bunq adds Ukrainian and Russian, provides free accounts to refugess

This Tuesday, Dutch neobank bunq announced that the app update that has just hit Apple Store and Play Store features an addition of two new languages - Ukrainian and Russian. On top of that, up-and-coming challenger bank announced that every person who had to leave their home or country due to the ongoing war in Ukraine can now open a bank account at bunq absolutely for free.

The initiative is supported by the "People for People" foundation that aims to support both Ukrainians and Russians who are fleeing the devastating consequences of the military conflict happening in Europe, in relocating to The Netherlands for work. Ukrainians also get 3 months of Easy Bank subscription at no cost to assist them in purchasing goods and paying for services while away from home in an easy manner.

bunq is a Dutch mobile-first challenger bank founded in 2012. In 2021, bunq became Netherlands' latest fintech unicorn after raising €193M at almost €2B valuation in what the bank describes as the biggest series A round in Europe. With its recent purchase of payment splitting app Tricount, bunq now boasts a user base of more than 5 million people.

Learn more by visiting the original source of this news article.

Related News

BUX Zero officially launches in Italy

After launching in Spain and then Ireland late last year, Italy became the eighth European market BUX is expanding into in a bid to advance towards their mission of making investing more convenient, easy and affordable for retail investors all over EU.

Curve introduces Metal

Curve, an "all-in-one" digital wallet solution that promises to be "the last card you'll ever need", announced this Thursday an official launch of Curve Metal, a new subscription that comes with an exclusive metal card. This is the second big product launch Curve had in the last year after launching Curve Flex in October 2021.

bunq announces Update 18

bunq, the latest Dutch fintech unicorn, announces yet another major update to their app, labeled "Update 18". The presentation, which in pre-COVID times was always held live from a venue in downtown Amsterdam, will be digital-only and will take place on the 31st of August at 20:30 CEST.

Forbes Announced World's Best Banks of 2021

The results are in: Forbes announced the results of a grand survey performed in the last months. The winners of 2021 are: N26, a Berlin-based digital bank founded in 2013, the top-performing bank worldwide according to their research. It won awards in five countries, tying Citibank in overall awards, and placed as the top-ranked bank in Austria and Italy. The lender, which saw customers increase 40% to 7 million in 2020, placed #2 in France, #4 in Spain, and #13 in its home market of Germany.

Revolut launches a campaign to support Afghanistan

A UK-based fintech Revolut announced today they have successfully "partnered with two leading humanitarian charities to make it as easy as possible for people to donate and show their support." These charities are the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Save the Children. Revolut's existing users also got marketing communication regarding the initiative.