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Starling founder Anne Boden launches AI-powered digital bank Lockwood

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Anne Boden, the founder of Starling Bank, is launching a new digital bank called Lockwood. This venture will leverage AI agents to handle customer payments. Boden is funding Lockwood with proceeds from her Starling share sales, marking her return to the fintech industry after a three-year hiatus. AI

IMPACT This launch signals a growing trend of integrating AI agents into core financial services for customer-facing operations.

RANK_REASON This is a new product launch from a notable founder in the fintech space, but not a frontier AI release.

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Starling founder Anne Boden launches AI-powered digital bank Lockwood

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    Starling founder Anne Boden is investing the proceeds of her Starling share sales into Lockwood, a new digital bank designed around AI agents paying on customer

    Starling founder Anne Boden is investing the proceeds of her Starling share sales into Lockwood, a new digital bank designed around AI agents paying on customers' behalf. It marks her return to fintech three years after stepping down as chief executive of the British neobank, wit…

    LINKS sifted.eu/…/starling-founder-anne-boden-p…

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