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October 2026

• • October 30, 2026
  • Research

  Jingle Bills – Brits feel savings shame as festive spending looms

  87% of Brits describe themselves as savers - yet one in four put away less than 5% of their income in a typical month

• • October 29, 2026
  • Research

  Number of Irish bunq savers grows by 74% in 2025, new data shows

  The number of bunq users saving in Ireland increased by 74% in 2025

September 2026

• • September 29, 2026
  • Company

  Access to finance tops challenges facing Irish entrepreneurs, new bunq research finds

  Access to finance is the most commonly cited start-up challenge, identified by 27% of Irish entrepreneurs surveyed

• • September 22, 2026
  • bunq Updates

  bunq introduces flexible credit cards that put users in control

  bunq introduces a credit limit of up to €5,000 to its free, globally-accepted credit card with no monthly fee.

• • September 22, 2026
  • Product

  bunq first to complete Wero rollout across four markets

  Wero is live for bunq users in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Belgium, enabling users to pay and get paid across borders straight from the bunq app

• • September 16, 2026
  • Company

  Mind the GA(I)P - British entrepreneurs sceptical about using AI despite many wasting time on admin

  51% of British business owners have used AI to support their business in the past 12 months. vs other major European economies

• • September 5, 2026
  • Company

  ‘Til Debt Do Us Part: For One in Seven Americans, Money Ended the Relationship

  2 in 3 Americans say money differences have caused relationship friction - for 1 in 7, it ended the relationship

• • September 2, 2026
  • Company

  Moving to Paris or Stockholm might be cheaper than living in Bristol

  Bristol and Brighton cost more to live in each month than Stockholm, Paris, Berlin and Frankfurt

• • September 1, 2026
  • Company

  Think Europe is expensive? Paris, Amsterdam and London cost less than many major U.S. cities

  New bunq Working Abroad Index finds London costs less per month than New York, San Francisco and Boston

• • September 1, 2026
  • Company

  Canada pairs Paris rents with Bangkok bills

  Europe’s second-largest neobank releases third annual Working Abroad Index ranks 75 cities across 40 countries

• • September 1, 2026
  • Company

  Dublin named Europe’s second most expensive city for remote workers, new index finds

  Remote workers in Dublin face monthly living costs of €2,804, rising to €3,124 when coworking costs are included

August 2026

• • August 19, 2026
  • Company

  Pre-nup? Brits say non, merci compared to Euro-peers

  Two thirds of Brits (66%) say they would not get a prenuptial agreement before marriage (48%) or have already opted against one (17%) - compared to 42% in both France and Spain