@Big-B#113496 Never thought about this at all. But now that people keep talking about it I realized that the design of the bunq cards probably isn’t ideal. I’ve got many reactions when paying with my bunq card and thinking about it now I get what those „reactions“ where about. Since I am traveling to Russia a lot I think it is a smart idea to no longer use my bunq card.

Maybe bunq should really consider to change the design of the cards. If the card design is a problem bunq needs to do something about it. Yes bunq is the bank of the free and all about love but if I need to be careful when paying with my rainbow card because it offends other people and provokes certain reactions the bank of the free feels not so free anymore.

Wait, wut??? Are some people really suggesting that bunq should listen to those who hate and deprive others of their freedom?

Especially when the bunq card is just colourful and has nothing to do with the rainbow flag, this seems rather over the top.

When you don’t feel save with the bunq card, I suggest you place a sticker over the coloured side of the card, but by no means suggest that all of us should be deprived from the happy colours on our cards.

To quote Van Randwijck: Een volk dat voor tirannen zwicht, zal meer dan lijf en goed verliezen. Dan dooft het licht.

@Samzoiets#113716 Niemand möchte die farbenfrohe Karte wegnehmen.
Manche wünschen sich lediglich Alternativen.
Ein Aufkleber halte ich für keine sonderlich professionelle Lösung.
Zumal es passieren könnte, dass die Karte abgelehnt wird, wenn man damit bei einem Händler zahlen möchte.

Und nur aus Protest auf die bunte Karte zu bestehen, halte ich in manchen Situationen auch nicht für sinnvoll.
Spätestens dann nicht, wenn man in Russland oder Indien aufs Maul bekommt und angegriffen wird.
Wir werden die Kultur in diesen Ländern nicht ändern können. Leider.

I'm new to bunq. I still haven't even received my cards. But the first person I showed the card design to in the app was a Brazilian friend, and his first reaction was asking if this was a Pride special design or something like that.

I am trying bunq as a candidate for my main bank because of its features and API, not because of its colourful design. Even thou I like the cards a lot, I understand that some people might feel uncomfortable or unsafe using them in some places. Sad but true.

So giving users a choice wouldn't hurt. Instead of going black or metal like every other bank, bunq could simply offer the choice of solid colour cards in any of the 12 colours used on its logo. You already offer so many customisations on card description, icons on the app etc... shouldn't be so difficult, right?

@Gaston#113843 You should watch your mouth. 🙄

The design becomes a problem if people get „offended“ by it. You can’t change all people’s minds and you can’t change other countries culture. Just look at Nike for example. They designed a shoe that offended Muslims all over the world. What did Nike do? They said „screw you Muslims it’s your problem if you get offended by it“. Right? Oops sorry it was the other way around. Muslims were angry and Nike apologized and discontinued that design. That’s what every sane person would do. But you would suggest that Nike was right and shouldn’t have listened to the Muslims instead Muslims should stop and change right?

Companies should deliver good products and try to stay out of politics. Same goes for banks. If you want a rainbow card it’s fine. But you can’t force everyone to think the same way you do.

@Gaston#113876 You seem to get something wrong here. No one is complaining that we the bunq users have a problem with the rainbow card. The problem is that other people might get offended. And if someone gets punched in the face because he used/showed his bunq card ... if you need to think twice before using your rainbow card then you have to agree that something is going the wrong direction. I don’t mind the rainbow card but I think twice if I use that card when being in Russia for obvious reasons.

Just give people a choice to have different colors. Give them single colored cards with all of the bunq colors. I personally don’t care of bunq will give us this option but as you can see from this topic there are people that want it. Like I said banks shouldn’t make politics. So best is to stay out of something like this before you further damage your brand.

Before this topic was started I didn’t even think about the card design being a problem. But like I said in my other post now when thinking about some reactions I got when paying with my card they appear in a different light.

@Heda#113878 if you need to think twice before using your rainbow card then you have to agree that something is going the wrong direction.

I don't really agree on that. There are some countries where cards like these aren't that accepted, it's just something bunq has to deal with (I don't know how they're going to do that). You can't just go to North Korea and hand them flyers about Elon Musk's space missions, eventhough nothing is wrong with that. If bunq wants that people use their card world wide all over the globe they need to keep these things in mind. At the end it's the choice of bunq, I will not be mad whatever they choose, but I don't wanna take the risk and use this card where it can be dangerous just to make a statement.

@Heda#113881 Yeah I think we do agree on the same things. I'm only not 100% behind that quote, yes for us in the time and society we live in that would be the wrong direction, but in the end we cannot go to someone else's country and tell them that they have to face the fact that we want rainbow colors everywhere 😜

@Jos-Golden-Unicorn#113882 👍🙃

@Heda#113881 Aber warum sollte man bunq einfach nicht verwenden, wenn bunq sich nicht einfach, speziell für solche Situationen, anpassen könnte?

Aber eigentlich gäbe es auch so Möglichkeiten bunq zu verwenden, nicht aber die schöne bunte card benutzen zu müssen.

@Heda#113878 This is giving in to hatred instead of standing up against it.

I'm not opposed to the idea of giving users a choice in card, but saying bunq should've thought about this is just wrong. Your reaction shows that violence is an effective policy.

@Gaston#113888 Im not saying bunq should have thought about this. But it would be wise to take actions now and think about it now. If problems come up you have to deal with them. Giving more options doesn’t mean to give in.

@Ashadebie-Lime-Panda#113278 Idioten!

auch wenn ich gerne ein anderes Design hätte, sollte man aus Protest bei dem aktuellen bleiben

@migst#113908 Da bin ich generell immer mit dabei.
Nur ist das wahrscheinlich nicht besonders witzig, wenn man im Libanon oder sonst wo mit der Karte zahlt und anschließend von 10 konservativen Muslimen zusammen geschlagen wird.

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