Hi Monzo Team,
Are there any plans to mobilise the Monzo community to vote for Monzo in the 2020 British Bank Awards?
It looks like there is a fast approaching deadline on the 12th January and then the 9th of February is when the voting window closes
Last year, Starling narrowly won the award for Best British Bank and have been using it as a key message in their advertising campaigns ever since. Monzo is clearly a better bank and should be recognised as such in 2020.
I think you just have!
All the other Banks are tweeting - Monzo you need to as well!
Diminishes the value of an award though, if you just get your friends to vote for you, donât you think?
Best Bank? No, but lovely popularity contest for people to pat themselves on the back about.
I agree, but your average member of the public wonât know the difference between all the different awarding bodies. Monzo could easily win this award with very little effort and remove something that Starling is clearly leaning on heavily. Guerrilla marketing
So pretty much no award is worth anything.
Err⌠how?
Because I am using it of course 
In ohhh so many ways! Just because you use it a certain way doesnât diminish the views of someone else.
I flippin love Monzo and itâs my favourite bank by far.
I also like coffee but donât like tea. 
Thanks, all. Iâm keen that we prove our community-led approach can bring dividends. Letâs see what we can do if we all band together!
Is the only category for Monzo âBest Current Accountâ or am I missing a trick?
From memory, the last few voting opportunities on that website have been for the âMonzo - Current Accountâ
Not if the current accounts are independently and impartially assessed by a panel.
The winners are not based on vote totals, so itâs not a popularity contest.
Voted! Letâs hope they win!, Do we get to party on receiving the award? 
We made it through to the finals:
Best British Bank: Barclays, first direct, Halifax, Monzo, Nationwide Building Society, Starling Bank & Triodos Bank
Innovation of the Year: Molo, OpenMoney, PrimaryBid, Revolut & 1 Finalist announced on the night
Best Banking App: Barclays, HSBC, Monese, Monzo, NatWest & Starling Bank
Best Newcomer: B-Social, Countingup, Flux, N26, Oval & Suits Me
Customer Service Champion: Chorley Building Society, Darlington Building Society, Newbury Building Society, Triodos Bank, Wealthify & 2 Finalists announced on the night
Treating Customers Fairly Champion: Starling Bank, Monzo, Monmouthshire Building Society, Shepherds Friendly, first direct & 2 Finalists announced on the night
Keep voting if you havenât already!
@monzo, you publicised reaching the finals on Facebook but not Twitter yet - keen for a cheeky tweet?
Iâm afraid I wouldnât vote this year after a couple of issues with my money being unnecessarily locked up by what appeared to be a meltdown in Monzo system. A bare apology despite the inconvenience that was caused and in spite of monzo holding a savings balance in addition to the credit.
Currently an hour wait on chat to verify my identity as well and so unable to verify a transaction for ÂŁ2 - and in spite of what I believe to be the correct password having used it often enough recently.
The system is falling over and tying itself in knots
Welcome to the community forum!
Sorry youâve had a couple of bad experiences, hopefully things iron themselves out. Whilst there are issues from time to time, you do seem to have hit a bad run, but it doesnât seem (from what I can see) to be the norm for everyone else.
British Bank Awards 2020 Finalists Announced. 6 top-level categories. Best British Bank: Barclays, first direct, Halifax, Monzo, Nationwide Building Society, Starling Bank & Triodos Bank. 16 product-specific categories. Best Alternative Finance Provider: Assetz Capital, CapitalRise, Capify, Fleximize, Satago & Zopa