Monzo Blog
The latest updates, stories, ideas and guides from the Monzo team.
- How Money Works
7 ways to boost your summer savings – while still having fun
If you'd like to increase your savings in time for summer without making huge sacrifices, read on.
- Monzo Me
"My elaborate savings system helps me attend Eurovision every year"
Sylvia, 38, is a graphic designer and Eurovision superfan with a unique way of using Monzo Pots to save money to attend each year.
- Technology
How we manage technology risk at Monzo
In this post, three Monzonauts explain how they work together with each other and other disciplines to manage risk in a fast-moving tech-focused banking environment.
- How Money Works
Only got Monzo for a holiday? Here are 8 reasons why you should use it at home
Make your positive money habits last longer than a holiday romance.
- Monzo Me
“I only got Monzo for holidays – now I use it for everything & have saved £10k”
How self-employed PT Oscar, 31, went from using Monzo only for travelling to using it day to day and saving up £10k
- Diversity and Inclusion
Our 2022 diversity and inclusion report
We’re proud to serve over 7 million customers across the UK. Those customers come from many different backgrounds, and so we need a team who represent the same kind of diversity to best understand and solve their problems.
- Technology
Speeding up our balance read time: The planning phase
The ledger is where we keep track of all customer money movements coming in and out of customers’ accounts. We started a project to speed up the ledger balance read time. In this post we’ll cover the planning and experiments we ran.
- How Money Works
7 payday tips to make your money last – while still treating yourself
Don't forget to factor in treats and enjoyment when managing your money after payday.
- Monzo Me
“I spend over £5,200 a year on my elderly pets”
Here's how animal-lover Sarah, 35, makes sure she can afford to give her geriatric pets a luxury lifestyle.
- Monzo Me
“I have 4 Monzo Pots just for my pets”
Cat-lover Gemma, 31, uses Pots to make sure Marmite and Twiglet live their best lives.
- How Money Works
Six tips for managing your money for your pets – so they can live their best lives
We all want to be able to give our pets the lives they deserve.
- Let's Talk Business
Business Instant Access Savings are here 🎉
Introducing our all-new business Instant Access Savings Pot, grow your spare funds.
- Let's Talk Business
Euro transfers to your Monzo account
From 3 April 2023 you can get euros sent to your Monzo account, and we’ll convert them to pounds for you.