RequestInquiry

Need to ask someone to pay you? That’s where RequestInquiry comes in.

With bunq, you can request money from anyone—bunq user or not—as long as you have their IBAN, email, or phone number. If they’re not a bunq user, they’ll get an email or SMS with a link to securely complete the payment from their own bank.

The RequestInquiry object handles this process. Like payments, it’s tied to a MonetaryAccount, and you can manage it through this endpoint: POST /user/{userId}/monetary-account/{monetaryAccountId}/request-inquiry

It’s a simple way to collect payments, whether you're splitting a bill, collecting rent, or invoicing a customer—no awkward follow-ups required.

Example

{
    "Response": [
        {
            "RequestInquiry": {
                "id": 2025724,
                "created": "2025-07-21 09:16:40.680832",
                "updated": "2025-07-21 09:16:43.715527",
                "time_responded": "2025-07-21 09:16:43.715420",
                "time_expiry": null,
                "monetary_account_id": 2428053,
                "amount_inquired": {
                    "currency": "EUR",
                    "value": "4.00"
                },
                "amount_responded": {
                    "currency": "EUR",
                    "value": "4.00"
                },
                "status": "ACCEPTED",
                "description": "4 chicken nuggets",
                "merchant_reference": null,
                "user_alias_created": {
                    "iban": "NL51BUNQ2093937468",
                    "is_light": false,
                    "display_name": "A. Visser",
                    "avatar": {
                        "uuid": "659e794e-f55e-4cfe-9f6d-465622cf43da",
                        "image": [
                            {
                                "attachment_public_uuid": "523b48a0-7a77-4598-9920-86f26135fef0",
                                "height": 1023,
                                "width": 1024,
                                "content_type": "image/png",
                                "urls": [
                                    {
                                        "type": "ORIGINAL",
                                        "url": "https://bunq-triage-model-storage-public.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/bunq_file/File/content/921ece497cd00f4e0cef3f0f63a962c31cf3f8e35311d127d5a7b23be3d074d5.png"
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ],
                        "anchor_uuid": null,
                        "style": "NONE"
                    },
                    "label_user": {
                        "uuid": "e52b4912-c314-423a-80a4-939f4c992d14",
                        "display_name": "A. Visser",
                        "country": "NL",
                        "avatar": {
                            "uuid": "9debf55b-70b1-4d43-8d51-d6e7bd42fb5b",
                            "image": [
                                {
                                    "attachment_public_uuid": "4b7e0d1d-9167-48ac-990a-70e342c87812",
                                    "height": 126,
                                    "width": 200,
                                    "content_type": "image/jpeg",
                                    "urls": [
                                        {
                                            "type": "ORIGINAL",
                                            "url": "https://bunq-triage-model-storage-public.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/bunq_file/File/content/6979a145b7ea9ecc3459358122cb560608f02d36d4b8cd6b770f50e36aa35512.jpg"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            ],
                            "anchor_uuid": "e52b4912-c314-423a-80a4-939f4c992d14",
                            "style": "NONE"
                        },
                        "public_nick_name": "Ayako",
                        "type": "PERSON"
                    },
                    "country": "NL"
                },
                "user_alias_revoked": null,
                "counterparty_alias": {
                    "iban": "NL32BUNQ2025313705",
                    "is_light": false,
                    "display_name": "S. Daddy",
                    "avatar": {
                        "uuid": "3fada745-8305-45ab-b8c2-09cc05a51b65",
                        "image": [
                            {
                                "attachment_public_uuid": "23f17b08-9ece-4c05-8dd8-4caf2b6ef549",
                                "height": 1023,
                                "width": 1024,
                                "content_type": "image/png",
                                "urls": [
                                    {
                                        "type": "ORIGINAL",
                                        "url": "https://bunq-triage-model-storage-public.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/bunq_file/File/content/a3fa4840d155cc0f474258d10eb307f5c673eecf7f6d596a56e71c625cbd8cee.png"
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ],
                        "anchor_uuid": null,
                        "style": "NONE"
                    },
                    "label_user": {
                        "uuid": "297f4374-38c5-4611-9708-71297ab56a4b",
                        "display_name": "Sugar Daddy",
                        "country": "NL",
                        "avatar": {
                            "uuid": "2971760d-ee2d-4bfb-9ea0-22cafefe85c3",
                            "image": [
                                {
                                    "attachment_public_uuid": "060a6f77-773f-4501-a071-f8b8093b9c72",
                                    "height": 480,
                                    "width": 480,
                                    "content_type": "image/jpeg",
                                    "urls": [
                                        {
                                            "type": "ORIGINAL",
                                            "url": "https://bunq-triage-model-storage-public.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/bunq_file/File/content/e68628d7e39aa9f764999abfd8fc9c0ed2667560ca05f56b5bff6e4a30e7e80c.jpg"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            ],
                            "anchor_uuid": "297f4374-38c5-4611-9708-71297ab56a4b",
                            "style": "NONE"
                        },
                        "public_nick_name": "Sugar Daddy",
                        "type": "PERSON"
                    },
                    "country": "NL"
                },
                "attachment": [],
                "minimum_age": null,
                "require_address": null,
                "geolocation": null,
                "bunqme_share_url": null,
                "redirect_url": null,
                "reference_split_the_bill": null,
                "batch_id": null,
                "scheduled_id": null,
                "address_billing": null,
                "address_shipping": null,
                "bizum_request": null
            }
        }
    ]
}