# Will Monzo keep a pre-paid card facility?

**URL:** <https://community.monzo.com/t/will-monzo-keep-a-pre-paid-card-facility/6133>\
**Category:** Monzo Chat\
**Created:** [23 September 2016 11:10 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/will-monzo-keep-a-pre-paid-card-facility/6133 "2016-09-23T11:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexs](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/alexs/32/2443_2.png) [@alexs](https://community.monzo.com/u/alexs)\
**Post date:** [23 September 2016 11:13 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/will-monzo-keep-a-pre-paid-card-facility/6133/2 "2016-09-23T11:13:01Z")

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Here’s what Tom’s said about this

> [@Launching The Bank](https://community.monzo.com/t/launching-the-bank/5261/14):
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> We’re not planning to support the prepaid card in the UK for the long term - it adds a lot of operational complexity without much benefit. We’ll try to offer a basic bank account which should be available to more-or-less everyone in the UK, so it seems like a pretty good replacement for the prepaid card.

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