• Account overview suggestions / mockup

Hi all!

Since I’m spending quite a bit more time on my computer due to a certain virus spreading around, I had some time on my hands to think of nice suggestions for the bunq app. So here goes:

Many of us love bunq for a number of reasons: the feature loaded app, the ideology, the colourful cards and of course the community! In the past year I have noticed other banks have made changes to their apps, attempting to follow the footsteps of innovative leaders like bunq. In my opinion bunq is still the unbeaten king when it comes to features, however, there are some things where other banks are catching up fast…
One of these things is the design of their app. In many ways bunq still has the prettiest, coolest and most intuitive app. However, there are certain aspects where bunq (in my opinion) could improve. One of these things is the account overview. I think bunq’s app is beautiful, but I sometimes find the large icon- and text size to be somewhat limiting my experience. I would personally prefer to have smaller icons and text so I can have a quick overview of my bank accounts!

To offer some constructive feedback, I have thought of some ideas to revamp the account overview to do just that: create a nice and quick overview, and the freedom to arrange accounts just how you like!

My ideas are:
- Allows users to create containers. Containers are ‘folders’ that users can name whatever they like. They can then drag and drop the accounts into that ‘container’. A practical examples would be a container called ‘Savings Accounts’. Users can simply drag and drop several savings accounts into the container, keeping them grouped together, as well as seeing the total amount of money saved in that container. This can also be done with ‘Shared Accounts’, ‘Hobby Accounts’, or whatever the user wishes to group!
- Make the account icons and text smaller. I personally much prefer to see more accounts, even if that makes the overview look a little less spacious. I understand this bring some challenges, for example: potential limitations in account name length, not being able to show card names etc.
- Move the large ‘scan’ (and potentially the pay and request) button(s) to smaller buttons at the right top. This is something I personally prefer, but I can also understand this may be a bit too much for most users, as this is a feature they use a lot.

To illustrate my ideas, I have taken the liberty to make a few mock ups. Now, I’m not a designer, so my mockups aren't the prettiest, don’t look so colourful and have some dummy names. It’s purely to illustrate how (I personally believe) the accounts tab can provide a better overview of your accounts!

Would like to hear what others think of this 😊!

1st mockup (pay, request and scan button moved):

2nd mockup (pay and request button where they were, but a little smaller):

    René changed the title to Account overview suggestions / mockup.

      I personally think this looks a lot cleaner and I like the icons being smaller!

      One of my favourite things about Bunq is having the option for creating different accounts, and I have lots of them to help me budget, but it means they don’t all fit on the screen! This would allow further customisation and a cleaner vibe. I like it a lot! 🤗

        @R#150814 In addition to this: there are obviously variations possible where:
        - The ‘total’ of a container can be shown behind the container name, rather than filling up an extra row below the accounts.
        - The cards could be shown below the account name, which would make the text a bit large though.

          Well done sir! I fully agree that the accounts overview page is currently wasting lots of usable space. I have "only" 9 accounts, and following your redesign suggestions they would very likely fit on a single view. Right now there's lots of scroll involved.

          Let's hope they come up with some tweaks on Update 14 :-)

            Yes like it! Some kind of grouping would be really nice.

              I like this.
              A good addition to you concept could be hiding the members of a container from view.
              I like your first mockup better as it gives us a cleaner look.
              I would prefer that the accounts are shown in a similar way as now, in the container cards.
              Also I would like optional icons for the containers.

                @R#150814 Hi 👋🏼 René,

                Wow I always love a good mock-up to tell the story. Well done!

                Now let’s talk cons en pros 😉
                Pros:
                - love the container idea. I would actual use that.
                - love the sub totals.
                - love the smaller icons on top.

                Cons:
                Well, not cons per se ... more things I’m wondering.
                - I wonder how this would look on smaller screens. Especially since you put the account balance on the same row as the account name
                - the Pay and Request arrows kind of suggest a page up and down button because the titles are now gone. Might be confusing. Maybe cool new icons would solve this ;)
                - maybe a subtle option to fold and unfold the content of the containers.

                Anyway, thanks for sharing your idea 💡! Big High Five 👐🏼

                  @JohnDo#150856 Heya John,

                  Thanks 😊! To quickly explain my choices behind some of the things you were wondering:
                  - I did think about smaller screens, but I’m not too worried. Other banks use the account name and balance on the same row and in my opinion it still looks neat. It would look smaller, but still properly readable.
                  - I do agree with your second point regarding the pay and receive button. This is the reason why I made the second mock-up. I think having the large buttons is still a good option!
                  - I like your third idea too! Having the option to fold/unfold the contained is potentially also a way to keep the display of the accounts a bit bigger.

                  Thanks for your input! I hope we’ll get some more feedback and can help bunq made their app even nicer!

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