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

Meet Irina: Internal Product Engineer
It’s like playing with LEGO all day!

Fighting Fraud with Machine Learning
How we have prevented £400,000 of fraud over the last 6 months

Meet Natasha
Our glacier climbing, code crunching Fincrime expert...

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.

Introducing Our New Community Page
Our new home for all things Community at Monzo!

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!

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!

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

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

New Monzo Update: Card Replacement on Android
Now you can order a new card instantly from within the Android app…

Target Practice: #MyMonzoMonth
Getting to grips with one of our most commonly requested features

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

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

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...

New Monzo Update: Limits on iOS
A new Monzo update which brings the Limits page to iOS...