@johannes#113174 I get the feeling some Indians feel attacked. This story (if true) has nothing to do with India or Indians but just about a bunch of morons. It could have happened in Europe, Asia, the USA and even my small hometown here in Holland.

Let’s not make this a “Indians vs the rest” fight. It’s not.

Somewhere I hope this story is fake, it would mean the world is a bit less retarded then I feel it is now. But I don’t think @ali would make such a strong statement just based on rumors. And even if the story is true, bunq and @ali has not attacked anyone, they have just defended their choice of card design and have spoken out for love and equality.

@Sharad-Silver-Puma#113172

Maybe it's because I'm a dog or something... but I truly can't get my head around these kind of claims. It really reallyyy astonishing me.

But let's not be a part of such negative thoughts. No matter what, bunq did the right thing here. And the message is one I fully agree with. Let's keep on sharing the love... every single day.. no matter where we are 🌈❤️👌

Please don’t get me wrong. The intent of sharing the Facebook post was not to say that this is fake news or not. If this did happen, this was a shameful act but if there is a way to confirm the news so that we can all agree to facts.
In today’s world, people generalise behaviour of a few people to the entire country, race etc and that is what I think we should try to avoid under these circumstances.

Mijn dochter had hetzelfde in juni in turkije. Er werd haar gevraagd of ze gay was. En waarom ze zo een gay bankpas had. Gelukkig was haar niks aangedaan.

Oui faites l'amour ,pas la guerre...prompte rétablissement à cette personne!

Unfortunately we live in a world where homophobia and bigotry are as real as intolerance and ignorance. I feel sorry that this has happened to him and acknowledge his willingness to move on, onto happier things. There is beauty in the world, too!

Mahatma Ghandi said: "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." He would have been a Bunq customer of the first hour then he loved the rainbow and wouldn't get tired to say that we are all one and the same... he preached love and higher understanding - and for doing THAT they killed him?!

Thumbs up to the Bunq management and community for being there. A positive attitude is always the best. Kill them with kindness... turn sh*t into flowers! 🧶

J’espère qu’il va bien

Bon rétablissement ,j’attends ma carte pour les jours qui arrive .....

Sind wieder Menschen die auf Regenbogen Farben gucken

@Rudolf-Lime-Jaguar#113083 Unfortunately you are right. I'm traveling quite often in Africa and I experienced the same. The approach towards rainbow colors in Africa are associated with homosexuality and this latter isn't tolerated at all. For my own security, I only paid once with my bunq travel card and I'm using other card from another bank instead. This whole issue is sad.

Op dit moment ben ik voor de vierde keer in Rusland en heb er eigenlijk nooit bij stil gestaan dat die kleuren op een bankpas dat kunnen oproepen bij mensen. Maar ik heb in Moskou, Kazan en Yoshkar-Ola ook nog nooit vragen of rare gezichten of iets dergelijks gezien bij het gebruik van m'n bunq pas. Nu had ik wel iedere keer m'n vriendin naast me staan. Het enige wat ik gemerkt heb is dat de Meastro kaart niet altijd werkt, maar de Mastercard debit kaart werkt tot nu toe overal zonder problemen.

@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?