Paul James

HSBC Bank Plc provides commercial banking and financial services. It operates in four businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking. The Retail Banking and Wealth Management business offers personal banking, mortgages, loans, credit cards, savings and investments and insurance services. The Commercial Banking business offers financial products and services to enable them to operate efficiently and meet their business aspirations. The Global Banking and Markets business offers capital financing, transaction and advisory banking services, trade, research, securities services and global liquidity and cash management. The Global Private Banking business offers investment management, incorporating advisory, discretionary and brokerage, private wealth solutions, comprising trusts and estate planning services. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Starling Bank Ltd. is a fully licensed bank that offers a free, award-winning digital business account to UK businesses. The bank is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The bank provides a range of services, including business overdrafts, depositing cheques via the app, and flexible integrations with smart products. Starling Bank also offers loans through the government-backed recovery loan scheme and an unsecured business loan. The British company was founded in 2014 by Anne Elizabeth Boden and Julian Sawyer, and the CEO is John Mountain.