> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ai2fin.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# RedBark — Australian CDR, NZ and US banks through your own account

> Connect RedBark to AI2Fin using its SimpleFIN bridge: Australian banks under the Consumer Data Right, New Zealand banks via Akahu, and US banks via Plaid, all from your own RedBark subscription. Read-only, revocable at RedBark.

<Info>
  **Available in:** Cloud · Desktop app · Self-hosted  |  **Reach:** 🇦🇺 (CDR) · 🇳🇿 · 🇺🇸  |  **Cost:** RedBark Developer or Professional plan (SimpleFIN is not on the Saver tier); a paid AI2Fin plan  |  **Protocol:** [SimpleFIN](/connectors/simplefin)
</Info>

## What it is

[RedBark](https://redbark.com) is a bank-data sync service built on
regulated rails — Australia's **Consumer Data Right**, New Zealand's **Akahu**,
and **Plaid** in the US. It has a pass-through design: it proxies data from your
bank to the destinations you choose and stores nothing itself.

One of those destinations is a **SimpleFIN bridge**, and AI2Fin speaks
SimpleFIN. So RedBark works with AI2Fin today with no RedBark-specific code:
you generate a SimpleFIN setup token at RedBark and paste it into the SimpleFIN
connector.

For Australians this is the practical way to a CDR bank feed on the **desktop
app** — the consent runs at RedBark, the accredited party, and AI2Fin on your
machine only ever reads.

## Connect

<Steps>
  <Step title="Connect your banks at RedBark">
    Sign up at redbark.com (7-day trial, no card), then connect each bank
    through its official consent flow — CDR for Australian banks.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a SimpleFIN setup token">
    RedBark → **Settings → SimpleFIN** → create a token and name it after the
    app (for example *2Fin*). The token can be claimed once, within 7 days.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Paste it into AI2Fin">
    Connectors → search your bank, or choose the **SimpleFIN** tile → paste →
    **Connect**. AI2Fin claims the token and lists your accounts.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What syncs

* Accounts and current balances, with the institution's name
* Transactions, with pending status preserved; up to 2,000 per account per
  read, which AI2Fin pages through on the first sync
* **Not** brokerage holdings — RedBark's SimpleFIN output excludes them. Import
  those from a statement or CSV instead.

RedBark proxies live from the bank, so a first read of \~13 months can take
longer than a bridge that caches. Subsequent polls are incremental.

## Revoking

Disconnect in AI2Fin to stop reads. Revoke the SimpleFIN token — or the bank
consent itself — at RedBark. Under CDR you can also withdraw consent at the
bank.

## Self-hosting note

<Warning>
  If you run AI2Fin on a server, add `redbark.com` to `SIMPLEFIN_BRIDGE_ALLOWLIST`
  or the connection will be refused as an unknown bridge host. The desktop app
  has no allowlist because the request originates on your own machine.
</Warning>

## Frequently asked

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="RedBark or BankSync for Australia?">
    Both run on CDR. RedBark's SimpleFIN path has no dependency on AI2Fin's
    infrastructure at all, which suits the desktop app; BankSync offers a
    guided *Connect with BankSync* flow and reaches the UK and EU too. If you
    already pay for one, use that one.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Will AI2Fin add a native RedBark integration?">
    RedBark also exposes a REST API with holdings, trades and webhooks. A native
    connection would add brokerage positions and push-based updates; the
    SimpleFIN path already covers accounts and transactions. If holdings matter
    to you, tell us.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>