Monzo Blog
The latest updates, stories, ideas and guides from the Monzo team.
- Quarterly Updates
Monzo Monthly Update: April, 2019
We launched ISAs just in time for the end of the tax year, and we're working on giving you even more options to grow your savings.
How We Protect YouWhy we sometimes freeze, block or close Monzo accounts
Blocking or closing accounts is something all banks have to do sometimes, to meet their legal and regulatory obligations, in line with their terms and conditions, and to help fight against financial crime. We explain why this (very rarely) happens.
- Product Updates
You can now open an ISA through your Monzo app 🎉
Save money in a Pot without paying tax on the interest you earn. Just in time for the new tax year.
- Money in Love
Money in Love: Nellie & Nial
Nellie and Nial have just bought a flat in London, but have mixed feelings about doing it with their parents’ money.
- Technology
We deployed Envoy Proxy to make Monzo faster
We moved our remote procedure call (RPC) service mesh from Linkerd to Envoy to make Monzo faster.
- No Barriers to Banking
We’re helping The Big Issue sellers get more out of each magazine
As part of our No Barriers To Banking campaign, we’ve worked with The Big Issue to let you sell the magazine onto your friends so vendors can earn more.
- Money in Love
Money in Love: Ash & Bobby
Lincolnshire couple Ash & Bobby make £23k and stick to a meticulous budget while Bobby works less to look after their two young daughters.
- How We Protect You
Icelandic airline WOW Air has gone bust. Have you been affected?
Iceland's WOW Air announced that it’s stopped operating and cancelled all future flights. Here's what to do if you're a Monzo customer that's been affected.
- Monzo HQ
Happy birthday to the Monzo tone of voice
We published the guide a year ago this week. Here's how we've been bringing it to life since then.
- Product Updates
We're pausing our plans to let you pay in cheques with a picture
We're pausing work on joining the Cheque Imaging Scheme to focus on other ways we can help more people.
- Money in Love
Money in Love: Katherine & Christina
Through stories from real-life relationships, we're tackling the taboo around couples and their cash.
- Team
An update on diversity and inclusion at Monzo, March 2019
We’re building a bank that works for everyone, and to do that we need a diverse team. Here's an update on our progress so far and our plans to improve.
- Technology
How we improved our staff VPN
OpenVPN is great, but there were some things we wanted to change.
