Claude may be getting a Money section for bank data

What's new

Anthropic is testing a feature currently called Claude Money. It sits in a new Money section in Claude's iOS app, alongside sections like Chats and Code. According to BleepingComputer, the text in the app says, in rough translation, that users can connect their bank accounts and ask Claude about spending, plans and more.

The name is not final. In the as yet unreleased code, the feature was later renamed Personal Finance. Anthropic has not officially announced anything, so this is a finding in a test version of the app and not a launch. The code discovery is dated October 19, 2026.

What's smart about it

The idea is that you can talk to your finances instead of digging through account statements. According to TestingCatalog's findings, as relayed in a blog post, Claude is supposed to be able to analyze your bank data and build various dashboards, meaning clear overviews of your money.

The connection to banks will in all likelihood run through Plaid. That is a service that connects apps and banks, and it covers more than 12,000 institutions in 20 countries. Screenshots in the app promise read-only access, so Claude can see the numbers but not move money. However, it has not been confirmed exactly how the accounts are connected, and BleepingComputer merely assesses that it likely happens the same way as at competitors.

There is also a privacy question. Your data would pass through at least three parties: the bank, Plaid and Anthropic. Anthropic has not said whether connected financial data will be used to train models.

Cheaper or better?

The price has not been disclosed. Subscription tiers, countries and pricing terms are all unknown, and it is unclear whether and when the feature will reach regular users. For now, it is only in limited testing on iOS.

Closest to the competition is ChatGPT Finances from OpenAI. It connects accounts via Plaid for eligible US Plus and Pro users, supports more than 12,000 US financial institutions and provides analysis of spending, bills, subscriptions, savings, net worth and investments. OpenAI says ChatGPT's financial data is not used for training. Anthropic has not yet made a similar promise.

Whether Claude's version will be better or cheaper therefore cannot be said now.

What it's good for

If the feature arrives, it will probably suit tasks like getting an overview of where your money goes, finding subscriptions you have forgotten, or making savings plans. That is only guesswork based on the text seen in the app, though.

For Danes, it is worth knowing that availability in Denmark and the EU is unknown. BleepingComputer assesses that a European launch looks unlikely because of local privacy rules, and that a US-only start is possible. That is an assessment based on the pattern of other AI companies' rollouts and not something Anthropic has said. TestingCatalog sees the code discovery as a sign of a likely upcoming release, but that is an assumption.