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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Monzo clients rush to sign up for BlackRock offering

      New service will offer online retail bank customers access to three multi-asset funds of funds

      Monzo Bank app
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      UK banks
      Banking made not so easy: Monzo rejected Jeremy Hunt’s account application

      Chancellor backs review of politically exposed persons regime, saying it should not be a barrier to entering public life

      Jeremy Hunt
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Millennials
      Podcast request: The cost of weddings crisis

      Money Clinic podcast would like to hear from listeners whose wedding plans are changing

    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Monzo increases bad loan provisions after buy now, pay later push

      UK digital bank posts pre-tax loss despite revenue boost driven by tripling of lending book

      A Monzo bank card
    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Digital banking
      Monzo chief says UK digital bank will turn a profit in 2023

      FT banking summit hears of sharp turnaround in fortunes after auditors’ fears for its future

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Monzo chief vows to scale up business despite fintech turmoil

      TS Anil says unprofitable UK digital bank must press ahead with its big ambitions

      Monzo chief executive TS Anil
    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Flexible working
      Monzo launches paid sabbaticals as UK groups rethink work-life balance

      Digital bank one of many companies changing work patterns as staff demand flexibility after pandemic

      CEO of Monzo Tom Blomfield
    • Friday, 31 December, 2021
      China’s Tencent takes stake in UK digital bank Monzo

      Valuation of start-up has soared to $4.5bn, underlining a rapid recovery in its fortunes

      A person holding a Monzo card
    • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
      Monzo valuation hits $4.5bn on back of drawing thousands of new customers

      UK digital bank sees $500m funding round in sharp recovery after bruising start to pandemic

    • Monday, 4 October, 2021
      Monzo withdraws US banking licence application

      Regulatory roadblock deals blow to UK fintech’s global ambitions

      Monzo Bank
    • Friday, 30 July, 2021
      FCA probes UK bank Monzo over potential money laundering breaches

      Digital lender suffers second ‘going concern’ warning from auditors

      The Monzo banking app shown on a smartphone
    • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
      News in-depthDigital banking
      Fintechs look beyond survival after pandemic battering

      Britain’s biggest digital banks are hoping the Covid-19 crisis has shifted consumers’ behaviour

      Montage of Monzo, Revolut and Starling logos
    • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      Monzo: the bank that doesn’t want to be

      Sometimes it’s good to be boring.

    • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
      UK banks
      BoE hit Monzo with tougher capital demands during fundraising

      Early sign of pressure on fast-growing lenders from regulator concerned by standards in challenger banks

    • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
      Digital banking
      Monzo gambles on new products to survive coronavirus crisis

      New chief of digital bank looks to premium and business accounts after ‘going concern’ warning

    • Friday, 19 June, 2020
      News in-depthCity Insider
      Dealmaker Hannam pivots from M&A to PPE

      Ex-JPMorgan banker buys China mask factory in anticipation of second virus wave

    • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
      Monzo value falls 40% in latest fundraising

      Digital bank raises less than expected after growth hit by coronavirus

      Monzo has opened more than 4.2m current accounts since it received its full banking licence in 2017
    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      Monzo co-founder steps down as chief executive

      Tom Blomfield’s move to president comes as challenger bank faces fierce headwinds from coronavirus

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      Monzo faces near 40% valuation drop in latest fundraising

      Fallout from pandemic forces UK digital bank to sell shares at discount

    • Monday, 13 January, 2020
      The Future of Money
      Banks switch fintech focus; Salaryfits goes for employers; Monzo founder's alpacas Premium content

      Banks go big in the hunt for fintech success  

      Undated handout photo issued by Monzo of one of their cards. The digital bank  has apologised after almost half a million customers' information was exposed to unauthorised staff. Those affected have been advised to change their pin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 6, 2019. See PA story TECHNOLOGY Monzo. Photo credit should read: Monzo/PA Wire
									
									NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      Fintech users just can’t get enough of traditional banks

      New data show challenger banks aren’t managing to convince customers to ditch their old high-street accounts. 

    • Sunday, 29 December, 2019
      Monzo looks to raise up to £100m in new funding

      Deal could precede another major investment round next year

      Undated handout photo issued by Monzo of one of their cards. The digital bank  has apologised after almost half a million customers' information was exposed to unauthorised staff. Those affected have been advised to change their pin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 6, 2019. See PA story TECHNOLOGY Monzo. Photo credit should read: Monzo/PA Wire
									
									NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
      Board changes
      Monzo turns to Visa exec to lead US push

      Digital bank steps up expansion despite complex regulatory rules

      Undated handout photo issued by Monzo of one of their cards. The digital bank  has apologised after almost half a million customers' information was exposed to unauthorised staff. Those affected have been advised to change their pin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 6, 2019. See PA story TECHNOLOGY Monzo. Photo credit should read: Monzo/PA Wire
									
									NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Friday, 25 October, 2019
      Personal Finance
      Who are the big winners in the bank switching war?

      Latest data show digital tools appeal to banking customers

      Branches of U.K. high street banks, display their logos on signs, in Staines, Middlesex, U.K., on Feb. 1, 2008. U.K. banks including Barclays Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc had their share-price estimate cut by HSBC Holdings Plc because of the ``intense'' pressure of writedowns and the U.K.'s most uncertain housing and property market in two decades. Photographer: Carl Court/Bloomberg News
    • Saturday, 5 October, 2019
      News in-depthDigital banking
      Race to become UK digital banking leader hots up

      Fintech scene ‘not winner takes all, but winner takes most’

      Co-founders Vlad Yatsenko and Nikolay Storonsky of financial technology company Revolut, smile in this undated handout obtained September 27. 2019. Courtesy of Revolut/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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