How Finitum Works

Your bank already emails you every transaction. Set up a one-time forwarding rule and Finitum does the rest -- no bank credentials, no inbox access.

1

Create an Account

Sign up with your email and password, or use Google sign-in. Either way, Finitum never accesses your email account -- Google is used for login only.

Create Account
2

Get Your Forwarding Address

In your profile, select your bank and copy your personal Finitum address (it looks like [email protected]). This address is unique to you -- emails sent to it land in your account and nowhere else.

3

Set Up the Forwarding Rule

In Gmail, add your Finitum address as a forwarding address and create a filter that forwards only your bank's notification emails. Your profile page walks you through it: Gmail's confirmation request is captured automatically, and the filter for your bank's senders is generated for you -- just copy and paste.

You stay in control:
  • Only emails matching your filter are forwarded
  • Finitum never connects to your inbox or your bank
  • Remove the rule at any time to stop instantly
4

Transactions Appear Automatically

From then on, every bank notification is parsed the moment it arrives. The raw email is processed in real time and never stored -- only the extracted transaction data.

Extracted data:
  • Transaction amount
  • Merchant or vendor name
  • Date and time
  • Auto-detected category
5

Explore Your Dashboard

See all your expenses in one place, and add manual entries for cash or anything not covered by email.

  • Spending breakdown by category
  • Monthly and weekly trends
  • Full transaction history

Bank not supported yet?

Finitum is open source and bank parsers are community-built -- adding a bank takes a JSON definition and a few sample emails, no core code. Read the guide or request your bank on GitHub.

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