Getting Started
What the Financy API does, how a bank gets linked, and where to go next.
Getting Started with Financy
The Financy API does two things on behalf of your users:
- Read financial data — their connected accounts and transactions.
- Initiate payments — open-banking payments, hosted by Financy or driven directly.
The API is available on every paid Financy plan: Starter, Pro, and Ultra.Free organizations must upgrade before their API credentials can use these endpoints.
New here, or unsure what a connection is versus an account? ReadCore Concepts first — it defines every entity and how they relate.
Base URLs
| Purpose | Base URL |
|---|---|
| Authentication | https://api.open-finance.ai/oauth |
| API | https://api.open-finance.ai/v2 |
Authentication in one line
Every API request (except POST /oauth/token itself) must carry an access token:
Authorization: Bearer <accessToken>
You obtain that token from POST /oauth/token using your clientId,
clientSecret, and the end-user's userId. The token acts on behalf of that
one user. See Authentication.
Data and payment endpoints require a paid Financy plan (Starter,Pro, or Ultra). A valid token on the Free plan returns
403with
NOT_AVAILABLE_ON_PLAN— see Errors. Credentials live under
Settings → API in the Financy app.
The foundation: a linked bank
Everything below depends on the user having linked a bank.
Banks are linked only through the Financy UI — there is no API to create a
connection. The user completes the hosted consent journey in Financy; oncethey do, a Connection exists and your token can read its data and act on it.
The API lets you list, read, refresh, and delete connections, but never create one.Need to create connections programmatically — for example, to aggregate
your customers' data at scale? That's available on the Open Finance
platform (our B2B product). Contact us to get access.
Track 1 — Read financial data
Once a bank is linked, walk the data model top-down:
- Connections — the user's linked banks. Start here to find a
connectionId. - Accounts & Balances — the accounts on a connection and their balances.
- Transactions — the money movements on an account, with date filters and pagination.
| Guide | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Connections | List / read / delete a user's linked banks; on-demand refresh. |
| Accounts & Balances | Accounts on a connection and their current balances. |
| Transactions | Transactions with date filters, categories, and paging. |
Track 2 — Initiate a payment
Payments also need a linked bank: the payment must involve one of the user'sconnected accounts, as the payer (debtor) or the payee (creditor). See
Create a Payment.
Financy plan fees apply to new ILS payments created by either integration style,
but only after the payment succeeds: Starter 0.4% (minimum ₪0.50), Pro 0.3%
(minimum ₪0.50, maximum ₪3.50), and Ultra 0.2% (minimum ₪0.50, maximum
₪2.70). Failed and canceled payments are not charged.
Creating a payment is a four-step flow, in one of two integration styles:
A. Hosted (recommended) — you create the payment and redirect the user to the
payUrl we return; Financy hosts bank selection and authentication.
POST /oauth/token→accessTokenPOST /v2/payments→{ id, payUrl }- Redirect the user to
payUrl - Poll
GET /v2/payments/{paymentId}/statusuntil a final status
B. Direct API — you select the bank yourself and get the bank's authentication URL.
POST /oauth/token→accessTokenPOST /v2/payments→{ id }POST /v2/pay/open-banking-initwithpaymentId+providerId→{ scaOAuth }- Redirect the user to
scaOAuth, then poll the status
| Guide | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Create a Payment | Create a payment and get the hosted payUrl. |
| Initiate a Payment (Direct) | Drive bank selection and get the SCA URL. |
| Payment Status | Read a payment's status (poll or list). |
| Payment Statuses & FAQ | What each status means, per-rail success, and common questions. |
| Payment Webhooks | Get pushed status changes instead of polling. |
Track 3 — CLI and AI agents
The same read surface is available without writing HTTP yourself:
- The open-source
financyCLI wraps connections, accounts, and
transactions, adds a freshness rollup and stable exit codes, and ships a
local MCP server for agents on your machine. - A remote Financy connector lets an AI host call the read endpoints with
an OAuth token (no API key on the agent machine). It cannot pay, delete, or
refresh.
| Guide | What it covers |
|---|---|
| CLI & AI Agents | Terminal, scripts, local MCP, and the remote connector token contract. |
| Connect ChatGPT and Claude | Click-path to add the hosted Financy connector in ChatGPT and Claude. |
Reference data
| Guide | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Providers & Branches | Banks/issuers you can pay from, and their branches. |
| Merchants (Payees) | Saved payees you attribute payments to. |
| Errors | HTTP status codes and the error response shape. |
| CLI & AI Agents | Terminal, scripts, local MCP, and the remote connector. |
| Connect ChatGPT and Claude | Add the Financy connector to ChatGPT and Claude. |
These guides walk each step with real examples. For every field on everyendpoint, see the API Reference.
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