Is it not the adverts that are on the tube etcâŚ
1 Like
It is indeed 
Full thread over here 
1 Like
I notice that Starling recently changed the design of their cards including the removal of card numbers from the front. Having seen one in person, it looks really smart. I wondered if there was any plans to do something similar (to make the card represent the modern forward thinking bank that Monzo is) at Monzo?
I quite like the etched details. Not bothered about the placement (back or front). I do think the Starling cards look like hotel key cards though. But I think thatâs because theyâre vertical.
1 Like
IMO the new Starling card design is rank. Just because something is done differently doesnât automatically make it modern or forward-thinking tbh.
5 Likes
I used my teal vertical Starling debit card in a restaurant the other evening with a group of friends and it caused quite a stir.
There were three sorryâlooking Monzo cards in the heap too, unmentioned 
Wait until I drop my N26 card.
Youâre right, but the Starling debit card is, objectively, both modern and forwardâthinking.
3 Likes
Iâve got a Starling card. The black font on the back looks really cheap and awful. For me itâs the worst part of Starling.
1 Like
Mineâs white!
2 Likes
If by âdone differentlyâ you mean ânever been done beforeâ, then it is by definition both modern and forward-thinking. Of course, that doesnât make it nice to look at.
1 Like
I quite like the vertical design, but wish the teal wasnât quite so sparkly looking.
1 Like
Not sure how you can have a forward-thinking debit card? It is modern though but then so is every other debit card on the market, objectively speaking
Similar with the new Curve card. It looks good, and I expect its a recent change to the Mastercard standards that allow it to happen.
1 Like
Discussed in threads below;
https://community.monzo.com/t/custom-card-designs/39203?u=sc95
https://community.monzo.com/t/i-redesigned-the-monzo-debit-card-what-are-your-thoughts/34603?u=sc95
2 Likes
Hey @Apscott9 ,
Hope you donât mind but Iâve merged your thread with an existing one on the same topic.
Feel free to continue the discussion 
1 Like
One of the interesting things about Starling is that in Apple Wallet, the card is landscape (as all the cards are) while the physical card is portrait. Iâm assuming any others are the same as they have a forced landscape orientation on payment cardsâŚ
1 Like
Just an FYI, I ended up writing a long form article on our entire process with the debit card and welcome pack design:
3 Likes
Not a bank card but the coop card is vertical and looks surprisingly sharp.
1 Like
Very interesting read! Thanks
Coâop card is nice and tactile.