@tom is back from holiday and just posted a blog post about the next steps on becoming a bank 
He’ll be doing a live Q&A on Periscope this evening at 6pm and I’m sure will also be happy to answer questions here!
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Great read 
Brilliant.
I’m totally happy to be the first current account tester - I assure you I won’t be anywhere near the £50,000 limit 
Love the news and hope that mondo can get their restrictions lifted soon
The limit is not per user, it’s for the entire company.
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I know, I was implying I’d be the only one - it was just a bit of cheeky banter
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Great to hear, really looking forward to seeing what team :mondo: does next!
Nice update. I’m looking forward to getting the chance to invest again.
I was thinking exactly the same thing. I missed out last time but would like to get involved this time around.
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“When we’re ready to launch the full current account, we’ll send out new debit cards and ask you to opt-in to updated Terms and Conditions.”
I am guessing subject to credit checks etc or will you just switch us over, also what about those that are happy with the Pre Paid cards and might not want to switch?
Also will we be able to run 2 cards i.e. existing pre pay and current account?
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You shouldn’t need to pass a credit check to get a current account with no overdraft. But we may need do an identity check.
We’re not planning to support the prepaid card in the UK for the long term - it adds a lot of operational complexity without much benefit. We’ll try to offer a basic bank account which should be available to more-or-less everyone in the UK, so it seems like a pretty good replacement for the prepaid card.
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Cool, well you have done my ID check a while back (unless more is needed) so all good for me as I don’t want/need an overdraft.
Can’t wait to shift from Metro to Mondo oh and have Apple Pay 
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I’m looking forward to switching too. I’ll get the current account ASAP but I’ll definitely wait until CAS is up and running before transferring over entirely. Knowing me I’ll get impatient and start transferring everything manually anyway.
Whilst I’ll miss whipping out my luminous Mondo card, I am looking forward to Apple Pay support.
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Hot coral is not going anywhere!
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I’m glad to hear that but if I’m using Apple Pay I won’t be able to flaunt that bad boy as much.
Thank god! It does draw the odd bit of attention when paying in shops, or next to friends!
A basic bank account? That’s no different then one I could get at any of the high street banks. Please tell me there will be more current account services to be added in the near future.
Banks are very pressured into offering basic bank accounts for those with no credit history. It doesn’t stop features being used though, it just usually means no overdraft or interest being paid on the account.
Some people need a normal bank account as in some basic accounts you can’t even set up direct debits. I have and use a overdraft. (As most people do.) Hmmmm it’s not sounding too good at the moment, a brand new bank but with even less facilities. (For current account users.)
There was no mention of offering just basic accounts. Just stated that for a basic account no credit cgecks needed to take place.
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