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Custom card images

Mohammad-Aquamarine-Butterfly

This should be on the to-do-list on Bunq's trello board, not on the wishlist 😃. Why?

Because when you own the max amount of 3 cards and open your wallet to choose the right card, you will have to take a really good look to distinguish the rainbow-colored cards...

Besides, I remember I was able to print a full image on my SNS Bank cards 3 or 4 years ago. Why would this be something big for Bunq? A little variation in the styling of cards can't hurt :)

dashatkeiner

Pay Me Dazu kommt, dass im Appel Pay die Karten auch komplett gleich aussehen und es an der Apple Watch nervt die richtige Karte auszuwählen. Bitte umsetzen!!!

Ilias-Green-Jaguar

Ik begin me ook zorgen te maken idd

DaveFlash

Yes, when i was at postbank as I child, I remember they were the first ones in the Netherlands, and Europe to even offer this for 10,-€ then they merged with ING years ago and I also got a new card with a custom image. Shame the other bank I'm with still with doesn't offer this. (ABN AMRO)

Marinus-Olive-Falcon

Dit is echt wel een feature die op de roadmap moet staan... Ik vermoed dat veel bunq gebruikers op deze feature zitten te wachten!

WJanson

I know it will probably not happen in the near future, but I would like some custom design on my card. 😇
For bunq the rainbow cards are a form of free advertisement, so they probably won't get rid of them. 🌈

So I made a quick mockup of what custom bunq cards could look like. The bottom side of the card would stay the same, the bunq rainbow we've got to know and love, while the top square part (Instagram like) would be your personal canvas, which you could decorate with the picture of your choosing. 🖼

Tim

W. Janson-Korhorn Amazing mockup🙂
Let's hope the design team can find some inspiration here..

p.s.: My girlfriend uses her Rabobank card mostly because she thinks its too annoying her 2 bunq cards look so much a like. 🤷‍♀️
And even I always check check double check when I can't use Apple Pay and draw my 🌈 cards out. It's a must-have in my opinion. Not even thinking about those around with private and business accounts 😝

JohnDo

W. Janson-Korhorn I'm impressed Wouter! I truly would order one. Also a fun way to keep my cards💳 apart. High Five 🙌 on that!

Arjan

John Do My biggest problem with custom images is the quality: it’s a complete different (printing) technique for applying the artwork compared to what is on a standard card.

Realizing this mock-up would mean that the bunq colors would also be printed differently and will absolutely show in the lower quality. I know this from professional experience (we deal with the same issues on SIM cards that we order for our customers that sometimes require small volumes that can’t be printed in the factory) and also personal experience (I tested this with ING).

What I AM really bothered by is the fact you can’t label cards in ApplePay. If you have multiple AP enabled cards they look identical besides 4 digits. There is no way to label them in your wallet. But this is an Apple issue that bunq has no control over 🙄

Tim

I would still prefer something like @W. Janson-Korhorn made but if printquality is a big no no then maybe choosing one of the pre-fabric bunq colors in combination with the 🌈 ?

Gives a clear view at what card to flaunt at the cashier's desk☺️.

Or maybe inspired by the Apple Pay bunq card.

JohnDo

Hmmmm you guys force me to make a design also... #Iwillbeback :)

WJanson

We're anxiously waiting John Do

Tim

W. Janson-Korhorn The longer it takes the more curious we get! @John Do

JohnDo

Tim bare with me guys, it's my day off today :) But maybe I will cook something up tonight :) I do have an idea already in my head. It is difficult because we don't want to alter the cool rainbow 🌈 design too much

Heda

I love the rainbow design. Every time I pay with my card I get asked what bank this is because I have such a fancy card. I would be onboard if you could make simply changes to the design but overall I feel bunq cards should look more or less the same. 🤪

JohnDo

Hi guys,
I made a redesign of the bunq card for several reasons:
-> When you grab you card out of your wallet there is no fast visual recognition which card you grabbed because the user information is on the back of the card.
-> With the old design the text was readable if you put your card in your wallet with the chip on top. For me that is strange, because most people would put their card with the chip down in their wallet. That way it is easier to put it in the terminal in one movement :)
-> The old design had some minor flaws. Like the mastercard logo wasnt aligned properly.

So, what is I do?
-> primary position of the card is now with the chip facing down. So I snuffled the text and logo's a bit.
-> for a quick visual distinction I choose (an advise from @W. Janson-Korhorn) a color band on the top. This way it is always visible regardless if you put your card horizontal or vertical in your wallet.
-> this way we also can keep the cost low because bunq doesn't have to print both sides of the card per user. Ans also we can keep the beautiful rainbow colors to the max.

Let me know what you guys think of it.

WJanson

John Do
Love it!
An easy way to distinguish your cards, while keeping costs lower. bunq doesn't need to print on both sides, "only" keep multiple versions in stock.

My suggestion to @John Do was inspirited by the image @Tim posted earlier.

ruben

John Do Like this, just would like the color band a bit bigger (like 2cm), and to choose colors out of like 8 colors or something.

Arjan

John Do Nicely done 👍🏻

JohnDo

John Do Improved version after receiving feedback.
- bigger band
- different band colors

Tim

W. Janson-Korhorn Ah yes this is an even better application of the bunq colors, also better then my huge colored squares yes. Nice one @John Do & @W. Janson-Korhorn 👌👌

JohnDo

I'm in doubt if I should make a separate topic about this, because this is a bit off topic.. because it isnt about putting your own image on the card.

Tim

John Do Why not? It’s not custom, just a redesign for better recognizable cards when having multiple.

ps. Just got a complaint from my GF, she also like this but it's just for "men wallets" (secrid) and not for horizontal woman wallets. I have a secrid though so.. 😅

JohnDo

Tim Tsss, my wife also has also a cool secrid :) so, it isn't a guy thing 😎😂

Tim

John Do Yes she also does but they keep switching those like their bags all the time..🤷‍♀️