Firm analysis

Starling Bank Limited complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Starling Bank Limited, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

841

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

27.1%

228 upheld decisions

Page summary

841 published decisions involving Starling Bank Limited, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

841

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

27.1%

228 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 17 Apr 2026

How to use this page

Read the metrics first, then the ranked view.

The top-line cards show scale and outcome context. The ranked view and representative decisions show where the slice is concentrated and what the published decision set actually looks like.

Published decisions

841

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

27.1%

228 upheld decisions

Leading product

Banking and Payments

817 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Fraud Or Scam Concern

400 tagged decisions

Starling Bank Limited at a glance

Analysis

Starling Bank Limited appears in 841 published decisions in this corpus. 27.1% of those decisions were upheld, which gives a public view of how often complaints involving this firm ended in a fully upheld outcome in the final published set.

Banking and Payments is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 817 decisions and an upheld rate of 27.4%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (34 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Fraud Or Scam Concern
  • Most common precedent signal: Payment Services Regulations

Volume and outcome trajectory

Analysis

Starling Bank Limited's decision trail runs from 2018 to 2026. That range gives enough public history to see whether complaint exposure has been broad-based or concentrated into certain years.

In the latest year represented here, Starling Bank Limited appeared in 34 published decisions with an upheld rate of 20.6%.

  • 2026: 34 decisions, 20.6% upheld
  • 2025: 266 decisions, 19.6% upheld
  • 2024: 173 decisions, 28.9% upheld
  • 2023: 143 decisions, 33.6% upheld
  • 2022: 120 decisions, 29.2% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Analysis

Fraud Or Scam Concern is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Starling Bank Limited in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Payment Services Regulations, Disp, Fca Principles, and others are the most visible precedent signals in the firm’s published decisions. That gives extra context on the rules and fairness arguments appearing most often around the firm.

  • Banking and Payments: 817 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Second precedent signal: Disp

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-627703517 Apr 2026Not upheld

Starling Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

My final decision is that I do not uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mrs J to accept or reject my decision before 15 May 2026.

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DRN-624188516 Apr 2026Not upheld

Starling Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

My final decision is that I do not uphold this complaint against Starling Bank Limited. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr W to accept or reject my decision before 14 May 2026.

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DRN-564378202 Apr 2026Not upheld

Starling Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

For the reasons set out above, I do not require Starling Bank Limited to take any further action. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask S to accept or reject my decision before 30 April 2026.

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DRN-609939802 Apr 2026Not upheld

Starling Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

My final decision is that I don’t uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Miss K to accept or reject my decision before 30 April 2026.

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DRN-617383002 Apr 2026Not upheld

Starling Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

For the reasons given above, my final decision is that I do not uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Miss G and Mr S to accept or reject my decision before 30 April 2026.

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