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Uptime and history
Starling Bank's uptime over the last 90 days is 100%, with no problems reported.
With 20 other apps in Money and payments over the last 90 days, by what each reports on its own status page.
How well Starling Bank keeps people informed when something goes wrong.
Posting small problems openly is a good sign. An app that reports more problems isn't necessarily less reliable than one that reports fewer.
Recent
Some online transactions declining
Post office Cash Services impacted
Technical Difficulties
Delays to International Payments
Payment Delays
Some Online Transactions Failing
Card Payments
Card Payments
Parts
Problem counts cover Starling Bank's record since July 2018. One problem can hit several parts.
The record
Over the last 90 days Starling Bank shares the strongest record of the 19 apps in Money and payments we can rank, with 100% uptime and no reported problems.
Starling Bank has reported 48 problems since July 2018, about 1 every 2 months. It rated 2 of them as major outages.
| Last 90 days | No problems, down from 1 in the 90 days before |
|---|---|
| Typical time to fix | 2 h |
| Longest problem | 2 days 23 h, starting 26 Sep 2021: Android App |
| Last problem | 15 Jul 2026: Some online transactions declining (20 min) |
| Longest quiet spell | 733 days without a problem, from 29 Sep 2023 to 1 Oct 2025 |
| Part hit most | Debit Cards, in 27 of 48 problems, then Post Office Deposits/Withdrawals, in 10 |
| Busiest month | September 2019, with 5 problems |
| Busiest day | Friday, when 11 of the 48 problems started |
From Starling Bank's own status page, as far back as we can read it in full. Rankings go by uptime, then time free of reported problems, then problems per month. A low count can mean few problems or few posts.
Alternatives
Other apps that do the same job, ranked by their own record over the last 90 days.
| App | Now | Problems, last 90 days | Time with problems | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Monzo | Working normally | 1 | 3 h 44 min | Visit Monzo |
 Wise | Working normally | 5 | 25 days | Visit Wise |
Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.
Safety
Facts from its own public records, checked every day.
Checked 4 Nov 2026 from starlingbank.com's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).
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A UK app-based bank.
On Appys it’s listed under Money and payments, with the other app-based banks we follow. Every status and figure on this page comes from Starling Bank’s official status page, where Starling Bank’s own team posts problems and fixes.
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