{"id":397506,"date":"2026-04-14T06:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/397506\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:45:08","slug":"monzo-launches-in-ireland-after-100000-customers-sign-up-on-wait-list-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/397506\/","title":{"rendered":"Monzo launches in Ireland after 100,000 customers sign up on wait-list \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">UK digital banking group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/monzo\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/monzo\/\">Monzo<\/a> said it is officially launching on Tuesday in the Republic after 100,000 customers signed up to a user wait-list. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The company is starting off with offers of free current and savings accounts for individuals and a section of free business accounts, it said in a statement. Its personal savings accounts allow individuals to save as little as \u20ac1 and access their money any time and get up to 1.6 per cent annual interest. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAs our first market in Europe, we\u2019re excited to bring a bank that people genuinely love to Ireland, delivering the experience we\u2019ve built serving millions,\u201d said Mark Carney, EU chief executive at Monzo. \u201cOur mission is to make money work for everyone and we\u2019re bringing that to Ireland today with free everyday banking and a simpler, smarter way for people and businesses to manage their finances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Each account will come with an Irish international bank account number (Iban) \u2013 similar to other mobile banks targeting customers in the State such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/revolut\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/revolut\/\">Revolut<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/n26\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/n26\/\">N26<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Founded in 2015, Monzo has than 15 million customers, including 800,000 business customers in its home market in the UK. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2026\/03\/18\/free-banking-and-edgy-banter-monzo-raises-the-stakes-for-traditional-bank-customers\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Free banking and edgy banter: Monzo raises the stakes for traditional bank customersOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It received its Irish banking licence in December, and plans to use the Republic as a launch pad as it ultimately targets offering services across the European Union (EU).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Elaine Deehan, country manager for Ireland at Monzo, said: \u201cOur research is clear, Irish customers want free everyday banking, money that works harder for them, a partner they can trust, and a bank that speaks their language. Monzo combines the best of banking and technology with industry-first features now available to Irish customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK digital banking group Monzo said it is officially launching on Tuesday in the Republic after 100,000 customers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8582,61,60,99886,43,8581],"class_list":{"0":"post-397506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-banking-and-payments-federation-ireland","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-monzo","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-revolut"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}