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A bit ironic given Tom literally worked for Starling at the beginning. A bit odd that this doesn’t get a mention.

yeah, as far as I'm aware the only reason Monzo exists is because of a falling out between Tom and the Starling CEO

I don't know what really went on, but Starling's side was reported in the UK press: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/starling-bank-boss-anne-b...

Steven Bartlett has a really insightful with Tom Blomfield about this [1], and then also with Starling CEO Anne Boden [2]. While I'm generally not a great fan of his podcast, these two I found to be fascinating.

[1] https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/e86-monzo-ceo-on-death...

[2] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e107-starling-bank-bui...

I found Anne Boden a tad disingenuous, mentioning 'the book' at every opportunity. Tom sounded more genuine, to me.

Broadly agree but I thought Steven Bartlett was a lot more sympathetic interviewer to Tom vs Anne Boden. Not sure he 'clicked' with Anne to the same extent as Tom.

Thanks - I read Anne Borden’s book so will be interesting to hear Tom’s side too.

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