Monzo Blog
The latest updates, stories, ideas and guides from the Monzo team.
- Product Updates
We’re halfway through The Big List! An update
Halfway through, we wanted to reflect on our progress and update you on exactly where we’re at.
- Monzo HQ
The new Monzo mission
We’ve been giving thought to our mission recently; to why we really exist, beyond what we do or how we do it. And we’re excited to share it with you today!
- Monzo HQ
Publishing our 2018 Annual Report!
We’ve published our financial statements for the financial year that ended in February 2018.
- Monzo HQ
We suspect some data has been compromised in the Typeform breach. All money is safe.
We were notified at 4.55pm this afternoon that Typeform, a company we’ve used to collect survey results in the past, has suffered a data breach. No-one’s bank details have been affected, and your money and account are safe.
- Engineering Culture
Engineering Principles at Monzo
We’ve distilled some of the lessons we’ve learned while building Monzo over the past three years into a common set of engineering principles.
- Engineering Culture
Joining Monzo as a backend engineer
If you’re thinking of applying to Monzo or you’re just about to start, here’s what to expect in your first few weeks. Kieran McHugh explains how we onboard backend engineers at Monzo.
- How We Protect You
Protecting customers from the Ticketmaster breach: Monzo's story
Last night, Ticketmaster revealed a major data breach in which tens of thousands of people had their card details stolen. Our customers have nothing to worry about.
- Engineering Culture
Organising teams and managing engineers
Engineering manager Chris explains how we organise our teams and approach engineering management at Monzo.
- Engineering Culture
Monzo Time: Working on projects outside our product roadmap
Android platform lead Emma explains why our engineers spend one day each month working on ideas that aren’t in the roadmap, and shares some of the familiar features that were built during Monzo time!
- Product Updates
Send money abroad with Monzo and Wise!
We’re incredibly excited to announce today that we’ve teamed up with Wise to provide international money transfers from within your Monzo app!
- Engineering Culture
We’ve published our Engineering Progression Framework
To make sure all our engineers have clear paths to progression, we’ve put together a framework that explains what we expect from engineers across the company, and we’re sharing it transparently today.
- Monzo 101
Why doesn’t Monzo have branches?
We believe we can give you everything you need from a bank, without branches. Pay in cheques and cash, withdraw large amounts of cash and make big bank transfers, all from your phone.
- Product Updates
Our plans to help you pay in cheques, just by taking a picture
Right now you can deposit cheques into your Monzo account by sending them to us in the post for free. But we’re working on giving you a better way to cash cheques through the app.
