Weird - my card has my name on it
The âMonzoâ thing is only for the early US cards
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Your name is on the UK card as it is a full bank debit card rather than the prepaid cards currently issued in the US during the beta period
Yeah, this is a fun issue.
Ah I see. Thanks for the info
Our US cards are debit cards - theyâre not prepaid like the UK beta program was.
Happy to stand corrected! Thanks
(I did originally think they were debit cards, not prepaid, and then there were some mentions of the latter to the contrary that did not get any push back)
Push back from :mondo: that is. I did try and then the conversation got a little heated and I backed off
See from this post onwards for example:
My full name is âembrâ and thatâs whatâs on my card, this is always fun
Occasionally âe mbrâ if something has separate first/last fields and I canât put a non-breaking space.
Title should be " I am now called Monzo, Everywhere " not " I am now called Monzo Everywhere "
I donât understand his confusion. It does not have to be prepaid just because itâs not its own bank. They are presently using a partner bank. Itâs tech on top of a regular bank. This is what my current bank Simple does. Itâs their tech on top of BBVA Compass.
Monzo seems to want to be their own bank at some point which is great but requires a license in each state so it would take time.
big same, i went to burger king the day after i got my monzo card and when they called my order they said âMONZO!!â
i havenât had any incidents since then then, thankfully.
(there is a corner store near where i grew up that has really arcane rules with cards, like something along the lines of âno orange cardsâ and âno chargebacks or we call the copsâ and iâm really curious on how they would react to my card just saying âmonzoâ lol)
iâm happy to report the thing happened again! the cashier was in the middle of writing âMONSOâ on my cup when they asked for my name
(i personally wouldnât mind having MONSO as my last name lol)
Itâs great when you are asked in the US to sign things. Better yet, youâre at that one place that makes you actually sign your name and youâve gotta sign âMonzoâ.
It gets funny when it happens in Asia too. I have a friend who writes âSee IDâ on the back of his bank cards. In Taiwan, where they check the signature panel, he was made to sign those exact words everywhere he used it.
I always tell Starbucks my name is something thatâs not my name all the time.
Last time I was Hiroyuki
Iâll try monzo next time I go, which is not often due to the price and how few there are in the UK.
If weâre going to be pedantic, Iâd suggest itâs not, as you state, âI am now called Monzo, Everywhereâ, but âI am now called Monzo, everywhere.â
Iâm sure someone can find fault with my correction, though.
Iâd go with âI am now called Monzo everywhere.â
âI am now called Monzo, Everywhereâ reads like you are talking to someone called Everywhere, and youâre telling them you are now called Monzo.
âI am now called Monzo Everywhereâ reads like your first name is Monzo, and your second name is Everywhere.
I tried to use my monzo card at a bogeda last week and they asked for my ID. they ended up refusing my card b/c my legal name was not monzo
(and yes iâm aware theyâre not supposed to ask for ID on card purchases)