# Debit card designs **URL:** \ **Category:** Monzo Chat\ **Created:** [8 February 2020 20:03 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225 "2020-02-08T20:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gmclean](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/gmclean/32/47932_2.png) [@gmclean](https://community.monzo.com/u/gmclean)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 08:26 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/21 "2020-02-12T08:26:03Z")
> [@jamar0303](#): > > personalized US cards come along Is this going to be a thing? In fear of repeating myself (I don’t actually fear it tbh) I sincerely hope that Monzo does not go down this route for a long time so that, when they do, it’s a nice add-on to a well established, profitable bank offering. I, for one, would prefer Monzo to stick around long enough for this to happen, but that means making profits, and wasting time/money on the card designs surely cannot be a priority. The ‘Hot Coral’ does the job of marketing itself, and the only time we’ve been able to get different colours was by ‘paying’ for them, although even them I’m pretty sure that was a loss leader to get people into Plus… And now I’ll shut up again! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jamar0303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jamar0303](https://community.monzo.com/u/jamar0303)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 09:13 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/22 "2020-02-12T09:13:11Z")
Sorry, “personalized” as in with names. US cards currently have “Monzo Card” or “Monzo Beta” where your name would normally be. Once that changes, you have two hot coral cards that would look the same from the front (the back would of course have different customer service phone numbers, and UK cards have thicker magstripes than US cards), so a visual indicator of some sort would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![phildawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phildawson](https://community.monzo.com/u/phildawson)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 09:29 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/23 "2020-02-12T09:29:15Z")
@gmclean I remember reading this thread… > [@"ID, please"](https://community.monzo.com/t/id-please/88579): > > Outta of curiosity, has anyone been asked for ID when using their US cards with monzo in the name field? So far, I’ve been asked twice: at a bogeda and a grocer. Both refused to accept my card b/c the name on my ID wasn’t actually monzo, and at this point i’m tempted to make a fake ID that shows my name is monzo joy (PS i’m aware it’s technically against mastercard rules to ask for an ID, and none of this is acutally monzo’s fault) Whist Beta or Card is a surname in the states, and Monzo is Italian so could have been some settlers that brought that over. I wondered though how many people are called Monzo as a first name 🤔 I wonder if there is one person on this planet called “Monzo Beta” or “Monzo Card”. > **[Akiyama Monzō](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monzo_Akiyama)** > > Monzo Akiyama (秋山 門造, Akiyama Monzō, December 30, 1891 – January 25, 1944) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served in World War II. He was killed in action during the Battle of Kwajalein. > Akiyama was born to a farm family in what is now part of the city of Kan'onji, Kagawa, Japan. The family was very poor, and could not afford any machinery, so as a youth, Akiyama spent his school holidays in the fields. In 1911 he was accepted into the 42nd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval ... ---
**Author:** ![gmclean](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/gmclean/32/47932_2.png) [@gmclean](https://community.monzo.com/u/gmclean)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 09:32 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/24 "2020-02-12T09:32:35Z")
Ahhh thanks for explaining. that makes perfect sense then. ---
**Author:** ![anon41219820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon41219820](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon41219820)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 09:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/25 "2020-02-12T09:56:23Z")
> [@phildawson](#): > > Monzo uses like four suppliers for cards Two, in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![phildawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phildawson](https://community.monzo.com/u/phildawson)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:01 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/26 "2020-02-12T10:01:03Z")
I stand corrected. 😄 Maybe I was thinking four in total. With all the IDEMIA salmon complaints wouldn’t it better to sack them off and find another supplier? Edit: Hang on TAG, IDEMIA, allpay thats three? Are allpay no longer a supplier? ---
**Author:** ![erincandescent](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/erincandescent/32/27760_2.png) [@erincandescent](https://community.monzo.com/u/erincandescent)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:14 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/27 "2020-02-12T10:14:56Z")
None of the cards we ship today are manufactured by Allpay (If you have a really old card, you might find it was manufactured by TCT also. We haven’t used them for a long time, though.). We maintain two suppliers for contingencies (for example, one of them had internet connectivity issues last week and was unable to take orders, so we rerouted orders to the other) IDEMIA’s coral is a fairly good match for what Allpay used to do; Nitecrest are just really good at getting a super-bright card. I wouldn’t expect that if we brought on a new manufacturer they’d be substantially better - at least straight out of the gate. _That all said_ we have some samples of much hotter coral cards from IDEMIA, and so you should see much brighter cards from them when current stocks are depleted. N.B. We have different suppliers for the US; this discussion only applies to the UK ---
**Author:** ![anon41219820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon41219820](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon41219820)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:19 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/28 "2020-02-12T10:19:56Z")
> [@erincandescent](#): > > (If you have a really old card, you might find it was manufactured by TCT also. We haven’t used them for a long time, though.) This is any prepaid card, or a really, really old current account card 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![phildawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phildawson](https://community.monzo.com/u/phildawson)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:21 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/29 "2020-02-12T10:21:18Z")
Just checked and mine is allpay. Its so hot coral you need 🕶 to look directly at it. :monzocard: 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![anon41219820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon41219820](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon41219820)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:24 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/30 "2020-02-12T10:24:47Z")
Very retro 😉 You might be one of the people that will be getting automated replacements as their cards naturally expire! ---
**Author:** ![phildawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phildawson](https://community.monzo.com/u/phildawson)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:31 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/31 "2020-02-12T10:31:32Z")
I think the mag strip says it all. Nice to know I have a museum piece. I think my first may have been TCT. I assume this was a March 2018 batch. ![IMG_20200212_104635356](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/3X/c/1/c1891c232129fd6174c251a67a3a3cbc7e77d8be.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Addzy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/addzy/32/47047_2.png) [@Addzy](https://community.monzo.com/u/Addzy)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:40 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/32 "2020-02-12T10:40:35Z")
I think I beat you 😉 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/3X/1/e/1eca8e66b20b5a9e4a31ca00309387ad18a2f8fa.jpeg) Pretty sure mines only lasted so long because of Apple Pay ---
**Author:** ![phildawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@phildawson](https://community.monzo.com/u/phildawson)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:45 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/33 "2020-02-12T10:45:02Z")
😛 Goes to find first card… Yeah I’ve Google Paided it for most of its life so it shouldn’t be that bad just seeing ATMs and PAPs. ---
**Author:** ![Addzy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/addzy/32/47047_2.png) [@Addzy](https://community.monzo.com/u/Addzy)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2020 10:46 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/34 "2020-02-12T10:46:50Z")
Yh, the only time I can think of where I get it out my wallet is Supermarket shops and Pay@Pump. I use to get through cards so fast before Apple Pay, this will be the first one I think I’ve ever had that has lasted till it’s expiry ---
**Author:** ![Revels](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/revels/32/120556_2.png) [@Revels](https://community.monzo.com/u/Revels)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2020 13:51 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/35 "2020-02-13T13:51:05Z")
I think cards with pictures on are so tacky. Monzo should be hot coral for everyone and then with something added like the investor ones etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ordog](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/ordog/32/22446_2.png) [@Ordog](https://community.monzo.com/u/Ordog)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2020 14:14 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/36 "2020-02-13T14:14:48Z")
> [@Revels](#): > > I think cards with pictures on are so tacky\*. \*Unless it’s Terry Crews ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/3X/6/1/611215cd644cad914dc2d3c0d948e36677630bd7.png) ---
**Author:** ![Justinc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/da6949/32.png) [@Justinc](https://community.monzo.com/u/Justinc)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2020 19:19 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/37 "2020-02-13T19:19:25Z")
I don’t agree, not everyone wants a hot coral. A lot of people have posted including myself wanting other choices. I also wouldn’t call it hot coral, mine looks more like salmon ---
**Author:** ![krr13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d26b3c/32.png) [@krr13](https://community.monzo.com/u/krr13)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2020 19:34 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/38 "2020-02-13T19:34:05Z")
As I said in a previous post: > [@Will the different colour cards still be a thing when Monzo Plus is re-launched. I hope not](https://community.monzo.com/t/will-the-different-colour-cards-still-be-a-thing-when-monzo-plus-is-re-launched-i-hope-not/83503/17): > > I think McDonalds should change their logo to a Z because I don’t really like the letter M. ---
**Author:** ![anon41219820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon41219820](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon41219820)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2020 19:34 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/39 "2020-02-13T19:34:48Z")
> [@Justinc](#): > > I also wouldn’t call it hot coral, mine looks more like salmon > [@erincandescent](#): > > _That all said_ we have some samples of much hotter coral cards from IDEMIA, and so you should see much brighter cards from them when current stocks are depleted. The colour issue should be resolved going forward 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justinc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/da6949/32.png) [@Justinc](https://community.monzo.com/u/Justinc)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2020 19:50 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225/40 "2020-02-13T19:50:15Z")
Bit of silly comment really. People haven’t asked for the name to be changed but just simply to have a choice of colour options on the card. I don’t feel that is unreasonable, not everyone is a fan of the hot coral. [Previous page](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.monzo.com/t/debit-card-designs/91225.md?page=3)