diff --git a/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/Base.lproj/Localizable.strings b/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/Base.lproj/Localizable.strings
index 070987b8..2cfae4ac 100644
--- a/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/Base.lproj/Localizable.strings
+++ b/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/Base.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 /*      SelectBankDialog        */
 
 "Select Bank Dialog Title" = "Select your bank ...";
-"Search by bank code, bank name or city" = "Search by bank code, bank name or city";
+"Bank code, bank name or city" = "Bank code, bank name or city";
+"Search by bank code, bank name or city" = "Search by bank code, bank name or city, e.g. Sparkasse Berlin";
 
 "Bank does not support FinTS 3.0" = "Bank does not support FinTS 3.0";
 "%@ does not support FinTS 3.0." = "%@ does not support FinTS 3.0.\n\nIn this app only banks supporting the German banking standard FinTS 3.0 can be used.";
diff --git a/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/de.lproj/Localizable.strings b/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/de.lproj/Localizable.strings
index 522a4d1e..d75ee1e2 100644
--- a/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/de.lproj/Localizable.strings
+++ b/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/de.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 /*      SelectBankDialog        */
 
 "Select Bank Dialog Title" = "Bank auswählen";
-"Search by bank code, bank name or city" = "Suche mittels Bankleitzahl, Bankname oder Ort";
+"Bank code, bank name or city" = "BLZ, Bankname oder Ort";
+"Search by bank code, bank name or city" = "Suche mittels Bankleitzahl, Bankname oder Ort, z. B. Sparkasse Berlin";
 
 "Bank does not support FinTS 3.0" = "FinTS 3.0 wird von Bank nicht unterstützt";
 "%@ does not support FinTS 3.0." = "%@ unterstützt FinTS 3.0 nicht.\n\nIn dieser App können nur Banken verwendet werden, die den deutschen Online-Banking Standard FinTS 3.0 unterstützen.";
diff --git a/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/ui/views/SelectBankDialog.swift b/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/ui/views/SelectBankDialog.swift
index 24b7e052..a8ffad72 100644
--- a/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/ui/views/SelectBankDialog.swift
+++ b/ui/BankingiOSApp/BankingiOSApp/ui/views/SelectBankDialog.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct SelectBankDialog: View {
     }
     
     @State private var searchResult: [BankInfo]
-    
+
     
     @State private var errorMessage: Message? = nil
     
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct SelectBankDialog: View {
         Form {
             Section {
                 VStack {
-                    UIKitSearchBar(text: searchTextBinding, focusOnStart: true)
+                    UIKitSearchBar(text: searchTextBinding, placeholder: "Bank code, bank name or city", focusOnStart: true)
                     
                     HStack {
                         Text("Search by bank code, bank name or city")