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Re:Stripe Issuing – An API for creating physical and virtual... by ljm on Thursday July 26, 2018 @02:50PM (#17619878)
It's not really the same. Monzo's a bank capitalising somewhat on UK Open Banking legislation[1] and the fact that traditional banks are very slow to move with the times. It's not a SaaS product, they're likely one of if not the first movers in the market. There are competitors (Monese, Tide for business, N26 is coming at some point soon). UK fintech is pretty vibrant.

You would hope that Monzo is easy to replicate well because that means you have more modern banks to choose from.

[1] https://www.openbanking.org.uk

Re:Stripe Issuing – An API for creating physical and virtual... by baby on Thursday July 26, 2018 @04:21PM (#17620640)
Monzo's first competitor is Revolut.
Re:Stripe Issuing – An API for creating physical and virtual... by servitor on Friday July 27, 2018 @06:04AM (#17624815)
I would say Starling is more comparable. Both are licensed banks with FSCS protection.