For now, you can make this happen with IFTTT:
Since all transfers occur in the early hours, can you not just schedule both for the same day?
Thanks. I wasn’t sure how payments are scheduled and whether it might result in the standing order being unfulfilled. Would that work?
Does it make a difference if the money is in a savings pot?
To mention something I asked this morning, my summary shows as being £40 ish out from the balance. All of my standing order have come out with none left for this month (though there are some recurring card payments left) so my theory was that DDs were also looking at the category of the DDs so that the Summary doesn’t take into account money that’s already set aside in the relevant pot the DDs are coming out of.
The “Personal Care” category shows as me being up by £9 (or at least highlighted in green) which changes when I change the categories of my insurances to “Bills” to the right amount that has been paid.
Thought I’d feed it back in case this is something that effects those who have DDs coming out under different categories 
So one thing I noticed was after simply creating my Bills Pot my Summary chart went from Amber to Green though nothing had changed. Not sure why?
I really like this so far.
If and when there’s decent integration with AMEX, to allow AMEX spending to move to a pot - I would be very happy (I know there are some workarounds but…) Until then I’ll keep my credit card out of the equation but the bills alone is nice.
Standing Orders and Subscriptions next please!
Also this is what I went with for my Bills pot image
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I believe withdrawals from pots occur before standing orders and direct debits. Maybe @SimonAmor could confirm?
The only caveat to this is that if it’s a savings pot, it’ll take 24 hours for you to get that money (as savings pots aren’t instant withdrawal).
A nod to @anon72173902 for posting the gif of burning money
Works very well as a still image for bills pots;
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I think I need to up my Pot Image game.
Also a Locked Pot for bills… I may have missed it in the many posts above but does that work?
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Yes it does, and seen to work for me yesterday
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Not quite as good as some of the others so far… I did however have to photoshop the $ symbol and replace it with a £ as it just didn’t look right 
I’ve only just noticed it says “St. Charles Place”… back to photoshop tomorrow I go 
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Is it possible to pay a standing order from a specific pot through Monzo yet or would this need to be done manually or using IFTTT?
not yet … mentioned in the OP
"Hey everyone 
We’re really excited to let you know that we’re ready to test Bills Pots! This’ll allow you to pay for direct debits (and soon, standing orders), right from a Pot of your choosing."
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This is correct. The money will move from your pot into your main account then out again for your standing order or direct debit. You currently cannot have a bill paid for a savings pot
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My first DD went out this morning from my bill pot and I have no qualms so far! Seems to flow just right 
EDIT: Just double checked my summary and it shows me being up by the amount of my DD in comparison to yesterday before the DD was taken. Now my summary is only out by just under £30 instead of £40 like it was yesterday. If this can be cleared up, it’ll look even better
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Summary is out again. It seemed to be correct yesterday.
This may be linked with the notification I received today; “You have a scheduled payment of £xx due in 1 day but your account is £yy - please transfer money from a pot.”
The thing is - I already have money in the pot and if bills pots works as it should, what that message is telling me to do is going to happen automatically anyway.
Still a bit of tidying up to do with Bills Pots and how they interact with the usual app calculations.
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