“UK challenger Starling Bank has concrete plans on a European expansion via an Irish banking licence, its CEO Anne Boden has revealed. Anne Boden, Starling Bank Speaking to IBS Intelligence, Boden says that the bank is “working on a process to get an Irish banking licence” and that it would be looking into the creation of a European centre in Dublin. The challenger has been eyeing up the Emerald Isle for some time. It was reported back in March 2019 by the Irish Times that Boden’s firm was planning a 2019 launch and had lodged an application with the Central Bank of Ireland for a licence.”