Just a quick heads up, I spotted that one of the tasks for the Payment Scheme Manager, who’s being recruited at the moment, includes
Managing projects that involve payment schemes: direct Bacs membership, joining SEPA, and testing.
so it looks like we will be able to make SEPA payments / transfers at some point in the future 
But since it’s probably not quick / simple to join the scheme, I’m assuming that they won’t be ready before the full rollout of the current accounts is completed.
That is great news for many (unless they leave when a 3% charge is slapped on withdrawals in Europe) good to hear 
IMO the users most likely to leave Monzo for that reason are the users who use the prepay card primarily as a long-term travel card, and probably won’t be interested in the current account anyway. I say bring it on 
Any idea when it will become possible to receive SEPA payments using SWIFT/BIC? Is this something we can expect to see during the preview, or later on?
I’ve moved your post here, hopefully my first post in this thread helps answer your question 
Will there be an option to make international , SEPA payments in the future?
Hello there 
Yes, international payments are on the Roadmap, and it’s in the near term.
I assume if Transferwise is an international payments plug in, I would assume SEPA payments would be made through Transferwise’s Borderless accounts? Does anyone know if N26 has this functionality in the Transferwise plugin?
N26’s TransferWise integration was launched before TransferWise launched their Borderless Accounts. I don’t think it’s necessary to use the BAs to make transfers?
True, but for example to receive a SEPA payment in euros or GBP?
I’m pretty sure the integration is for making transfers, not receiving them 
The point is although international payments is on the roadmap, the current plugin for only sending payments is only half a feature.
To complete it, customers would need to be able to receive International payments. As I see it, there are 2 options:
My opinion both options should be possible, but borderless accounts seems more flexible if you are receiving money in many different currencies. Additionally, I would imagine Monzo may charge for a SEPA transfer and exchanging currencies. Maybe we will get the opportunity to vote again 
I’m not assuming that the TransferWise integration will be used to receive international transfers.
I’m not aware that anyone’s said you will be able to send SEPA transfers using Monzo? My understanding is that the TransferWise integration is the alternative solution that we’ll use instead.
We do know that Monzo will be adding IBANs for the accounts to enable users to receive international transfers via SEPA.
That depends on the cost to Monzo of processing those transfers. I have a feeling that this is another one of the areas where banks take advantage of users by charging them fees that far exceed the cost. If the cost for Monzo is low & the volume is low then I’m optimistic that they’ll absorb it, at least for a while. But I guess we’ll just have to wait & see 
I would assume there are certain functionalities that are mandatory for a bank to be able to do when they provide IBAN/BIC codes. e.g. send and receive. This seems like something @anon44204028 would know…
I think we’ve spent enough time talking about assumptions for one day!
I don’t see the point in worrying about them when they could turn out to be wrong. And in the meantime, it’s time consuming to have to keep explaining what we do know so that no one else (who might miss what’s going on) worries about this stuff.
Why not just enjoy your Saturday instead?
There is no obligation on both Send and Receive. Most banks do both but some just one of the two. The is no compulsion in the rule book but obviously a commercial or business pressure if competitors provide these options
I assume you didn’t mean that to sound aggressive and patronising, but since we’ve spent enough time talking about assumptions, I have flagged your post to the admins. Enjoy your Saturday 
As always Michael, please comment on the content of user’s posts, not the tone, which is easy to misinterpret online.
Moderating the tone of other user’s posts generally causes more argument so do flag any posts that don’t meet the community guidelines. I’m confident of course that mine does but obviously the ‘admins’ will be the judge of that.
While the Enjoy your Saturday comment could come across as sarcastic and hence rude I am sure it was not intended that way. He is a real nice guy and I am sure would never mean to offend.
In case anyone’s looking for an alternative method of making / receiving SEPA or SWIFT transfers then I’m reliably informed that you can use TransferWise’s borderless accounts, connected to your Monzo account for now.
Please do us know how you get on