Payment links

[JDub]

Is it possible to add a variable to a monzo.me link to pre-fill the payment amount?

[alexs (Alex Sherwood)]

Yes it is, there’s a guide on how to do this here -

Find your Monzo.me link on Android

We’re just about to launch Monzo.me on iOS! There will be a blog post later this afternoon with more info about it and I’ll edit this post then. You can also receive Monzo.me payments on Android It’s not yet built in to the app so it’s a bit more fiddly to work out: Make sure you’ve passed identity verification. If you’re not sure, feel free to ask through in-app chat Enable payments on Android (version 1.3.0, hit the red + in the bottom right and then “Send Money”) Ref…

[JDub]

Ah, I’ve just found out it doesn’t allow payments of more than £100 - Is this a bug?

[alexs (Alex Sherwood)]

No it’s not -

@tristan

These limits are in place to help protect against fraud and money laundering, as well as ensure we stay on top of usage.

I’m pretty sure that the useage comment is a reference to the fact that it costs Monzo money to accept these transfers (payments). There’s more details on the limits here -

Monzo.me Limits

We’ve just pushed Monzo.me as sneak peeked by @hugo to Testflight on iOS, so I thought I’d pop a note here about the various limits around this feature. These will be in the app in the Limits section with the next update too Maximum payment through Monzo.me: £100 Minimum payment: £1 £1000 incoming Monzo.me payments per 30 day rolling period £500 per sender debit card in each 30 day rolling period These limits are in place to help protect against fraud and money laundering, …

[JDub]

Annoyingly, it was just over that! Old school bank payment it is then!

Thanks for the quick feedback!

[anon4562461]

Multiple payments? A bit of a hassle but surely less hassle than old school bank payment.

[JDub]

I did think that, but too clunky - Was supposed to be a quick payment from someone I wanted to show off the technology to. That failed abysmally…

[anon44204028]

I think £250 like my old cheque guarantee card limit would be better