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I saw at least 4 on the Fitbit forum whoâd opened an account there. So add them on
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And I really donât wish to get singed, but I havenât seen anything official, certainly not from Starling. Iâm sure there was an allusion/assumption to account numbers the other day in a fintech article. It was well short of Monzoâs anyway. 100k - ish?
Sorry.
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Due to the requirements on them to retain a certain level of funds due to customer numbers (which referred to in the article posted further up this thread) I assume they are in 6 figures. The last figure I heard bandied about in a workshop by an employee of a high street bank was that they now had in excess of 150,000 but that was before they brought in international payments, and excludes business accounts.
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⌠I appear to have stumbled into a Monzo Starling love fest
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You have - grab a beer and join in. 
Someoneâll call time soon surely.
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Various posts moved to new thread âMonzo vs Starling - Leaders are getting fed upâ
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Iâd like to know how many people put their salary into the account, rather than dormant or as a âtop upâ accountâŚ
Now I know starling wonât tell us cos theyâre like thatâŚcan someone direct me to Monzoâs answer on this. Or tag someone who can answer⌠transparency and all thatâŚ
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Thatâs an interesting one. Itâs also a very difficult one to ascertain, since people may have different payday cycles - weekly/fortnightly/monthly or, if they are self-employed, whenever someone pays them. So Iâm not sure how accurate any such estimates could be.
Doesnât matter how many users Starling have they are better than Monzo right now.
#JustSaying
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No theyâre not. But they are awfully niceâŚ
Iâll stick to 
ď¸ if you donât mind.
I wish to see a continuation of the mutual respect previously established. may hinder this 
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Good point, Rat. Can I call you Rat?
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I clicked like to indicate yes but I didnât know if you would understand my meaning. So yes
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To be fairâŚit only matters if any of the banks are using the deposits to make money withâŚassuming thatâs a traditional revenue stream for banksâŚ
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Itâs nice that you acknowledge my failings. Iâm not the sharpestâŚ
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Think itâs more products that you pay interest on that makes money. But deposits do indicate how many users there are (to a small extent)
Starling (and Monzo) use deposits to make money, via overdrafts. I think Starling also invests a small proportion into government gilts, which is debt issued by the government. Starling gets paid interest on the money that was lent to the government. Monzoâs doesnât do it right now, although their âInvestment Ethicsâ transparency page says that they will likely do it in the future.
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I guess Starling make most from providing banking services to other firms, and I mean banking not business accounts
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