Would be nice if the edge of the Monzo card was colour other than white, Salmon perhaps?
Why? So I can easily find it.
The edge of my M&S card is green and it stands out in my wallet (As only the edges are visible).
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Itās a cool idea, I think Sam (one of Monzoās designers) is a fan 
https://community.monzo.com/t/dont-go-coral-card/3433/92?u=alexs
https://community.monzo.com/t/dont-go-coral-card/3433/99?u=alexs
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I can actually give a small update on this topic.
If everything goes well we will have coloured edges 
Weāre just getting approved the first designs of Monzo debit cards and weāve decided to invest a bit more to replace the white layers that sandwich the contactless circuit (the dark thin layer you can see if you look at the edges of your Monzo card) for hot coral plastic.
We donāt know yet how the actual result will look but we hope itāll make the card feel more like a solid object made of hot coral material
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Awesome. I was hoping youād come up with something. Love it.
Great news. Keeping my fingers crossed for this!
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Thatās excellent - look forward to seeing the end result.
Awesome news. Keep sharing the sneak peeks!
Urgh! Yeah great idea instead of listening to the people that donāt like hot coral, letās kill you all with even more hot coral.
I hear you, itās always frustrating when you dislike something that many other people seem to enjoy. It happens to me with Star Wars, I canāt understand how people love that saga so much when I can barely stay awake while watching them (yeah, Iām ready to be hated right now 
).
We are totally aware that not everybody likes hot coral. And Iām pretty sure sooner or later we will give alternatives but for the time being we are focusing on offering just one option, the option that is granting us great feedback (easier to operate and cheaper to produce). Weāre still very small, please keep that in mind. We push harder on the things that seem to work for us.
So, once weāve decided to keep hot coral I think it just makes sense to polish the result and make it even better. In this case by removing the ugly white layers that, to be honest, were never part of the design but a side-effect of the status quo on how cards are typically manufactured. As we learn more we get closer to our idea of a perfect hot coral card.
The good news is that, by the time we offer other options, weāll pour the same passion on making those cards as perfect as we think they can be. Hope it makes sense 
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Itās great to know that you are thinking of making other cards for those who want something more conservative. Also thanks for the response.
P. S. I agree with you on Star Wars! The original 3 were bareable but the rest no thanks.
Iām disappointed to here that you canāt get the pricing right on customisable cards (and the print/write/deliver process round them).
If youāre looking to improve the look of the current card, the thing that stands out the most to me is the size of the chip when itās placed side by side with other smart cards - it looks cheap and nasty (edit : like Anakin and Padme rolling about in the grass).
Wicked stuff!! 
Canāt wait for the current account to drop! 
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Have you considered making the thin edges of the debit and/or monzo cards different and distinctive colours (or even striped) so they can be quickly identified when looking down at a number of stacked cards in a wallet. I have a couple of cards which have this feature (one has a lime green edge, the other red) and itās really useful.
Iāve moved your post here as Hugoās answered your question earlier in the topic, I hope that helps
Hopefully hot coralās distinctive enough for you?
Iām OK with hot coral, all you have to do now is get the stripes (or would they then be dashes 
) to run from front to back, rather than along the edge!
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