Monzo Blog
The latest updates, stories, ideas and guides from the Monzo team.
- How Money Works
7 ways to save money on train tickets
Travelling by rail? Save your pennies and pounds with our clever money tips.
- How Money Works
How to get fit on a budget
Getting fit doesn’t have to cost a perfectly-toned arm and leg. Here’s how you can exercise for less.
How Money WorksHow to budget (and actually stick to it!)
Make a daily, monthly or yearly budget to help you plan and reach your money goals.
- Monzo HQ
The Year in Monzo 2018
Now you’ve seen your own Year in Monzo, take a look at how everyone spent in 2018.
- Design
How we hire product designers
What makes someone an amazing product designer?
- Technology
How we prepared our systems for our £20 million crowdfunding round
We prepared our systems for crowdfunding by shedding load, and built tools to help us monitor on the day.
- Monzo 101
How Monzo helps you plan ahead
You can now see all your upcoming payments in Monzo. Here's how you can always stay one step ahead of your finances.
- Technology
How we load tested our bank before our £20 million crowdfunding round
More than 9,000 people opened their apps to invest in the first five minutes of crowdfunding. To make sure we were ready, we ran tests to simulate the extra load and upgraded our platform to cope with it.
- Technology
How we built a backend for our £20 million crowdfunding round
We architected and built a scalable backend to support 36,000 investments.
- Quarterly Updates
Monzo Monthly Update: January
From improving Pots (even more) to an easier way of tracking what you're owed through Shared Tabs, we take a look at the progress we made in December, and give you a sneak peek of what’s in store for January and beyond.
- Monzo HQ
See your Year in Monzo 2018!
Before the new year really begins, look back at how you used Monzo in 2018.
- Monzo HQ
Introducing progression.monzo.com!
We've put together progression frameworks that help everyone at Monzo understand how to progress in their work – and we're making them public today.
- Monzo HQ
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.
