Staff at celebrity-promoted fintech startup Lanistar were routinely sexually harassed and bullied over the past year, according to the accounts of seven former employees.

Lanistar — an online payments firm that was founded in 2019 in the hope of rivalling the likes of Monzo, Revolut and Starling Bank with its banking services — has faced regulatory problems and internal disputes since it debuted with a major influencer campaign in November last year.