Starling was the first bank account I had because when I moved here paperwork was…limited (pleasures of being an EU spouse). However, starling aced the account open and had/had customer service response times better than any I’ve seen elsewhere. However it’s brick and mortar for the salary. I wanted to go full starling but I need things like HSBC’s flexiloan (only for existing users-instant cash reusable loan w/ a lower interest rate than the credit card)
HSBC handles the the bills but Santander might take that. I’d keep them though because I want to move back to France and they’d help facilitate that.
Chip for savings
Nutmeg for lisa
They are other Finch apps I use like Circle for money transfer and of course Curve to manage my 15 or so pieces of plastic.