I’ve recently switched from Starling to Monzo. One feature that was incredibly useful was requesting money from friends by sending a link that incorporated the option to settle up using Apple Pay.
I’ve just sent one to a friend who always uses Apple Pay (including the many times he settled with my when I was with Starling) and no option to pay using Apple Pay.
It’s available for customers to do their first payment to their monzo account on opening, or at least it was, but not for existing customers. Probably to make it easier first off to add funds.
This is in regards to friends settling a payment with me. Sending a link which allows them to pay via Apple Pay (or Google Pay) is so much more convenient than having to enter card details each time.
I’m surprised people use Monzo.me. Whenever I tried people just questioned what it was and asked if it was safe - they then just asked for my bank details as they preferred to bank transfer.
Yeah, I’m the token organiser for sweep stakes and collections, so it is handy! With starling it didn’t matter if they were with starling or not. Unfortunately so many people are afraid of technology or are too stubborn to change
If you’ve burned your bridges with Starling, and have completely closed your old account there (meaning you won’t be able to re-open immediately) I’d recommend Revolut for this – you can even choose your own username. Similarly, PayPal offers something similar.
I’m half tempted to jump back to Starling, it’ll have to be a new account, but in terms of seamless usability, Monzo is unfortunately miles behind (imo)!