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April 8, 2025

Monzo’s new CFO teases long-awaited IPO: ‘We’ll make a great public company one day’

Ex-Nubank exec Tom Oldham joined Monzo in February

Tom Matsuda

4 min read

Monzo’s new chief financial officer Tom Oldham has bold plans for the UK fintech. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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