Although they are ultimately a bank, i think people tend to see them a sa tech company so expect them to keep up with “trends” for want of a better word.
Dark mode is quickly becoming an expected feature in most if not all apps, especially if you’re a dark mode user like myself. I refuse to use a lot of apps if they don’t offer it now as it’s too jarring, Monzo is currently an exception to the rule.
Lastly, theoretically it should not take a huge team to accomplish and deliver it, evidence from Android teardowns show that certain frameworks have been put in place ready for Dark Mode, so i’d assume it’s just a question of when rather than if we get it.
I’d like to be able to pay cash in at the Post Office as I can do with other banks. I did read an article some time ago that Monzo was in talks with the PO regarding this, but it’s been radio silence ever since.
A real bank has a credit card.
Look at Bunq. Their creditcard is linked to your account balance.
You could give people a choice. Being a debit/credit card in one.
That would give Monzo a unique selling point.
No, a real bank has a banking licence and is regulated by the FCA and PRA.
A credit card does not make a bank. Processes and assurances do. That’s why you have credit cards without a banking licence and banking licences being granted without credit cards on offer.
It would be nice, but asMonzo have been cautious with lending even before the pandemic, it’s unlikely to happen anytime soon
Completely agree. I only tried to link technical possibilities to a unique feature for Monzo.
I know there is more to it than just opening the credit tap.
I’d nuke my old bank if they offered a credit card. I know it’s a lot of effort to set that up, as it’s a totally different business to current accounts, but it is funny that every damn store in the country offers you a store credit card, but Monzo haven’t yet gone down that path.
I’m sure I read an article last week about… Instagram maybe? Something like that anyway, owned by a huge corp, loads of devs, simple enough app, but doing dark mode WELL isn’t easy and that’s why it took them so long (maybe wasn’t Instagram will try and find article).
Anyway, I think it’s trickier than it seems, it’s not just ‘flip the contrast’.
oh i get that entirely, and just for the record I don’t think it’s a simple task at all but I don’t believe it requires more than few people per platform. Probably wrong but that’s just my thoughts.
It’s the time it’s take to implement it over the amount of devs it would take up.
Although I’m a web dev, I have fairly little knowledge about the way in which iOS and Android apps are developed, however, in web there’s some already some fairly standardised method to help you build and implement a dark mode for your website, i would assume it’s vaguely similar for apps.
I hate it when people think it’s as simple as flipping the contrast because it is so much harder than that and the fact they’ve already had designers work on it do a good job in the one visual we’ve seen is a boost of confidence.
There was a great article by the lead designer from Stack Overflow on the efforts to convert their platform a while ago that’s worth a read if you can find it and are interested