Anthropic launches personal finance feature in Claude, allowing users to connect bank accounts and check transactions
Anthropic announced the launch of a personal finance feature in Claude. Users can connect bank, credit card, loan, and investment accounts through the financial data platform Plaid to check balances, spending, and upcoming bills. The feature has read-only permissions and cannot transfer funds, manage money, or invest. Users can connect up to 16 banks, account verification is handled by Plaid, and Claude does not obtain bank passwords. Anthropic said conversations in this section will not be used to train models. The feature is gradually being rolled out for testing in the U.S. market for Claude Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers, and is not yet available for the free version, Team, and Enterprise plans.
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Can bank statements also be handed to AI to review? Claude begins helping users manage their accounts Phoenix Tech Download the app for exclusive early access November 06, 2026 14:34:15 From Beijing
Phoenix Tech News, November 6: Anthropic announced the launch of a "Personal Finance" feature in Claude. Through the financial data platform Plaid, users can connect bank, credit card, loan, and investment accounts to Claude to check balances, spending, and upcoming bills. The feature has read-only permission and cannot transfer funds, manage money, or make investments.
After accounts are connected, Claude can aggregate transaction information from different accounts, organize spending into categories such as rent, utilities, dining, and shopping, and answer questions such as "Is my spending this month higher than usual?" and "What bills are due before payday?" It can also identify duplicate charges, unusual fees, steadily rising bills, and subscriptions that are still being charged, and generate spending charts, bill calendars, and financial dashboards.
According to Anthropic, Claude can read the bank name, account type, last four digits of the account number, balance, credit limit, and up to two years of transaction history from accounts authorized by the user. Account connection and identity verification are handled by Plaid, and Claude does not obtain users' bank passwords. Users can connect up to 16 banks and can unlink them at any time.
Anthropic said conversations within the "Personal Finance" section will not be used to train models. The feature is intended to help users understand their personal income and expenses and is not an investment advisory service; some account balances may have a data delay of one to two days.
Currently, the feature is being gradually rolled out for testing in the U.S. market to Claude Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers, and is available on the web, desktop, and iOS and Android apps. It is not yet supported for the free version, Team, and Enterprise plans. (Author/Song Shumei)
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