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Introduction to Financial Data

Overview

The Financial Data Product empowers you to perform granular operations on bank account data with precision and efficiency. By granting access to end-users' financial accounts, it opens the door to a comprehensive array of financial capabilities. This product enables the retrieval of detailed account information, such as account numbers, balances, and transaction histories, and equips your applications with real-time transaction data for a myriad of use cases. It ensures user consent management, adheres to stringent compliance and security standards, and is designed to facilitate the creation of personal finance tools, budgeting applications, lending and credit scoring systems, expense trackers, account aggregators, and real-time fraud detection mechanisms. Our Financial Data Product equips your applications with the technical foundation to redefine how financial data is harnessed and leveraged.

Connectivity via the finX API

The finX API provides connectivity to several countries and offers access to a variety of account types, enabling you to access a wide range of financial data. Here's a breakdown of the supported countries and available account types:

Supported Countries:

  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Romania

Available Account Types:

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Please note that the availability of account types may vary by country.

Payment Accounts: These are standard current or checking accounts used for day-to-day financial transactions.

(Daily) Savings Accounts: These accounts offer a safe place to save money and often provide interest on the deposited amount.

Depot Accounts: Depot or investment accounts are used for managing securities and investments, allowing you to track and manage your holdings.

Credit Cards: Access credit card account information, including balances, transaction history, and credit limits.

Loans: Retrieve information about loans, including outstanding balances, repayment schedules, and interest rates.

Insurances: Access data related to insurance policies, providing valuable insights into coverage and premiums.

Data-Access Types

Onetime Account Access

The one-time account access is normally used by customers who want to verify or access certain information only once at one point in time.

In case of a one-time account account access, Qwist will store the financial data of an end user for 1 hour. During this time the customer can fetch the financial data from Qwist’s database as often as needed. After 1 hour Qwist will delete the financial data of the end user from its database.

Prerequisites

API Access & Authentication

The finX API is a restful API that is accessed using HTTP Basic Authentication with a Client ID as username and a Client Secret as password. Therefore each customer receives a Client ID and Client Secret from Qwist to access the finX API, which has a specific set of Scopes attached to it. Scopes define the usage rights of each Client ID on the finX platform.

If you want to get started with your dedicated credentials, please reach out to us!

Widget Integration

Before continuing with the implementation guide, please view our Widget Integration best practices.