February 9th, 2026

Ancient Trust, Modern Power. Introducing the New Moneda Brand.

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Moneda

Money used to be easy to recognise. It had weight. Shape. Symbols people understood. You could see what you were holding and what it stood for. Trust was not a feeling. It was built into the object itself.

As finance became digital, that clarity faded. Systems became faster and more global, but also more abstract. Numbers moved instantly, yet ownership, access, and rules became harder to see. People gained convenience, but lost understanding.

Most modern finance accepts this trade-off. We do not.

Moneda was built to bring clarity back to money, without giving up the advantages of modern technology. The new Moneda brand exists to express that belief more precisely than before.

Ancient trust, modern power

This is not a return to the past.

The ancient symbols that inspired our identity were never decorative. They existed for practical reasons. They made money recognisable and real by making its value legible.

What mattered was not the era, but the outcome: confidence.

Modern finance removed many of the worst parts of the past, but it also removed something essential. You can move money today without clearly understanding where it sits, who controls it, or what can happen to it next. Trust became implied rather than designed.

We believe trust has to be engineered deliberately.

That belief sits at the centre of Moneda. It is why our identity feels grounded, calm, and intentional. Not because we are looking backwards, but because clarity endures.

Why the brand had to change

As Moneda evolved from an early beta into the product it is today, our old visual language stopped doing its job.

It was simple, but generic. Clean, but indistinct. It borrowed the same visual shortcuts as banking apps, and in doing so, it made Moneda look like something it is not.

We are not a bank. We are not a neobank. We are not a crypto wallet adapted for mainstream use. We are building something structurally different, and the brand needed to communicate that without explanation.

The new Moneda mark represents sovereignty and balance. A human presence rather than a technical abstraction. It reflects how money should feel: understandable, stable, and under your control.

The wider design system follows the same thinking. It is richer, more composed, and more deliberate. Materials, colour, typography, and space work together to create a sense of calm authority. Nothing is accidental. Nothing is there to impress.

This is not about standing out for attention. It is about being recognised for substance.

Principles, not slogans

Our guiding lines are simple:

Your money. Truly yours.
Bankless, Not Lawless.
Built for the borderless.

They are not marketing phrases. They are constraints we design against.

If Moneda owns it, it does not belong in Moneda.
Ownership cannot be implied, partial, or conditional. If Moneda can override access, restrict movement, or make decisions on a user's behalf, the system fails this constraint.

If it cannot operate clearly, it does not ship.
Being bankless does not mean being unaccountable. Every product, flow, and integration must be compliant, explainable, and defensible without hiding behind complexity.

If it does not work globally by default, it is incomplete.
Anything tied to a single country, institution, or local workaround is a temporary solution. Moneda is designed for a borderless world from the outset.

This discipline shapes how Moneda looks, how it behaves, and how it earns trust.

A new layer of finance

Alongside the new identity comes a more complete Moneda.

Users can now move money directly from their bank accounts into Moneda through virtual IBANs (for European accounts) and ACH transfers (for US accounts). This removes the artificial divide between traditional finance and modern monetary infrastructure.

Moneda is built on regulated stablecoins such as EURC and USDC. Not because they are fashionable, but because they allow money to be stable, global, and programmable without unnecessary complexity.

This is Neo Finance.

Neo Finance replaces custodial banking without abandoning compliance. It replaces fragmented wallets without forcing users into crypto-native workflows. It combines bank-grade rails with self-owned money, and turns idle balances into something productive by default.

It is finance that is owned, not held on your behalf. Global, but grounded. Intelligent, but usable. Designed for real life, not speculation.

Moneda is not here to make money feel exciting. It is here to make money make sense.

What comes next

Ancient symbols gave money legibility. Modern technology gives money programmability.

Moneda brings the two together.

This new identity is the first clear expression of that direction, and the foundation for what we are building next. Moneda is not a finished product. It will continue to evolve as we add features, refine experiences, and expand access. What matters is that each step forward maintains the same commitment: clarity, ownership, and trust.

A financial system that feels stable, works globally, and treats the user as the owner, not the product.

This is the beginning of the next chapter of Moneda.

The new Moneda identity was created with Pony.

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