Analysis

December 10, 2024

Monzo’s power players: the leadership team behind the neobank

Last month, the fintech made two new hires to lead its financial operations amid IPO rumours


Tom Matsuda

5 min read

TS Anil, Monzo's CEO

Monzo is one of Europe’s most well-known fintechs. The UK neobank has raised more than $1.9bn in funding from investors including Google’s CapitalG, Hedosophia, Coatue and Accel and has grown to become one of the UK’s largest neobanks with more than 10m customers and £11.2bn in deposits.

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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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