- The second largest neobank in Europe launches worldwide travel insurance amidst rapid international growth
- bunq hits 12.5 million users worldwide and over 8 billion euros in deposits, solidifying its standing as a go-to bank for digital nomads
Amsterdam, May 14, 2024 – bunq, the second largest neobank in Europe, has taken a significant step forward to upgrade its user-facing AI assistant, Finn, to be fully conversational. The challenger has also rolled out its worldwide one-time activation travel insurance, in partnership with Qover, a global embedded insurance provider. Both announcements come amid strong growth, as the neobank’s total user base surges past 12.5 million, and its deposits climb to over €8 billion.
After a successful beta launch of its AI money assistant, Finn, bunq continues to push the industry forward by pioneering Europe’s first AI-driven banking experience. Finn, having already answered over 100,000 questions since December 2023, can now answer back-to-back questions and provide deeper insights into users’ finances at twice the speed.
Finn will tackle users’ questions regarding their bank accounts and spending habits, as well as recommended places to visit in new cities including cafes, restaurants and bars, based on reviews by other bunq users. The upgrade also unlocks conversational capabilities that set Finn apart from other chatbots. Besides engaging in natural conversations and storing the history of users’ interactions with Finn, the AI assistant will serve as an extension of the bunq app, providing personalized, context-rich answers.
At bunq, we use the latest tech to make our users’ lives easy. We’re thrilled to see so many of our users embrace Finn in their daily lives and can’t wait for them to have a chat with the all-new Finn.
As well as effectively replacing the search function in the app, bunq uses AI to handle user support questions. As of now, Finn is independently solving up to 40% of user support questions, and assisting with 75%, every day, helping users tackle any issues they might have while using bunq.
bunq’s expansion into travel insurance marks the next step in its mission to build a full-service neobank for digital nomads worldwide.
International travel is booming, nearing pre-pandemic levels with just under 1.3 billion trips in 2023. Designed to tackle the challenges faced by travelers when re-purchasing travel insurance for every trip, bunq now offers automatic worldwide coverage for anyone on the Easy Bank Pro XL plan. Users simply activate the feature once and enjoy coverage for all future trips. Insurance claims can be filed right in the app, via the link to Qover. Unlike many other travel insurance products, bunq’s travel insurance will cover for car rental, dental and loss of personal items for up to 1 million euros.
We’re making travel insurance effortless. It’s exactly the peace of mind we want our users to have, whether they spend, save or travel with bunq, says Niknam.
Both announcements were revealed at the bunq Update 25 event, along with a range of other features designed to enhance the user experience.
About bunq
Founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Ali Niknam, bunq has brought lasting change to the European banking industry. By having its users at the heart of the business and building a product rooted in their wants and needs, bunq quickly scaled to become the second largest neobank in Europe. Serving digital nomads across Europe, bunq makes life easy for location-independent people and businesses starting from the way they manage money: how they spend, save, budget and invest.
Pioneering many things considered impossible, bunq was the first bank to get a European banking permit in over 35 years, raised the largest series A round ever secured by a European fintech (€193 million), and was the first EU neobank to achieve structural profitability at the end of 2022. On its mission to build the first global neobank for digital nomads, in April 2023, bunq announced its bid to enter the US market by applying for a banking license.
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