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Bank feeds

CSV import is what every household can do today. A live read-only Akahu feed is switching on shortly, and it cannot move money.

Where to find it

Settings → Live bank feeds. Connecting, when your household has it, goes to a page titled Connect your bank before Akahu’s own screen. That page is not a menu item.

Import a CSV from your bank today. Live, read-only bank feeds through Akahu are switching on for all households shortly.

Look at the Live bank feeds card before you assume a feed exists:

  • A chip that says Coming next week means the feed is not on. Import a CSV. The card links to Import a CSV statement.
  • A chip that says Off means bank feeds are switched off for this household. Import a CSV until the card offers a connection.
  • When a feed is on, the card shows Connect your bank. If a bank is already connected you also get Sync now, Manage accounts, and Disconnect.

When a feed is on

  1. Press Connect your bank. Jarful shows what is fetched, for how long and why, then hands you to Akahu.
  2. Sign in on Akahu’s screen and choose the accounts. Your internet-banking password goes to Akahu or your bank. Jarful never asks for it and does not store it.
  3. Approve read-only access. Jarful can see transactions and balances. It cannot move money or make payments.
  4. Come back to Settings. Sync now pulls the latest. The first load is 90 days. Load up to a year asks for more history, up to 365 days. Anything already imported is skipped.

You can revoke access. Disconnect on the card, or revoke Jarful at my.akahu.nz. Disconnect asks two questions: revoke the connection, then whether to delete the transactions that feed brought in. What stays, and what happens if Akahu has not confirmed yet, is in the privacy policy. A pending revocation is not finished.

Banks that can supply transactions, once a feed is on: ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Kiwibank, Westpac, TSB, The Co-operative Bank, Heartland, NZHL, SBS and Rabobank. Cards include American Express, Latitude (Gem Visa) and Wise. KiwiSaver and investment providers show balances and holdings for net worth, not transactions. The full list is on Features. A feed keeps at most 365 days of history.

Read Security & privacy for what a feed can and cannot do. This page does not replace that one.

What this does not do

Live bank feeds are not on for every household. Do not expect Connect your bank until the Live bank feeds card actually offers it. A feed cannot move money, make a payment, or change anything at the bank. View only, under Settings, is a different thing: it is a person who can look at the household, not a read-only bank login.

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Still stuck?

Email [email protected]. Say what you clicked and what you expected. Please don’t send account numbers, passwords or bank statements.

Jarful is a budgeting tool, not a financial adviser. Nothing on this page is financial advice.