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@Chapuys

@jzw95 Monzo chose PayPoint and @HughWells has already stated that there may need to replace all Monzo cards for Post Office compatibility.

I remember this, but my memory was that they kept the door open to considering the Post Office in the future, it just didn’t make sense to start with them (for the reasons you said and others).

@Chapuys

That suggests it went off the radar in favour of PayPoint.

I never got the sense this was the case. Cash deposits haven’t been around that long, they said they would consider other options in the future. This certainly doesn’t indicate the Post Office had fallen off the radar (note “chose to launch with PayPoint first”):

You can now pay cash into your Monzo account!

We’re open to the idea of integrating with the Post Office as well, as it would allow us to accept larger deposits than PayPoint. There are a number of reasons we chose to launch with PayPoint first, which I outlined in this post (see the “why paypoint and not the post office” section) One of the things I didn’t touch on in that post is that it would actually be a considerably more expensive option for us to offer, compared to PayPoint.

@nickh

You might have a point about other threads, I just don’t see it on this particular topic.

I have to admit that I didn’t go back and read the original thread, I was going off my memory of it. So maybe, as you say, I’m thinking of how it got derailed into people complaining over other things (that they’d complained about on other threads, too). My apologies.