I’m going to throw my hat into the ring here, although I’m not in the trial £11pm for just travel insurance is way too steep. We have a a nationwide plus joint account so we can both benefit from travel insurance, mobile insurance, breakdown cover and a fee free overdraft buffer. All for £13pm. We do all our joint Banking with Monzo but we still have the account for the sole purpose of the benefits it’s offers for a low cost.
For us to jump ship the Monzo offer would have to be similar in price and offer.
Moving the conversation on, what do we think about the card designs? Looks a bit like the current card with “plus” added and in different colours…
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I’m not hugely keen on the different colours TBH, I don’t think they’re hugely special enough (but perhaps that’s the point, to cater for those people who want a card that – in their opinion – looks more like a traditional bank card). I don’t think I’m the target market for that one.
The “midnight sky” card looks nice. A lot better than the standard card IMHO. It appears to be a similar shade to Starling’s business card, which I also really like. Very classy!
The problem is with the change of colours - that’s okay but no metal offering still even when so many people here said they’d willingly pay 1 off for it. Feels odd they are still sticking to plastic.
That’s a good point, and one that @nexusmaniac has made a few times before.
For me, I’d rather some hot coral element to show some sort of “brand evolution” - but then again there’s been quite a few people who have taken against hot coral as a whole. Pleasing everyone is hard!
The midnight one would be the one I’m most interested in, i think. But I’d really need to see it in person (or at least a photo).
I’m not a hot coral fan. I’m not nearly bothered by it enough for it to affect my banking choices, but I’d really like a Monzo card in a less in-your-face colour. I get the argument that it’s good for branding, but I trust that Monzo can carry the brand into different colours.
I agree but many people suggest things that appear ridiculous to others that are still important to them and influence their decision making. Thus I don’t think it’s ridiculous but the importance to them is t something I necessarily agree with personally.
I think it’s similarly ridiculous to suggest that a card colour or orientation would make people want to use a bank, but I guess the take-away is that people like different things?
Isn’t a selling point something that makes people want to use it?
Anyway, who knows. I really just want a non-hot coral card. If you want one in teal and rotated 90 degrees, I’m cool with that too. And even in metal, that might be OK also.
I’d be more interested in a card that was less “plain”. Sure it’s a distinctive colour, but apart from that it’s a slab of boring basic plastic. Where are the cards with hot chip? Equally strong monzo branding and way more options to add some personality and differentiate card types than working through a colour chart