Until we have a current account

Off the top of my head, here’s a few features which Monzo has that are still unique (compared to Starling & Revolut, who are the main competiton right now):

  • Payment requests with bill splitting & instant payments aka Monzo.me, without the user needing to set up an account
  • Targets & forecasting (including the Pulse Graph)
  • A much more complete merchant database
  • Crowdsourced travel tips
  • Greater transparency & sharing of knowledge with users
  • Community events

So if you really need a service that provides the standard banking features (faster payments, direct debits etc.) &/or overdrafts right now (and you’re not relying on Targets), go with Starling. But if you’re happy to let your legacy bank account continue to handle those things, go with Monzo…

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