Spend from 'pots'

[25217746 (Gary Burton)]

First timer, so go easy…

Any idea how I can get certain spends to automatically come out of a particular pot?

For example.

• I get paid and transfer X into a ‘Pot’ for FUEL expenses.
• Every time I buy FUEL, it automatically comes out of that ‘pot’.

Thanks

[tbutz (🏳️‍🌈 Producer of "low value commentary")]

If you link your Monzo account to IFTTT, any spend on your card at a recognised petrol station can then initiate a transfer of the same amount from a fuel pot back into the main account.

It’s not quite the same as spending directly from a pot as you need the money in your main account initially to be reimbursed, but it’s in use by lots of folks and seems to work for them. Have a search of the forum for IFTTT and petrol and you should find something suitable to explain how it’s done.

Oh, and welcome.

[gmclean]

Hi Gary, welcome!

You aren’t alone in wanting something like this! As @tbutz says there is a workaround solution available via IFTTT, and I think the main post on this kind of thing (which you can add your vote to) is here:

Assign transaction to pot / button to withdraw exact transaction amount from pot

Hi, It would be great if when selecting a transaction I could “assign” it to a pot. Say for instance I have a pot for holidays, one for bills, one for eating out etc. I go out for dinner and pay on my card and then when I assign that transaction to the ‘eating out’ account it removes that amount from that pot and transfers it into my main account. I know I can quite easily do this myself manually each time, but having this convenient shortcut would be great. Thanks.