Monzo Blog
The latest updates, stories, ideas and guides from the Monzo team.
- Let's Talk Business
Monzo Business for Web now lets you do even more
We've upgraded Monzo Business for Web, to make it even easier to manage your money on your desktop.
- Team
Let’s help everyone belong this pride season 🧡
This Sunday was International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia. Our Monzo Pride theme this year focuses on how everyone can belong, regardless of sexuality or gender identity.
- Fraud
How to spot a text from scammers pretending to be from O2
Over March and April, we saw a big increase in people searching for O2 scam texts, as messages from scammers claiming to be from O2 are becoming more common. Here's how O2 text scams work and what to look out for so you can spot one 👀
- Mental Health
5 practical tips for feeling less lonely in lockdown
How to feel less lonely, even though we might be spending a lot more time alone.
- Mental Health
3 practical tips to reduce daily anxiety during lockdown
How to keep anxiety at bay, while life stays a bit strange.
- USA
You can now hide your Monzo US Pots and change the order they’re in!
See what's important to you first, and hide Pots you don’t want to see every day.
- Technology
How we moved our Faster Payments connection in-house
Our in-house Faster Payments gateway has been running since November 2019. This is a comprehensive insight into how we built it.
- Let's Talk Business
11 reasons to get Monzo Business
If you're considering Monzo for your business, this might just convince you.
- Technology
How we’ve evolved on-call at Monzo
We’ve built a humane on-call rotation, that engineers actually want to join!
- Fraud
How to spot a police impersonation scam phone call
Scam phone calls pretending to be from the police or other organisations you trust like your utilities company are becoming more common. They can often sound and look very real, so here's how to spot one of these scams.
- Financial Inclusion
How to manage your Universal Credit payments
Once you get approved for Universal Credit, it’ll normally takes five weeks after the date you submitted your claim for you to get the first payment. Here's how you can manage your Universal Credit payments.
- Product Updates
You can now hide your Pots and change the order they’re in!
See what's important to you first, and hide Pots you don’t want to see every day.
- Financial Inclusion
How to recognise financial abuse, and where to get support
Financial abuse is when someone else controls your access to money by coercing, exploiting or sabotaging you.