https://monzo.com/us/blog 2025-09-01T01:30:49Z An unofficial Monzo US blog feed generated by Akash Goswami (https://akashgoswami.dev) 2024-07-29T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2024-07-29:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/monzo-savings-jars-launch

Today marks an exciting step on the Monzo journey, as we announce interest on Savings Jars. You'll now be able to earn interest on money saved in your Jars.

2024-07-29T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2024-07-29:/us/blog/what-is-apy

If you're new to saving, you might be wondering what APY is and why it's so important. Here's the lowdown…

2023-09-12T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-09-12:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/pot-goals

Set up a savings goal with a date on a Pot, and we'll help you work out what you need to save to reach your goal.

2023-08-22T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-08-22:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/pay-from-pots

Pots help you set aside enough money for the important things. And now you can pay from them. It's envelope budgeting, made digital.

2023-08-10T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-08-10:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/new-home-screen

Get to know the new Monzo app Home screen, made for better visibility and control of your finances.

2023-07-20T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-07-20:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/pots-envelope-budget

Melanie*, 25, uses Pots for her budget using the envelope budget method, also called cash stuffing. Here's how she organizes her budget for the month.

2023-06-06T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-06-06:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/trends-category-targets

Whether you're a budgeting novice or looking for a more streamlined approach, category targets help you stay on track with your finances and budget.

2023-05-29T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-05-29:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/auto-salary-sorter

Sort your paycheck automatically so it's neatly organized into Pots for you as soon as you get paid.

2023-05-10T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-05-10:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/credit-card-pot

Automatically set aside a little bit of your money when you use your credit card. Whatever is saved will help pay off your balance.

2023-04-26T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-04-26:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/emergency-fund-pot

Don't get caught in the rain: our new emergency fund Pots have you covered for unexpected expenses and whatever else life pours on you.

2023-02-20T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-02-20:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/joint-account-perks

A joint account can make it easier for two people to manage their shared finances together, like everyday spending or household bills.

2023-02-20T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-02-20:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/joint-accounts-get-started

A joint account can make it easier for two people to manage their shared finances together. Here's how to get started with a joint account at Monzo.

2023-02-16T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2023-02-16:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/get-paid-early

Get paid up to 2 days early when you set up direct deposit with Monzo.

2022-12-30T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-12-30:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/joint-accounts-beta

A joint account is a shared account between two people, making it easy to pay bills or save for goals together. Help us beta test today!

2022-12-14T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-12-14:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/trends

Trends is designed to give you even more visibility of your entire financial life with just a tap. See a breakdown of your spending and saving across all your Monzo and external connected accounts together.

2022-09-15T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-09-15:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/tip-tracker

Tracking your tips with Monzo will show your updated balance immediately while the final amount is being processed. Our built-in tip calculator even does the math for you!

2022-06-29T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-06-29:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/first-six-months-android-engineer-backend-engineer

Ryan joined Monzo as the first Android Engineer on the US team and has also done some work as a Backend Engineer. Read about why he joined Monzo!

2022-06-21T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-06-21:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/manage-multiple-bank-accounts

Track your spending, balances, and more all in the Monzo app when you connect your external bank accounts and credit cards.

2022-05-13T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-05-13:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/supporting-mental-health-and-wellbeing

At Monzo, mental health is just as important as physical health. These are a few things we've done to support mental health and wellbeing.

2022-04-27T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-04-27:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/interviewing-at-monzo

At Monzo, we hire for strengths and our interview process is designed to learn about those strengths.

2022-04-05T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-04-05:/us/blog/2022/04/05/monzo-us-blog-2022-survey-insights

We sent out a survey to thousands of US users to get an idea of what to build next, but wanted to share some of the most interesting points we saw.

2022-03-23T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-03-23:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/working-to-build-more-empathetic-workplace

As we continue to build an amazing team and product in the US, we want to share a few ways in which Monzo helps create a more empathetic workplace.

2022-02-01T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2022-02-01:/us/blog/2022/02/01/monzo-us-blog-monzo-moves-from-beta-to-public-launch-in-the-us

Today, Monzo is moving out of closed beta and opening Monzo to customers across America! The wait(list) is over - if you want a Monzo account, just download the app and apply.

2021-12-23T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2021-12-23:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/new-year-new-budget

2022 is just around the corner, so it's the perfect time to set some New Year's resolutions, get your finances in order, and make a plan for the year ahead.

2021-11-15T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2021-11-15:/us/blog/2021/11/15/monzo-us-blog-october-virtual-community-event-recap

The Monzo US team recently held our second virtual community meetup. We were super excited to share the progress from the past six months, as well as meet and answer questions from many of our passionate users!

2021-11-11T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2021-11-11:/us/blog/2021/11/11/monzo-us-blog-meet-nathan-our-head-of-engineering

In the third installment of our “Meet the Monzo US Team”, we talk to Nathan Woo, our new Head of Engineering.

2021-10-26T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2021-10-26:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/scheduled-payments

You can now see all your scheduled and recurring payments in one place within the Payments tab of your Monzo app.

2021-09-16T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2021-09-16:/us/blog/monzo-us-blog/salary-sorter

When you get paid into Monzo, our new Salary Sorter gives you the option to automatically divide up incoming payments into different pots, with the rest left in your main balance to spend.

2021-08-24T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2021-08-24:/us/blog/2021/08/24/monzo-us-blog-move-money-to-and-from-your-other-accounts-now-in-beta-testing

From today you'll be able to link your other non-Monzo accounts to your Monzo account. Quickly add money to your Monzo account from linked accounts, or move money from Monzo to any of your other accounts - all from inside the Monzo app.

2021-07-19T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2021-07-19:/us/blog/2021/07/19/meet-richard-a-monzo-us-backend-engineer

In the first of our “Meet the Monzo US Team” series of blog posts, we talk to Richard Dingwall, one of our superstar engineers who has been with Monzo for over 5 years and who has been working on the US team for the past year and a half.

2021-05-18T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2021-05-18:/us/blog/2021/05/18/monzo-us-blog-updating-our-product-roadmap-for-2021

We've excited to share with you our updated product roadmap. Since we shared our public roadmap in January 2020 a lot has changed, and so we felt like the time was now right to update our product roadmap and share this with our community. 

2020-12-16T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2020-12-16:/us/blog/2020/12/16/monzo-us-blog-personalized-cards-have-landed

We're excited to announce that we've rolled out our newly designed, personalized Monzo USA cards. You can now order a card with your name on it - no more awkwardly being called “Monzo Beta” when picking up a coffee at your local shop!

2020-05-15T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2020-05-15:/us/blog/2020/05/15/monzo-us-blog-you-can-now-hide-your-pots-and-change-the-order-theyre-in-us

See what's important to you first, and hide Pots you don't want to see every day.

2020-03-18T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2020-03-18:/us/blog/2020/03/18/monzo-us-blog-coronavirus-update

If you are affected by coronavirus, it could also impact your income, your finances, and how you're able to manage your money. That's why we want to reassure you that we're well-equipped to support you and keep Monzo running

2020-03-11T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2020-03-11:/us/blog/2020/03/11/monzo-us-blog-us-update-waitlist

You can now move up the Monzo waitlist faster 🚀

2020-01-24T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2020-01-24:/us/blog/24/01/2020/monzo-us-blog-us-product-roadmap

We're excited to say that we're slowly starting to offer Monzo accounts to those on our US waitlist! 🚀

2020-01-15T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2020-01-15:/us/blog/2020/01/14/monzo-us-blog-contactless

All Monzo Beta cards are now contactless, so you can tap to pay 🙌

2020-01-15T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2020-01-15:/us/blog/2020/01/15/monzo-us-blog-pots-us-beta

Pots on Monzo are a way to help you budget and save for your goals 🍯

2019-06-12T00:00:00Z tag:monzo.com,2019-06-12:/us/blog/2019/06/13/monzo-us-blog-monzo-usa

Our mission is to make money work for everyone. And our next stop is the USA! 🇺🇸