Anthropic wants Claude to analyze your bank account and financial data
Anthropic is testing Claude Money, an iOS feature letting users link bank accounts so Claude can analyze spending, bills, and plans.
Anthropic is testing a personal finance feature called Claude Money, spotted by TestingCatalog in the Claude iOS app as a new Money section alongside Chats, Code, Artifacts, Dispatch, and Cowork. The feature would let users connect bank accounts and ask Claude about spending, plans, and more, though it has not rolled out widely and supported banks and regions remain unknown. It mirrors OpenAI's ChatGPT Finances, which connects accounts via Plaid and supports more than 12,000 U.S. financial institutions. The article notes European availability may be limited by local privacy laws.
- A Money section appeared in the Claude iOS app before any official announcement
- Users would link bank accounts and query Claude about spending, bills, and plans
- Supported banks, connection method, and U.S. state availability are unknown
- Feature resembles OpenAI's ChatGPT Finances, which uses Plaid for 12,000+ institutions
- European rollout may be constrained by privacy laws
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Anthropic is testing a new personal finance feature called "Claude Money" that will allow you to connect your bank accounts directly to Claude and "understand your money."
AI companies coming after your finances is not a new thing, as OpenAI has a similar feature, and Anthropic appears to be catching up.
As spotted by TestingCatalog on X, Anthropic is testing the feature for the Claude app on iOS, where a new Money section has appeared alongside Chats, Code, Artifacts, Dispatch, and Cowork.
"Understand your money with Claude," the page reads. "Link your bank accounts and ask Claude about spending, plans, and more."
There's also a "Get started" button for connecting an account, although the feature does not appear to be rolling out to most users.
It's worth noting that Claude Money references showed up in the app ahead of the expected announcement, which is why details around it are quite limited.
We don't yet know which banks it will support, how accounts will be connected, or if the feature will be locked to the United States (or certain states in the country).
Claude Money looks a lot like ChatGPT Finances
As I mentioned, OpenAI already offers a similar feature called Finances in ChatGPT, which lets you connect bank accounts, credit cards, brokerages, and other financial accounts through Plaid.
When you connect your finances to ChatGPT, it can use your data to answer questions about spending, bills, subscriptions, savings, net worth, and investments.
OpenAI insists it does not train AI models on your personal data, and that it currently supports more than 12,000 financial institutions in the U.S.
Anthropic could follow a similarly limited rollout for Claude Money, and I wouldn't be surprised if the feature never rolls out in Europe due to local privacy laws.
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