Notifications including type of currency

Hello,

It would be really useful to me if the notification showed the type of dollars.

For example this transaction is CA$ but the notification just shows $

Once in the app, it shows CA$

Not the most important thing in the world but should be an easy fix!

Unsure if this is the same on iOS. This is Android

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This kind of change would make a lot of sense. A lot of countries use the same symbol but the exchange rate is different so having “US$”, “CA$” in the notification would be useful. Since there are flag emojis for most countries, showing the country of origin as a flag instead could be a way to make it more “fun”, and would work for all international purchases. (Show a spanish flag next to the € for a purchase originating in Spain for example).

But surely you know what country you are in and what the currency is there :thinking:

It is only a notification.

If the full detail is within the transaction, I fail to see the issue.

Am I missing something?

Well no, its an online transaction. I’m not in Canada and didn’t know Kickstarter use CA$

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Now it makes sense to me :smile:

Thank you for taking the time to clarify :+1:

Of course. As you said, the important bit is the app being correct. But it is probably just a case of adding another property to the notification message string and would probably take no time to fix :blush:

Agree that Monzo should clarify- they could use the three digit codes e.g. USD for US dollars. This is what they do for the krone (which is the name of currencies in Denmark, Sweden, Norway): DKK, SEK and NOK are clearly differentiated