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Claude Gets Read-Only Personal Finance: Connect Your Bank and Ask Questions

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Anthropic launched Personal Finance in Claude, 9to5Mac reports. It’s for US paid subscribers, starting now.

  • Connect bank and card accounts and ask about your money in plain English. It can show dashboards and calendars
  • Access is read-only: it “can’t move, manage, or invest your money,” and it’s not investment advice
  • You connect through Plaid and sign in to your bank yourself, so Claude never sees your bank password
  • Anthropic says Claude can make mistakes, so ask which transactions are behind a number and check against your bank

My take

Read-only is the right call. I’d still think hard before handing any AI my whole transaction history.

God Bless, and Use the Source!

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