Community #TBT - 22/11

[cookywook (Richard Cook)]

Last week, we took a look back through the Monzo Community history books at the discussion around our fabled ‘coral core’ cards.

Community #tbt: coral core cards

We thought it’d be fun to have a look at what we were talking about this time last year This week last November, you were excited to be… getting a sneak peek of debit cards with a hot coral core! https://community.monzo.com/t/the-coral-core/27099?u=yen This got the forum talking about what variants of debit card they’d like to see. @GalaxyMergirl suggested three kinds (unembossed all-coral; plainer, navy embossed card, maybe with a coral core; and accessible versions of these …

But what happened a year ago this week?

Well, as well as @HughWells sharing some good news, we shared some information about what our COps can see on your account

What do the cops actually see?

So as the title says, what exactly do the COPS and or other Monzo staff see on our account and what do they have access to in regards to our balances, spending and other personal info such as contact details and wages/employer details? Is this info locked, how is protected from ‘prying eyes’, are there access logs to see who viewed what and are they regularly checked against contact logs from us? Is access granted based on a limited time period after us clearing security and if so how long is …

We shared our plans for the rest of 2017

Our 2017 To-Do List

This year has gone so quickly, but we’ve packed in quite a lot: we got our full banking licence, built a fully functioning current account, and brought Monzo to almost half a million people. But there’s plenty still to do! As the end of the year approaches, we wanted to share what we’ll be working on in the last few weeks of 2017.

And we launched a little feature called Pots

Launching Pots

Pots are here! A simple way to set money aside, within your main Monzo account

[tbutz (🏳️‍🌈 Producer of "low value commentary")]

Pots? Nah, I don’t think it’ll catch on, mate.