Have you ordered a bunq card and can’t wait to start using it? Or have you temporarily lost your bunq card and want to disable it until you find it once again?
You can easily activate and deactivate your card from your bunq app. You can see the steps to do this below.
Activating your card
- Go to Home and tap on Cards.
- Select the card.
- Tap on 🟢 Activate Card
- Choose and confirm your new PIN.
Then you're all set to start using your card!
- Good to know: The magnetic stripe of your card comes enabled by default for the countries you've allowed in your countries list 🌍
Want to enable contactless payments?
In order to enable contactless payments for your card, you'll first need to make one transaction using your PIN. You can do this by:
- Inserting your card into a physical pin terminal.
- Entering the PIN code that you set when activating your card.
After doing so your contactless payments will be automatically enabled. You'll have a contactless limit of €25 per transaction and €50 for all transactions combined. This topic can give you some more info.
Deactivating your card
- Go to Home and tap on Cards.
- Select the card.
- Tap on Freeze
Now your card is temporarily disabled until you wish to activate it once again.
Note: this is different from blocking a card. If you block your card, this is a permanent action that can't be reversed.
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