The present page contains the specifications of the Bancontact logo as well as the guidelines which all Members and Certificate Holders must adhere to when using the Bancontact logo as acceptance mark, on cards, on marcom material or for any other purpose.

Basics

Bancontact brand

The name “Bancontact” is used to denote both the card as well as the acceptance mark used by Merchants, on ATM’s, in e&m-commerce, ... to indicate that they accept payments by Bancontact card or mobile apps, wearables, ... The Bancontact name shall always be written in full with a capital B. Abbreviations such as BC are not allowed.

Bancontact identity

Bancontact logo

The following logos can be used by Members and Certificate Holders. The original logo always takes precedence over the horizontal logo.

Primary: original logo

Secondary: horizontal logo

Bancontact logo protection zone

The minimum protection zone around the Bancontact logo is equal to the height of the letter ‘B’ in the logo. No text or other visual elements shall be placed in this area.

Primary: original logo

Secondary: horizontal logo

Bancontact logo scaling

The original logo shall have a minimum width of 15 mm or should take up at least 1/7th of the width of the shortest side of the visible surface.

Primary: original logo

The horizontal logo shall have a minimum width of 40 mm or should take up at least 1/4th of the width of the shortest side of the visible surface.

Secondary: horizontal logo

Incorrect use of the logo

Don’t change the logo colours.

Never use the logo symbol separately.

Don’t add any effects, such as shadows or glows.

Don’t tilt or rotate the logo.

Don’t change the logo lockup.

Never add an outline.

Bancontact logo combined with other logos

The following rules apply to situations in which the Bancontact logo is shown next to or in combination with the logo(s) of other brand(s).

Whenever logos are displayed vertically, the logos must be aligned according to their width. The Bancontact logo can be bigger but never smaller in size than the other logo(s).

The Bancontact logo shall never be smaller in size than the other logo(s) and shall always be aligned.

Whenever logos are displayed horizontally, the logos must be aligned according to their height. The Bancontact logo can be bigger but never smaller in size than the other logo(s).

The Bancontact logo shall never be smaller in size than the other logo(s) and shall always be aligned.

Respect the defined protection zone of the Bancontact logo.

No text or other visual elements shall be placed in the protection zone of the Bancontact logo.

Alternative Bancontact logo combined with other logos

If the original logo is used against a white background, then the white label is not visible, which makes the logo appear smaller in relation to other brands. In this case, the alignment and protection zone rules are adapted slightly to compensate for the white background.

Whenever logos are displayed vertically on a white background, the alternative logo must be used to ensure that the Bancontact name and symbol are at least as wide as the width of the other logo(s).

The alternative Bancontact logo shall never be smaller in size than the other logo(s) and shall always be aligned.

Whenever logos are displayed horizontally on a white background, the alternative logo must be used to ensure that the Bancontact name and symbol are at least as high as the height of the other logo(s).

The alternative Bancontact logo shall never be smaller in size than the other logo(s) and shall always be aligned.

Respect the protection zone of the alternative Bancontact logo.

No text or other visual elements shall be placed in the protection zone of the alternative Bancontact logo.

Bancontact brand colours

Bancontact typography

Please contact info@bancontactpayconiq.com to receive the customized typography. 

Bancontact office typography

In office applications in which Diodrum cannot be used, such as email body text, we use the Arial typeface.

Bancontact sound

Frequency and timing

The three short beeps produced by a payment terminal or a payment app after a successful transaction have become synonymous with Bancontact. Therefore, Bancontact has clear guidelines regarding the buzzers in order to ensure a consistent brand experience across different devices. Buzzers should always be used on POS terminals and mobile payment applications, unless technically impossible

Bancontact QR code

Acceptance mark

What is an acceptance mark?

The acceptance mark ensures that the consumer can tell at a glance whether or not Bancontact is accepted by a Merchant. Therefore, all Merchants who accept Bancontact are advised to clearly indicate this by prominently displaying the Bancontact acceptance mark. 

The same acceptance mark is used to indicate that payments with the Payconiq by Bancontact app are accepted by a Merchant. The acceptance mark shall never be displayed at a Merchant location where paying with Bancontact is not possible.

Where to be used?

An acceptance mark is frequently found in different locations in a store, such as at the cash register or in the store window. But we also find acceptance marks on websites, on order forms or in advertisements. There are no restrictions as to the type of medium. The most important requirement is that the medium is located where it is clearly visible and that the acceptance mark is clearly visible on the medium itself. An acceptance mark is frequently found in different locations in a store, such as at the cash register or in the store window. But we also find acceptance marks on websites, on order forms or in advertisements. There are no restrictions as to the type of medium. The most important requirement is that the medium is located where it is clearly visible and that the acceptance mark is clearly visible on the medium itself.

ATM Cash icon and lightbox

The Bancontact acceptance brand can be used on the ATM machine to make sure the consumer can tell at a glance that he/she can withdraw cash at the ATM machine with his/her Bancontact card. 

For any other on site and external communication to denote that the ATM machine accepts Bancontact transactions, a specific Cash icon is to be used. The Cash icon can be freely used by the Bancontact ATM Acquirer Members, who shall always respect the icon guidelines. 

An additional Bancontact trademark license is available for Bancontact ATM Acquirer Members who would like to use the Bancontact logo and look&feel as the dominant brand for the ATM network. More information is available upon request.


Elements

Alternative lockup

ATM icon usage

Minimum size

The Bancontact ATM Cash icon shall have a minimum width of 15 mm or 10mm in print. When the Cash icon is used on-screen, the minimum width is 80 pixels or 60 pixels.

Protection zone

The protection zone of the Cash icon is defined by the height of the letter ‘a’ of the wordmark.

Yellow gradient

CMYK: 0, 36, 100, 0
RGB: 251, 169, 0
PMS: 137 C
HEX: #FFA500

CMYK: 0, 10, 98, 0
RGB: 255, 216, 0
PMS: 116 C
HEX: #FFCD00

Blue gradient

CMYK: 100, 74, 0, 45
RGB: 30, 55, 100
PMS: 294 C
HEX: #1E3764

CMYK: 100, 52, 0, 0
RGB: 0, 90, 185
PMS: 300 C
HEX: #005AB9

ATM icon usage highlighting

Minimum size

The Bancontact ATM Cash icon shall have a minimum width of 15 mm or 10mm in print. When the icon is used on-screen, the minimum width is 80 pixels or 60 pixels.

Protection zone

The protection zone of the Cash icon is defined by the margin used inside the icon.

Lightbox design

Lightbox lockup side 1

Lightbox lockup side 2

Lightbox lockup ideal dimensions

Use of guidelines: Bancontact acceptance

In-store

The following guidelines apply to any situation where Bancontact is accepted by the Merchant in a physical location. This physical location can be a POS terminal in a store, a portable terminal, an unmanned vending machine, an outdoor petrol terminal, etc. In all those situations, the Bancontact acceptance mark should be clearly and prominently displayed on or near the card acceptance device as per the acceptance mark guidelines.

General Rules

In all these situations, the Bancontact acceptance mark shall be clearly and prominently displayed on or near the card acceptance device as per the acceptance mark guidelines.

Never change the logo shape or lockup.

Never use the Bancontact wordmark seperately.

Never change the logo colours.

Wherever other acceptance marks are present, the Bancontact acceptance mark shall also be used.

The guidelines as described under ‘Bancontact logo combined with other logos’ equally apply

The logo shall always be clearly visible.

Online

The following guidelines apply to any situation where Bancontact is accepted by a Merchant through a virtual channel. This can be a website or an app. Note that if a Merchant uses digital displays in a physical location that allow a Cardholder to make purchases by scanning a Bancontact QR code, this would still be considered an online use case.

A Cardholder can pay with Bancontact on a Merchant’s website or app by either introducing the card number and expiry date of his Bancontact card or by using the Payconiq by Bancontact app or any banking app that has integrated Bancontact. 

Regardless of whether the Cardholder is shopping on a Merchant’s website or app, the Bancontact acceptance mark must be displayed on the payment method selection page to indicate that the Merchant accepts Bancontact. 

A Merchant can choose between two options when implementing the Bancontact acceptance mark on the payment method selection page:

  • The dual Bancontact pay button
  • The single Bancontact pay button

All the necessary designs can be downloaded here.

Dual Bancontact pay button

Payment method selection page

The Merchant displays the Bancontact acceptance mark twice on the payment method selection page: once as a pay button accompanied by the tag line “Pay with your Payconiq by Bancontact app or your banking app supporting Bancontact payments” and a second time accompanied by the tag line “Pay with your Bancontact card”.

Nederlands:

“Betaal met je Payconiq by Bancontact-app of met je bankapp die Bancontact-betalingen ondersteunt” and “Betaal met je Bancontact-kaart” 

Français:

“Payez avec votre application Payconiq by Bancontact ou votre application bancaire qui supporte les paiements Bancontact” and “Payez avec votre carte Bancontact”

Payment page

Selecting “Pay with your Payconiq by Bancontact app or your banking app supporting Bancontact payments” will directly link to the single payment page with the QR code (or trigger the URL intent if a Cardholder is shopping on their mobile device that also contains the payment app).

Clicking “Pay with your Bancontact card” directly links to the single payment page where the Cardholder enters his card number and expiry date.

Back-up option: single pay button

Payment method selection page

The Merchant displays the Bancontact acceptance mark once, accompanied by the tag line “Pay with your Payconiq by Bancontact app or Bancontact card” on the payment method selection page. By clicking the Bancontact acceptance mark, a second page is displayed where the Cardholder will get the choice to pay by card or by app, as described on the next pages.

Nederlands:

“Betaal met je Payconiq by Bancontact-app of Bancontact-kaart”

Français:

“Payez avec votre application Payconiq by Bancontact ou carte Bancontact”

Payment page

After selecting “Bancontact” on the payment method selection page and confirming, the Cardholder will be redirected to the payment page. If the Merchant accepts both payment by card and payment by app, then the dual payment page will be displayed. If the Merchant only accepts payment by card, then the single payment page for card detail entry will be shown.

Bancontact payment page design

Overview

Header

  • The header must contain the following elements: date, order reference, total price and beneficiary.
  • The header can be adapted to the look and feel of the merchant’s website.

Payment details

When implementing the Bancontact payment page, the general guidelines shall always be taken into account. Also, the following text shall be used.

Footer

  • The footer shall always contain the Bancontact logo.
  • No other brands can be displayed here.

Storing Bancontact cards in e-wallets

Some Merchants allow their customers to store the payment credentials of their Bancontact card in an e-wallet to make the checkout experience easier for future purchases or to allow the Merchant to debit that payment card automatically in the case of recurring payments for subscription services. When the Cardholder is invited to store their Bancontact card, the Merchant has to ensure that:

  • The Bancontact acceptance mark is clearly displayed to inform the Cardholder that he should enter the card credentials of a Bancontact card and not those of any other brand, as well as to make it clear that the stored credentials will be used to execute Bancontact transactions.
  • The Cardholder’s consent is captured in an unambiguous way, for example by inviting him to check a box.

ATM

ATM acceptance mark

Incorrect use of the acceptance mark

Don’t change the logo colours.

Don’t add any effects, such as shadows or glows.

Never use the symbol seperately.

Don’t change the logo lockup.

Don’t tilt or rotate the logo.

Never add an outline.

Use of guidelines: Bancontact issuance

Cards

If the Bancontact application is present on the chip of the card, then the card must bear the Bancontact logo. Following rules and guidelines also apply to cards that are personalised with pictures.

Every new design for a card with which Bancontact transactions can be made, must be submitted to Bancontact for approval prior to card production.

There is an additional way of using the logo without a white label. Contact approval@bancontactpayconiq.com for more information.

General rules

The following general rules shall be taken into account by a Bancontact Card Issuer Member when designing the layout of the Card.

The Bancontact logo shall always be in colour, using the exact colour specifications.

The protection zone around the logo shall always be respected when determining the location of the logo.

Never change the logo colours.

Never use the logo-symbol seperately.

Don’t add any effects, such as shadows or glows.

Don’t tilt or rotate the logo.

Don’t change the logo shape.

Never place the logo on top of numbers or text.

Co-branded cards

Positioning

The Bancontact logo shall always appear on the front of the card. Optionally, it can also appear on the back of the card, but never only at the back.

The default location of the Bancontact logo is in the upper right corner of the card. The direction of the logo is determined by the reading direction of the card number. If it is not possible to place the logo in the upper right corner, it can go in the bottom right corner.

The Bancontact logo shall never only appear on the back of a card.

Positioning on vertical cards

For vertical cards, the upper right corner is the default place for the logo.

The logo can also go in the upper left corner.

The Bancontact logo shall never only appear on the back of a card.

Scaling

The logo must have a minimum width of 15 mm.

The Bancontact logo shall never be smaller than the logos of the other payment products on the card.

Aligning

Horizontal logos must be aligned according to their height.

Vertical logos must be aligned according to their width.

The logos’ size and position shall be an exact match.

Mono-branded cards

Positioning

The Bancontact logo shall always appear on the front of the card. Optionally, it can also appear on the back of the card, but never only at the back.

The logo on the front shall always be placed in the upper right corner of the card. The direction of the logo is determined by the reading direction of the card number.

When also using the logo on the back of a horizontal card, it should always be placed in the lower left corner of the card.

On vertical cards, the Bancontact logo shall always appear in the top left corner on the front of the card.

On the back of a vertical card, it should always be placed in the lower right corner.

Scaling

The width of the logo on the front of the card shall never be less than 20 mm.

The width of the logo on the back of the card shall never be less than 17 mm.

Payconiq by Bancontact app

Please refer to the Payconiq by Bancontact app when talking about the standalone app offering Bancontact Mobile payments.

Use the Payconiq by Bancontact-app icon as the logo of the consumer app. Guidelines can be found here.

Bancontact integrated in banking apps

When integrating the Bancontact functionality in banking apps, the general guidelines should be taken into account. Only for the following app pages, more specific guidelines shall be followed, as will be discussed in this chapter.

  1. Bancontact on the selection screen
  2. Start of the transaction
  3. Transaction
  4. End of the transaction

In addition, when a payment card is displayed, this card should also contain the Bancontact logo. Every new banking app design must be submitted to Bancontact Payconiq Company for approval via approval@bancontactpayconiq.com.

Use of Bancontact logo and Bancontact signature in banking app

General rules

The Bancontact signature should be integrated in some of the app screens. The Bancontact signature consists of two elements:

  • The Bancontact logo
  • The word mark ‘This transaction is processed by’

Selection screen

Always mention ‘Bancontact’ when referring to mobile payment on the selection screen or in the menu. If icons are used on the selection screen, the Bancontact logo shall always be incorporated.

Start of transaction

If a header is used at the start of the transaction, then it preferably states ‘Bancontact’. At the start of a transaction, it is mandatory to add the Bancontact signature. The Bancontact signature consists of the text ‘This transaction is processed by’ accompanied by the Bancontact logo.

The Bancontact signature shall always be immediately visible without the user having to scroll down or swipe.

End of transaction

It is mandatory to add the Bancontact signature at the end of the transaction. The Bancontact signature consists of the text ‘This transaction is processed by’ accompanied by the Bancontact logo.

ACS page

In order to keep the payment process consistent and to maintain a clearly recognisable brand experience, it is strongly advised to place the Bancontact logo in the left or right upper corner of the ACS page header.

Every new ACS page design must be submitted to Bancontact Payconiq Company for approval via approval@bancontactpayconiq.com by the ACS processor.