Anthropic has introduced Personal Finance, a feature that allows Claude to analyze spending based on connected bank and credit card accounts. Accounts are linked through Plaid. Users can then group transactions by category, combine spending across multiple accounts and compare it with previous periods. According to Anthropic, Claude can also flag duplicate charges, unexpected fees and gradually increasing bills.
The connection gives Claude read-only access to balances and transactions. It cannot transfer money, manage accounts or make investments. With this launch, Anthropic follows ChatGPT, which already offers similar analysis of connected accounts. The beta is initially available to Pro, Max and Ultra subscribers in the US.