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The latest updates, stories, ideas and guides from the Monzo team.

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Data
20 December 2023

How we built Year in Monzo: unlocking the data magic ✨

Several months back, we got our heads together and started dreaming up Year in Monzo 2023. Here's the data team's story about how we get to where we are today.

Marketing team
19 December 2023

How we wrote 5 million Years in Monzo

Running a campaign at this scale is a group effort. The words are especially important because there’s lots of them, and each one counts towards building a delightful experience. Here's the BTS story of how we wrote Year in Monzo this time around.

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Technology
15 December 2023

Securing admin access to Monzo’s platform

Monzo runs on a shared platform of infrastructure that hosts our microservices. In this post, we’ll discuss how we broker access to our infrastructure credentials with a system that is resistant to attacks even from the team that maintains it.

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Team
1 December 2023

Thank you, from our co-founder Jonas

After nine years, our co-founder Jonas is leaving Monzo ❤️

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Technology
24 November 2023

A Day in the Life of a Technical Programme Manager at Monzo

The Technical Programme Manager (TPM for short) role is hugely varied. I want to take you on a journey through a typical day in my life as a Technical Programme Manager here at Monzo.

Product Updates
6 November 2023

How we built the new Home screen, by the people who got us here

We've had a makeover, redesigning your Home screen to keep track of all the things you have going on in Monzo today and to make space for the future.

Investments
31 October 2023

Your fund and ETFs

From the moment you open your Investment Pot and start investing, it’s over to the fund manager to look after the fund you’ve chosen.

Product Updates
1 November 2023

The new and improved Home screen

We've had a makeover, redesigning your Home screen to keep track of all the things you have going on in Monzo today and to make space for the future.

Investments
23 October 2023

Monzo Investments is here – leave the hard work to us

Become an investor and start building for the future, without having to do the hard work.

How Money Works
17 October 2023

6 do’s and don’ts of protecting your money boundaries while still enjoying your social life

Here's how to reach your money goals while maintaining a buzzing social life.

Monzo Me
15 October 2023

“I spend thousands celebrating my coupled-up friends, why don’t they reciprocate?”

Stefanie, 29, is constantly spending money to celebrate her predominantly coupled-up friends.

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Technology
12 October 2023

Protecting our platform from spikes in usage by reducing load from the Monzo app

This blog explores how we’ve made our platform more resilient to spikes in app opens. We can now reduce load on our platform before we get overwhelmed so you can still access and use critical parts of the app, and your card continues to work.

Mental Health
13 September 2023

We've improved our gambling block

We’ve been working closely with gambling charity GamCare, our customers, industry experts and people with first hand experience to improve our gambling block. 

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Data
Technology
12 September 2023

The SKAdNetwork Puzzle: Using Data to Solve for Effective Performance Marketing

This blog talks through how Monzo uses Data Science and Analytics Engineering to measure the value of paid marketing as Apple’s SKAdNetwork changes the mobile advertising landscape, which helps to inform our wider strategies of sustainable growth

4 things to know when investing
Investments
12 September 2023

4 things to know when investing

There’s quite a bit to think about when you get started. So we’ve rounded up 4 things we think are must-knows to get you investment-ready.