The first tranche of money has been awarded from the RBS Remedies Fund.
Congrats to Starling, Metro and Clear banks!
This seems to be the first tranche - more money later in the year to other bidders, I think.
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How was this fund assessed, why is it that starling was chosen over Monzo? Is this because they already had their business accounts up and running and Monzo is still in the early stage of developing business accounts - itās quite a lot of capital to loose out on ā¦ 100 million for starling!
It says in the article that 6 people applied and that didnāt include Monzo 
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Does seem there is a remaining ~Ā£145 million going to be awarded in the future ā so thatās probably the point at which Monzo are hoping to get in on it.
This is Pool A. We applied for Pool B which will be announced later.
Looking forward to seeing what Starling manage to come up with - exciting times 
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Later as in later today?
No! Later this year 
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Applying is not a small undertaking. There are teams of people working on this for each bank that did apply (Monzo didnāt). Not surprised that TSB didnāt get any of it, a little surprised that Co-Op and CYBG didnāt either given they have reasonable histories.
Still, Iām āpresumingā that Monzo already have a team working on the next application round!
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Yeah saw that, more presuming that it is a dedicated team that is working on the proposal not just āyeah we appliedā¦ā 
The applications were submitted before Christmas if I remember correctly - the deadline was back then for Pool B and a little before that for Pool A
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Ahhh excellent! I know one bank has been working hard through the first part of this year to get systems/services in place for a successful outcome.
Anyone seen about the dodgy things Metro bank were doing:
https://www.ft.com/content/0e93a22e-3676-11e9-bb0c-42459962a812
EDIT:
none paywall link
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Does this article mean that Monzo havenāt been able to get the funding for their buisness account expansion?
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-banks-idUKKCN1QB0MA
Heya! We didnāt apply for this pool of money (Pool A). Super excited for our friends at Metro, Starling, and Clearbank though! Weāre still working hard on our application for Pool B. Applications are due at the end of next month, then we should hear back by the summer! 
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I recall in a post a few months ago on this forum that Monzo was hoping to secure funds from the RBS remedies fund to help create account for the SME market.
I have since discovered what seems to be a credible post stating that Monzoās competitors have since won the funds available.
- How does this impact Monzoās outlook on business accounts and the development of them
- Is there a reason Monzo didnāt qualify for any of the funds available.
Monzo didnāt apply for this round 
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Perfect, thank you for clarifying.
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Not sure if your post was merged into this thread after you wrote it, but quite literally the post above from Jordan at Monzo explains the situation
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This comment got overtaken by events!
Yes the post was moved hence missing the post above /below! Thanks for clarifying tho!
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