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Happy Black History Month from Monzo! 🖤 At Monzo, our Employee Network Groups are made up of volunteers who coordinate events throughout the year. For Black Monzo, October acts as the flagship month for celebration. Here’s a sneak peak of some of the things we're doing this October: We’ve got a range of internal and external events and speakers focused on learning more, raising awareness and celebrating together. This includes hosting the brilliant Black Funding Network for an inspiring evening of collective giving in action as we aim to raise at least £6,000 per organisation for three incredible Black-led grassroots organisations in just 90 minutes! Monzo is also an official partner of Black Tech Fest (BTF®) 2026, taking place at Tobacco Dock on 29 October. BTF brings together Black talent, professionals, founders and leaders from across the tech industry, and this year we’ll be there representing Monzo. This month’s internal Book club will be hosting an Intersectional Book Club special reading Coconut by Florence Olajide in collaboration with our Women’s Network. We’re welcoming various African and Caribbean vendors, serving delicious food in our offices throughout the month. We can’t wait to celebrate Black History Month this month - stay tuned to see everything we get up to 👀

Introducing a first in Monzo history! We’re so excited to share with you our first ever sonic identity. Not to toot our own horn, but we already know we’re visually iconic (hello hot coral card). But we also wanted to evolve this into the world of sound. And with the launch of Get busy living, it seemed like the perfect time to delve into what we sound like, alongside what we look like. A different way into representing money working harder, so customers can spend less time stressing and more time living. The entire sonic identity which we call ‘Good vibrations’ - includes the new sonic logo - which is engineered from the name "Monzo" and designed around how money should feel. Our new sound will be heard everywhere - from our latest ads straight into the app. We’ve added custom audio for every send, receive, progress update, and milestone that you reach. So sit back, relax, and check listen to our new sound below. We hope you love it as much as we do 🎶 (Big thanks to Sonicbrand for all their help with this!)

What a start to the week this is. We just got some fancy new chairs for the soundproof booths in our office. That olive green fabric! The swivel! The Space and Community team really outdid themselves with this one. (They actually got them a while back, but we only noticed last week whoops). Let’s take a moment to share our appreciation for our swanky new furniture, shall we?

We’re going to dedicate this post to our lovely TechOps team. From the very first day when Monzonauts join, our TechOps team is there. They help us set up our laptops. They look after all the tech in our offices, from the small meeting rooms to the big event spaces. They deal with us asking every single question under the sun, ranging from people asking for access to things, to bigger and more complex queries that we can’t mention here without them telling us off. So this post goes out to all of them, for being one of the key pillars that holds Monzo up each and every day. And to tech teams everywhere across the world for holding down the fort in their offices. We salute you! Here’s a lovely picture of the TechOps bit in the office, but only one of the team agreed to pose for the photo so it looks a bit sparse. We promise there’s more of them than this.

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We’re proud to announce that we’ve joined the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) AI Live Testing Programme. AI has the power to help make everyday money management more accessible, timely and personal. But we acknowledge that we have a huge role in making sure that it’s being used safely and compliantly too. That’s why we were happy to be one of the first firms the FCA selected for AI Live Testing. We can’t ignore the value of early engagement between firms like us and regulators, to make sure that you get the best out of Monzo’s AI usage when you’re interacting with it.   The FCA's AI Live Testing programme allows us to examine our AI tools in controlled real-world conditions, and discuss emerging risks early. It has helped us strengthen our approach, and share experiences that can inform future policy on AI in financial services. We think it’s very important that we use AI responsibly, so it’s been great to be a part of this scheme from the beginning. If you’re interested to learn more about our collaboration, read the blog on our website: https://lnkd.in/eHU-HmJj

Who else has spotted our Get busy living mural down in London's Southbank yet? With that hot coral helmet, it's quite hard to miss... We wanted to bring to life that feeling of freedom and energy that runs through our whole brand campaign. It was such a joy bringing it to life with the brilliant artist Fabian Floran and the amazing team at Global Street Art from the first designs through to the enormous 773 sq metres of hand-painted mural. It’s only up until the 10th October, so be quick if you want to head down to see it IRL.

Presenting: Our Get busy living mural 🫟 We were so excited to work with the incredible artist, Fabian Floran to produce this. At a whopping 773 square metres, it's one of the biggest hand-painted murals in Europe! We took inspo from the iconic BMX/ skate spot right next to London’s Southbank, to bring some of that iconic energy and culture into the idea of what it means to Get busy living. If you want to see it in real life, it's painted on the Rambert building directly opposite the IMAX Cinema and just off Waterloo Bridge: 📍99 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PP. P.S. It’s only up until the 10th October, so be quick if you want to head down to see it.

We’ve been cooking up something new. We’re so excited to introduce you all to Monzo Aura: the credit card that invests as you spend. Earn up to 1% cashback (1% on groceries and 0.5% on everything else) every time you spend and auto-invest it with fee-free Monzo Investments. You'll only pay a fund management cost. You’ll also get Apple TV, Google AI Plus, 2 airport lounge entries a year and 2 airport fast tracks a year, all worth over £360 each year. We’re gradually rolling this out to customers from today and over the coming months. Visit https://lnkd.in/esYM-Vmf to learn more. 64.2% APR REPRESENTATIVE (VARIABLE), INCLUDES £15 A MONTH FEE. THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENTS COULD GO UP OR DOWN AND YOU COULD GET BACK LESS THAN YOU PUT IN. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND TS&CS APPLY. UK RESIDENTS AND 18+ ONLY. NOT KEEPING UP WITH PAYMENTS MAY NEGATIVELY IMPACT YOUR CREDIT SCORE.