Happy Monday everyone, quick update from Credit Card land. After testing with staff, we’re enabling some more credit card providers today! 1️⃣0️⃣
We’ll send a message to those who have previously opted in to the feature via Monzo Labs, linked directly to our new connection flow. From there you’ll be able to select from the following banks:
Barclaycard
First Direct
Halifax
HSBC
Lloyds
Nationwide
Natwest
RBS
Santander
TSB
Some Caveats
You’ll need Android 2.44.1 or iOS 2.45.0 to view the new connection flow. We’ll be sending in-app messages to connect to these providers to Android users today and iOS users later in the week.
On iOS, you won’t see card images for banks other than Barclaycard until next week’s app update (2.46.0) is released.
American Express is still off the list, whilst we test it internally.
Other Updates
We’ve made some changes to better communicate cards that are loading, and cards that have disconnected. Next week’s iOS update will also reduce the amount that cards seem to disappear, as it’ll store details locally, instead of relying on a good network connection to display your card each time you view your account tab.
Android 2.46.0 will include the ability to remove connections without disabling the feature in Monzo Labs.
The Future
The team are currently exploring the possible next routes we could take with external account integrations and as always we’d love to hear more about what’s important to you. Things we’re already exploring:
Adding ways to pay off your card when you want for the amount you want
Linking current accounts as well as credit cards
Whether it’s feasible to show transaction history on your linked accounts
I’m currently seeing a weird error on iOS 2.44.0 #521. When I finish the three screens on the Barclaycard connection page, it errors with the following message:
Is Capital One even possible? Emma has integration but it disconnects constantly and requires authentication so isn’t even worth the hassle, I’d imagine you and them would need to work with them to have real integration.
Hey Ash, we’ve seen this with a couple of people who have the feed item but the integration turned off in Labs. Any chance you could double check if that’s the case for you?
cannot wait for this, but still seriously excited for the progress clearly being made!
Another vote for Virgin Money please.
Paying off from within Monzo would be amazing and convenient, but the thing I’m most excited for is bringing transactions into the app so I can either see a separate feed or combine. Would be amazing to use my Amex for large purchases to get better protection and free travel insurance, but still be able to categorise and incorporate into my budgeting calculations etc.
I can add my Halifax now!
cannot wait for this, but still seriously excited for the progress clearly being made!
