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  • Show your balance in another currency (e.g. based on your location)

Hey bunq and bunqers! 👋
I got a little idea for travelling with bunq 🌈.

It's sometimes not so easy to know or "feel" what 2€ are in an other currency, so wouldn't it be awesome if you would automatically see your balance in the currency of the country you are in right now?
The app is already locating you for showing your location for transfers you do, so why not use that?

Now, my awesome paint skills, here is a little mock-up on how this could look like:

.. it's not perfect, but it should show perfectly what I mean :)

    @johannes I really like this idea. Right now I am in the USA and it would be great if bunq shows an estimated balance in the currency of my current location. I already like it, that bunq shows the converted amount in Euro and the USD amount in the notifications.

      Hi @johannes#75561 👋

      Thanks for sharing your idea! 💡
      This sounds like something that could be really useful for bunqers who like to travel ✈️ abroad. I marked this topic with the 'Ideas' tag for you! 👍

      Have a nice day! 🌈👍

        @reef#75568 Yea, this is really cool! My idea would help you before you pay, the notification is helping you after you paid. Both together.. would be great, I think :)

          Here, have a high five for great thinking and your Paint skills!

          Oh, and I like the idea too!

            @Samzoiets#75622 Thank you, I should start designing images for bunq with that skills :p

              Never thought of that, but it sound like a really great idea! I was in Denmark some months ago, and this feature would indeed have been quite helpful :)

                @johannes#75561 Maybe it could also be helpful being able to manually activate this with the currency of your choice, i.e. not relying on the location

                  Would be very nice if this gets implemented 😋😍🌈

                    @johannes#75561 Hi 👋🏼 Johannes!

                    That sounds like a great idea 💡

                      Yes, I need this!

                        @JohnDo#76198 nice gif but shouldn't you use the high five icon instead of Facebook thumbs up? 🌈

                          @JeroenE#76216 Fair enough! Consider it changed ;)

                            J'aime cette proposition. Ajouter le choix manuel de la devise en plus de la localisation .

                              Hey bunqers! 👋 Thank you for all the high fives. Some people asked for an option to choose a currency, but I did not ask for it, because it would add another option to the app.
                              I want to keep the bunq app clean, so I thought about this automatic way to implement this - only an option to disable it, when you get it the first time would be something I would like, too :)
                              And detecting your country should be working good enough, it's not like detecting a specific address :p

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