Tom Blomfield
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Monzo in 2020: looking back and looking forward
Our CEO, Tom, reflects on what we achieved in 2019 and gives a sneak peek into what we’re working on this year.
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Our response to the BBC Watchdog report: Why we sometimes have to block or close accounts
Last night, BBC Watchdog discussed how we deal with financial crime and why we block or close some accounts. We wanted to share some more details about how we approach this and be as transparent as we can.
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Monzo in 2019
2018 was big for us, but 2019 is set to be our most exciting year yet. We look ahead to what's in store.
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Setting the record straight on our crowdfunding round
This morning, a Times writer published an article claiming we are lending money to customers to buy shares in a supposed “overdraft offer” as part of our recently announced crowdfunding round. I want to set the record straight.
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The new Monzo mission
We’ve been giving thought to our mission recently; to why we really exist, beyond what we do or how we do it. And we’re excited to share it with you today!
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We suspect some data has been compromised in the Typeform breach. All money is safe.
We were notified at 4.55pm this afternoon that Typeform, a company we’ve used to collect survey results in the past, has suffered a data breach. No-one’s bank details have been affected, and your money and account are safe.
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Three Years of Monzo
CEO Tom Blomfield reflects on what he’s learned since Monzo first started, three years ago this week.
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Welcome to Monzo Bank!
Today, we're incredibly happy to announce that our banking licence restrictions have been lifted!
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Launching The Bank
Last week we received news from the Bank of England that we’d been granted authorisation to conduct banking activities…
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How do bank payments actually work?
After last month’s post on card payments, we thought we’d follow-up with a post on...
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Why are foreign card payments such a mess?
Making card payments abroad has always been a painful experience. For me, the first...
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3 Second Sandwich
Mondo recently rolled out our Alpha program to 500 lucky testers. If you weren’t...
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We're Ready
We are incredibly excited to announce the start of the Mondo Alpha Preview. We’ll shortly be...
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The First Mondo Hackathon
A few weeks ago we released the Mondo API, allowing people to...
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Welcome to Mondo!
Mondo is a new challenger bank in the UK, focussed on making your financial life easier...