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Monument

Digital-first, high-end banking

Monument logo
21-100 employees
  • B2C
  • Banking
  • Personal finance
  • Financial Services
Marylebone, London, UK

Company mission

Their mission is to empower prosperity.

62% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

In recent years, new challenger banks have mainly targeted younger, middle-income users, leaving high-income individuals underserved. Monument solves this problem by offering "mass affluent" customers finance and savings solutions.

Monument is headed up by an experienced board and executive team of Barclays, Goldman Sachs and HSBC alumni, which has lent it considerable weight despite its relative infancy. Monument targets people with assets worth over £250k - a highly lucrative demographic. Having secured its UK banking licence in 2021, Monument is now intent on growing its user base rapidly.

Monument's main challenge will be drawing customers away from banking services that are one step beyond that of traditional retail banks and bridging the gap between them and private banking. This puts Monument up against Barclays Premier and HSBC Premier. However, its innovative digital-first approach and impressive early-stage funding could make it a real contender in the competitive UK banking market.

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Freddie

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Benefits

  • 28 days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
  • Royal London Pension
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Discretionary and Performance-Related Bonus
  • Options (for permanent employees)
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Perkbox
  • Electric Vehicle Scheme

Company values

  • Our culture and values align with our mission to truly understand and offer exceptional service to our clients.
  • The Monument team are all here because we are passionate about building so much more than a bank. We want to be renowned for giving people a service experience that leaves them in no doubt that we appreciate what their time and lives are worth.
  • We will be known for our integrity, attentiveness, sense of community and innovation. We build strong relationships through trust and a keen eye for detail. Our commitment and collaboration delivers an attentive and outstanding service offering. All combined with our community, both internal and external, our approach to diversity and our pursuit for innovation, we will help our clients and colleagues to do more and be more.
  • Together we are building something monumental.

Funding (2 rounds)

Nov 2023

$50m

SERIES B

Feb 2021

$35.4m

SERIES A

Total funding: $85.4m

Leadership

Mintoo Bhandari

(Head of Global Institutional Relationships)

Was Private Equity & Hedge Fund Manager at the Harvard Management Company, and Managing Director & CEO of The VIEW Group. Was a Senior Partner of Apollo Global Management for over 11 years.