awards, following a survey of 24,000 people.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "The 38 coolest women in UK tech". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  2. ↑ Dickins, Sarah (2018-03-08). "Steelworker's daughter who started a bank". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  3. ↑ Cassidy, Anne (2018-06-11). "Starling Bank founder: improve diversity in banking to avoid another financial crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  4. ↑ "The Future of Fintech: Advisory Board Meeting". The Telegraph. 2017-04-27. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Setting up bank easier than fixing broken system, says ex-AIB chief". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  6. ↑ "David Blunkett, Imogen Heap and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis among Middlesex's new set of influential and inspiring honorary graduates | Middlesex University London". www.mdx.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  7. ↑ Wallace, Tim (2016-07-14). "Mobile-only bank Starling wins its licence". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  8. ↑ "Challenger brand Starling Bank joins Bacs". www.bacs.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  9. ↑ Finextra (2017-01-23). "Starling Bank joins Faster Payments as direct member". Finextra Research. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  10. ↑ "Starling Bank First UK Digital-Only Bank to Join Sepa Payments System | FXcompared.com". FXcompared. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  11. ↑ "Starling Bank signs up to CASS". www.fstech.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  12. ↑ "Starling becomes first mobile-only bank to launch business accounts". FinTech Futures. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  13. ↑ Davidson, Lauren (2018-06-24). "Couples can now open a joint account without getting off the sofa, using Google technology". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  14. ↑ "Starling's marketplace banking rollout adds pensions, savings, travel insurance and mortgages". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  15. ↑ People, Smart Money. "British Bank Awards 2018: Winners". Smart Money People. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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