Monzo
UK digital bank: app-based current accounts, savings, credit, investments and pensions
Over Monzo
Monzo is a London-based digital bank founded in 2015 and licensed as a UK bank in 2016. Its app offers current accounts (personal, joint, under-16s, business), savings Pots, credit cards, investments, pensions and mortgage tools. The company says it serves more than 16 million customers with a team of over 2,000. In 2026 it bought mortgage broker Habito and, after receiving an EU banking licence, launched in Ireland and Spain. Diana Layfield became Group CEO in 2026.
Oprichters
Gary Dolman
Co-founder
Jason Bates
Co-founder
Jonas Templestein
Co-founder, former CTO
Co-founded Monzo and was its CTO. He now builds the AI startup Iterate.
Paul Rippon
Co-founder
Tom Blomfield
Co-founder, former CEO and President (left 2021)
Co-founded Monzo in 2015 and led it as CEO, then as President, until 2021. He later became a partner at Y Combinator.
- FinTech
- London, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Serie C+
- 2015
- 2.000 mensen
Financieringsrondes
| Datum | Ronde | Bedrag | Leadinvesteerders |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serie C+ | Niet bekendgemaakt | CapitalG |
Onze berichtgeving over Monzo
Monzo hands the top job to ex-Google and Standard Chartered executive Diana Layfield as TS Anil steps aside
Monzo has named Diana Layfield, who spent nine years at Google and ran Standard Chartered in Africa, as Group CEO. TS Anil, who led the bank for over five years, moves to an advisory role as listing talk grows.
Monzo picks Spain as its second EU market, with 50 staff in Madrid and Barcelona and an ex-N26 country head
Three weeks after going live in Ireland, Monzo is preparing a Spanish launch. It has more than 50 people across two offices and has hired Francisco Sierra, formerly of N26 and Western Union, to run the country.
Monzo closes Habito deal, its first acquisition, to put full mortgage broking inside its app
Monzo now owns Habito, the digital mortgage broker with about 100 staff. The deal, agreed in December for an undisclosed sum, lets the UK bank offer mortgage advice from search to completion inside its app.
Monzo opens in Ireland, its first EU market, with 100,000 on the waitlist but no loans or cards yet
The UK digital bank went live in Ireland on 14 April with free current and savings accounts for people and businesses. Credit products are not part of the first Irish offer.
Kijken en luisteren
Tom Blomfield, Partner, Y Combinator; Co-Founder, Monzo
17 februari 2026
Fireside Chat with Jonas Templestein | Create With 2025
25 juni 2025
Monzo CEO On Death Threats, Depression & Digital Banking Wars: Tom Blomfield
28 juni 2021
Capital Conversation Episode 33: Monzo CEO Tom Blomfield
3 december 2018
Monzo Bank - Interview with CEO Tom Blomfield Part 1
12 januari 2018
Tom Blomfield of Monzo // Fintech Insider Interview
12 september 2017