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Monzo Blog

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

Technology
27 January 2017

Designing a product with mental health issues in mind

How we're designing Monzo to be a powerful and unique financial service for our most vulnerable customers.

Community
26 January 2017

Introducing Our New Community Page

Our new home for all things Community at Monzo!

Community
24 January 2017

100,000 Users!

This year has been pretty exciting so far and today is no exception. We’re proud to announce we’ve just reached 100,000 users!

Product Updates
16 January 2017

Monzo App Shortcuts on Android: New Update

To kick off the New Year on Android, we’ve just released version 1.3.3 to the Play Store with app shortcut support!

Product Updates
14 November 2016

Spending on Android! New Update Out Now

We’ve just pushed version 1.2.0 to the Play Store bringing Spending, as well as a variety of other improvements and bug fixes

Community
4 November 2016

Celebrating Living Wage Week: Monzo is now a Living Wage Employer

To underscore our commitment to fair pay, we’ve become a Living Wage accredited employer

Product Updates
26 October 2016

New Monzo Update: Card Replacement on Android

Now you can order a new card instantly from within the Android app…

Community
19 October 2016

Target Practice: #MyMonzoMonth

Getting to grips with one of our most commonly requested features

Product Updates
29 September 2016

Android is Here!

Today, we’re incredibly excited to announce the release of version 1 of the Monzo Android app!

Community
20 September 2016

#MonzoJournals - Philippines

The first of a new series on our blog, following the adventures of the well-travelled Monzo community...

Technology
19 September 2016

Building a Modern Bank Backend

This first post in a series about our platform explains how we’re building systems to meet these demands using modern, open-source technology...

Product Updates
12 September 2016

New Monzo Update: Limits on iOS

A new Monzo update which brings the Limits page to iOS...

Banking and Regulation
7 September 2016

Our Approach to Overdrafts

Our Deputy CEO, Paul Rippon, discusses how we plan to roll out overdrafts...

Community
26 August 2016

How We Picked 'Monzo'

Now that ‘Monzo’ is live, here’s our chance to tell you the story from behind the scenes...

Community
15 August 2016

Launching The Bank

Last week we received news from the Bank of England that we’d been granted authorisation to conduct banking activities…