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Monzo strains up bankers to spearhead blockbuster £6bn float

By Editorial Board Published May 10, 2025 4 Min Read
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Monzo strains up bankers to spearhead blockbuster £6bn float

Monzo, the digital financial institution which counts one in 5 British adults amongst its clients, is closing in on the appointment of funding bankers to spearhead a inventory market itemizing valuing it at greater than £6bn.

Individuals near the corporate stated this weekend that bankers could be formally employed to work on the itemizing inside months, with Morgan Stanley now anticipated to be handed a key function on the deal.

The timing, measurement and placement of an IPO are nonetheless to be decided and can depend upon market situations in London and New York, each of which have been buffeted by Donald Trump’s introduction of swingeing commerce tariffs.

Nonetheless, London is at present seen because the almost definitely itemizing venue for Monzo by board members and traders, in accordance with individuals near the scenario.

The corporate, which noticed its valuation soar to £4.5bn final yr after main and secondary share gross sales, is contemplating an additional sale of current shares to permit early traders and staff to money in, though a call to proceed has not but been taken.

Monzo has greater than 11m UK retail clients, making it the seventh-largest British financial institution by buyer numbers, and 600,000 enterprise clients.

Based a decade in the past, it has grow to be one among Britain’s most profitable, and helpful, fintech firms.

It employs near 4,000 individuals.

Final yr, it raised greater than £500m by promoting newly issued shares to a gaggle of traders led by Capital G, a division of Alphabet-owned Google.

That main share sale valued the enterprise at £4.1bn.

An IPO, together with any new capital raised, could be prone to worth Monzo at greater than £6bn, and probably within the area of £7bn, in accordance with banking sources.

Final yr’s secondary share sale noticed current Monzo traders StepStone Group and GIC, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, shopping for inventory from staff.

The corporate is now worthwhile and has diversified into investments and immediate entry financial savings accounts.

It has additionally launched pensions merchandise and accounts aimed toward under-16s.

Monzo is amongst a brand new technology of banks which have emerged for the reason that final monetary disaster and begun to build up a major share of the UK retail banking market.

Rivals embrace Starling Financial institution and Revolut, which was valued at $45bn in its final fundraising and was awarded a banking licence by British regulators final yr after a protracted course of.

Monzo has recovered spectacularly from a tough interval in 2020 when it emerged that the Metropolis watchdog was investigating it for potential breaches of anti-money laundering and monetary crime guidelines.

It has revamped its company construction because it pursues a world enlargement aimed toward engaging new traders to its technique for long-term development.

The corporate has been exploring acquisition alternatives within the US and Europe, though a serious deal just isn’t regarded as imminent.

Monzo Financial institution Holding Group was established to keep away from the corporate going through punitive capital remedy by British regulators because it launches in new abroad markets.

Different Monzo traders embrace the Chinese language group Tencent, Ardour Capital, Accel, Common Catalyst and Hedosophia.

Monzo is run by TS Anil, its chief govt, and chaired by Gary Hoffman, the banker who salvaged Northern Rock after its nationalisation in 2008.

This weekend, a Monzo spokesperson declined to remark.

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