From 1829cf2d884757f881c8a9510b9d025ee1b9bc78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolaj Hartmann Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 12:59:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document the open-banking.io data provider Adds a section for open-banking.io (a certificate-free EU open banking API) to the Data Importer third-party providers page, matching the new native provider in firefly-iii/data-importer. Disclosure: I maintain open-banking.io. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) --- .../how-to/data-importer/import/third-party-providers.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/docs/how-to/data-importer/import/third-party-providers.md b/docs/docs/how-to/data-importer/import/third-party-providers.md index 043372a3..09c374b9 100644 --- a/docs/docs/how-to/data-importer/import/third-party-providers.md +++ b/docs/docs/how-to/data-importer/import/third-party-providers.md @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ GoCardless supports [many PSD2-compliant banks in the EU and the UK](https://nor [Lunch Flow](https://www.lunchflow.app/) is a paid provider that can connect to many banks through a bunch of APIs they maintain. You can register on their website. +## open-banking.io + +[open-banking.io](https://open-banking.io) is an affordable, certificate-free European open banking API. It gives you direct access to your own bank accounts and transactions across the EU from a few euros a month, without PSD2/eIDAS certificates or enterprise contracts. This makes it a practical replacement for users who can no longer open new **GoCardless** Bank Account Data accounts. + +To get started, create an account at [open-banking.io](https://open-banking.io), connect your bank(s) in the app, then export your **credentials bundle** (`credentials.json` — your API key and a private key). On the Data Importer's authentication screen for open-banking.io, paste the contents of that file. + +open-banking.io uses **zero-knowledge encryption**: the service returns encrypted data that only you can read. The Data Importer decrypts it locally with the private key from your credentials bundle — the key never leaves your importer, and open-banking.io never sees your plaintext bank data. + ## Open Banking/HBCI This data provider is not yet supported, so there are no instructions yet. Stay tuned!