I find this picture of the guy with the baby hilarious, as not only is the card clearly photoshopped in (and not very well) but they are using two versions of it - one with a card placed in his hand, and one with a phone for mobile payment.
I forget where I saw the phone version, but it was somewhere on their website.
Oh yes, I admit this completely!
I really do like the look of the nice card, and it has some good anti-fraud features as well (being numberless).
I’m also keen on using it for the 1% cashback, and other than large purchases where I would want Section 75 protection, I will be using it as my daily spending card (switching from credit cards).
So it’s not just about the card, although the card is a good inducement!
That was exactly how people were “supposed” to use Bó (as a spending account for all their spending, while keeping their bills and main account elsewhere).
Maybe they should have offered 1% cashback, instead of paying Instagram influencers; they might still be around!
We know that the account people pay bills from tends to be “sticky”, so once they have Direct Debit support persuading people to move their bills will be key. I wonder if they might also consider an incentive campaign for that?
Yes, as I said either further up this thread or over on the Monzo community (I forget where): what it really needs is a system a bit like Flux to associate more rich data with the card transaction, provided on the merchant end and then sent to the bank.
Basically, an expansion of the capabilities of the card networks to send more information along with the transaction.
I’m sure it will happen one day, probably with startups like Flux being acquired and integrated into the system.
Yeah… I confess, I never really understood why I would want to do all my spending through Bo. It added an extra step / extra layer in the money management process with exactly zero benefit.
Got a text saying there was an update about my ID, the app still says verifying as before. Now it’s saying sorry we couldn’t access that when I click on to the app. The try again button doesn’t work either, not good signs or a good experience so far.
Reinstalled it, had to answer the same questions and now verifying again…