Hey bunqers 🌈
Open a local currency account in seconds. It's totally free for Easy Bank Pro and Easy Bank Pro XL Personal and Business users, cool right?
With bunq, you save on conversion when spending abroad by getting the real exchange rate. With your Easy Bank Pro or Easy Bank Pro XL account you can now receive, convert, hold and spend in foreign currencies without having to leave your bunq app with Local Currencies.
To give you a full fledged local currency account, there'll be some changes to our billing policy.
Open a local currency account in seconds 🌍
- FREE for Easy Bank Pro and Easy Bank Pro XL Personal users
- FREE for Easy Bank Pro and Easy Bank Pro XL Business users
Convert anytime, anywhere 🚀
- 0.50% Network Fee on the amount you convert.
- You’ll get the real market rate! On the weekends, the rates are different as the foreign currency markets close and there's more risk. This results in an additional markup of 0.15%-0.5%, depending on the currencies you wish to convert. For the best rates, choose to convert during the week.
Pay in local currency 💷
- Fast Payments available for local currencies, between €0.70 - €6.00. See more detailed list on Fast Payments' billing scheme in our pricing sheet
- SWIFT Payments’ billing is based on the receiving party’s country:
🔘 For Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom: €10,00
🔘 For Canada, Jersey, Switzerland, Kuwait, United States and Isle of Man: €15,00
🔘 For Australia, Mexico, Brazil, New Zealand, India, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Guernsey and Mauritius: €20,00
🔘 Argentina, Israel, Paraguay, Japan, Chile, Jordan, Congo, Kenya, Korea Republic, Suriname, Djibouti,Kyrgyzstan, Swaziland, Ecuador, Taiwan, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Turkey, Uganda, Malawi, Ukraine, Uruguay, Guinea, Monaco, Venezuela, Indonesia, Morocco, Yemen, Nepal, Zimbabwe: €45,00
🔘 For countries not listed above: €30,00
Why is my IBAN UK one?
To support different currencies, we are partnering up with a currency cloud which is located in the UK. Since the UK is no longer a part of the EU, every outgoing transfer is a SWIFT transfer. Swift transfers can come with additional fees, which you can find in our terms and conditions you may find the pricing list here 💪
Receive in local currency 💵
- SWIFT: €10.00
- For now, only GBP and USD can be received via local payment methods: €0.70
Make a card payment in a local currency 💳
- Same currency: No fee
- Other currency: Network Fee of 0.5%
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