A place to discuss the latest Starling Bank news.
Starting with this: branches?
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Well thatās interestingā¦ could it be a pop up marketing type thing rather than a full fledged permanent branch?
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I cannot see the point of this at all. I agree that it more than likely a pop up thing (maybe at a tube station of something)
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Intriguing, isnāt it?
I originally thought it might be a part on words or something (like Monzoās āonly branches are on GitHubā thing) but Iām not sure what that could be.
All the replies are taking it at face value, thoughā¦
Prediction- pop up shop in a wooden shed like the ads
Coz marketing
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Ok, some off-beat ideas:
- First international expansion (branching out overseas)?
- A different brand or something (the company branching out)?
- Another product? Everything has been flavours of current account so far. So a different product branch: credit card? Mortgage?
Feels a very odd time to open a physical branch. And I canāt see how a pop up would work with social distancing. 
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I canāt see this being a physical branch. Will be interesting to see what theyāre referring to.
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I am intrigued myself so I guess watch this spaceā¦
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The hashtag seems to imply a new direction or department in the business not an actual bank branch.
But if it is then Iām guessing a self service machine to deposit cash and cheques.
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New(ish) logo as well. Looks like theyāre capitalising on reaching profitability, weāve seen a flurry of new products recently. I hope we see a redesign of the front page of their app, itās the only part about their service I donāt like. A list of transactions would be more useful than a pie chart, IMHO.
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It has to be said, Starling are impressing lately.
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Like another poster, above, I think it will be more figurative speech, and that theyāre branching out towards a new product.
Physical branches would be a Metro move, and I donāt see that happening.
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Updated by them
We told you weāre #BranchingOut. And we areā¦
Every time you refer a friend, Starling will plant a tree. Just another way weāre changing banking for good.
Weāve partnered with Trillion Trees, a joint venture for forest protection made up of three of the worldās largest conservation organisations: BirdLife International, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
More to come very soon! Oh sorry, did you think we meant something else? 
#BranchingOut
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well it certainly got the Monzo community forum going 
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Starling bank coffee shop maybe?
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Nice call, Starling.
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Lots of āem. 
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Iāve thought before that itās odd that Starling and Monzo donāt open a pop-up shop, somewhere with high footfall with staff to advise on the benefits of opening an account.
Would be odd during a pandemic, mind you.
Initially I thought this was along the lines of Starlingās EU license, branching out in different markets.
But trees are great. Stealing Bunqās thunder.
Starling really is killing it right now.
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Just to be clear, they mean this organisation
Not to be confused with the crazy greenwashing by salesforce and others, which is also called trillion treesā¦
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Wait itās 1st April again? Wild how Corona makes the year fly by so fast.
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