The Monzo Current Account Preview

[warriner (Dan Warriner)]

I won’t be able to make a London rollout (I kinda assumed they’d be during the day for some reason).

If I don’t attend today’s or any future London ones:

A) Can my invite be given to someone else?
B) Will I be invited to a more local event in the future?

[alexs (Alex Sherwood)]

I’ve just realised that some of the users in the preview might only be checking this thread so just to make everyone aware, we’ve created this Wiki now & it’d be great if those users could add to it

Merchants & Banks Who Don't Yet Recognise the Monzo Current Account Sort Code / Debit Card (open Wiki)

I’ve created this Wiki which anyone can edit, at @connorianreilly’s suggestion (& having checked with the team), as a place for the users in the current account preview to share the merchants who don’t accept / recognise the new Monzo Sort Code or BIN. There’s also a section for the banks that aren’t letting Monzo users get set up as payees yet either. Monzo’s BIN is the 6 digit number at the beginning of your card (535522) & if the merchant’s database is out of date, they’ll typically identify…

[anon31249595]

BIN also now known as IIN (issuer identification number) as it covers various institutions not just banks

[Rika (Scarlet)]

As I’ve explained to another user in a DM, Mastercard primarily still use the term BIN and it’s the most well known term by issuers so we’re going with that here on the community.

[anon31249595]

Agree that most commonly used. Just mentioned IIN in case anyone had come accross it and was confused.

[anon31249595]

@RichardR

Mastercard primarily still use the term BIN

and Barclaycard did in internal docs May 2017.

[thebuat]

Got my invite but on holiday so can’t make it. Hopefully get invited to future ones, preferably further North so I don’t have to justify the cost to my other half

[anon89541797]

Can’t wait to get my current account, so excited.

[hailstorm (Simon Porter)]

I’m hoping that we will have a bit more information on the rollout today in the open office presentation. Would be nice to have a vague idea of the ramp up they are expecting. When rollouts are due to occur and in what cities.

[alexs (Alex Sherwood)]

There’s usually a Q & A at the end so if that’s not in the presentation, you can always ask Tom then

[DaveTMG]

Got a second invite today - does this mean I can have two accounts?

[anon50039658]

That shouldn’t have happened Can you forward it to me at tristan@monzo.com please?

[hailstorm (Simon Porter)]

Feel free to send any spare invites my way

[DaveTMG]

I could auction it?

(I sent it Tristan)

[sacha]

I got an invite today, gonna have to work out which of my existing cards to ditch to create room for the Monzo Debit card in my wallet

[duncang (Duncan)]

@anon50039658 I got the invite but I am on holiday for every one of them . Is there a way for those who can’t attend this batch to register interest in the next? (not sure how you can differentiate people who are uninterested from those who are but can’t go).

[anon4562461]

@anon50039658 Do I have to go Vegan for a month now?

[caspararemi (Caspar)]

@sacha

gonna have to work out which of my existing cards to ditch to create room for the Monzo Debit card in my wallet

All of them!! (Once it’s fully launched, of course)

[anon50039658]

Yes. You do. From now until eternity.

[anon31249595]

well, all but one. It always good to have a second card just in case the chip fails to read or the bank connection fails. A Mastercard from one bank and a Visa from another perhaps?