Sitting in Monzo’s headquarters, just a stone’s throw from Liverpool Street station in London, its chief executive, TS Anil, is unwittingly defying fintech stereotypes.
While he may have swapped suit and tie for blue jeans when he took the helm of the digital bank in 2020, he carries an air of modest professionalism that might be more at home in NatWest’s nearby London office than a unicorn startup trying to disrupt the industry.
