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EU sovereignFintech & NeobanksHeadquarters: NL

BUX: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

BUX is a Dutch neobroker that offers investing in shares and ETFs, including recurring investment plans, through its website and app. Investment services are provided by BUX B.V. in Amsterdam, supervised by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). Customers open an account online and invest from the app.

BUX is a subsidiary of ABN AMRO, a Dutch bank, so no foreign majority owner applies. BUX's support pages state that personal data of closed accounts is handled in accordance with the GDPR, and that retention for regulated financial services follows the MiFID II rules. The support article does not say where personal data is stored. BUX is offered as an online service rather than as software that an organisation can run itself. For a European organisation, BUX is a provider under Dutch supervision, and the storage location and processing terms should be confirmed in the client agreement.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
NL (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Fintech & Neobanks
Type
Product
Website
bux.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to BUX

The European alternatives to BUX come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with BUX

BUX is headquartered in NL and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so BUX scores best on data residency.

BUX is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs BUX together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to BUX?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to BUX include 1822direkt, ActivoBank and Air Bank. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to BUX?

Our list of EU alternatives to BUX is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is BUX GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

BUX is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes BUX an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 12, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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