Bank connection

The subscriptions are already in your statement

Connect an account once, read-only. ReScribe watches for charges that come back on a schedule and works out the cycle. Each one becomes a subscription with the next payment date already set.

Bank connections work with banks in the US and Canada. Elsewhere the mailbox and the AI do the same job — they have no geography.

Charges on your account
SSpotify2 Sep$10.99
MCorner Market18 Sep$24.30
SSpotify2 Oct$10.99
Same merchant, one month apart — that is a subscription
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Spotify
MonthlyNext payment 2 Nov

How the connection works

Four steps, and only the first two need you.

  1. 1

    Pick your bank

    The list comes from Plaid, a licensed provider that connects banks in the US and Canada.

  2. 2

    Sign in at your bank

    The login happens on the provider’s page. Your credentials never pass through ReScribe, so there is nothing here to leak.

  3. 3

    We read the charges

    Read-only access to transactions. Same merchant, same rhythm — that is the whole thing we look for.

  4. 4

    Subscriptions appear

    Turn on auto-sync and they add themselves, or look through what was found and flip the switch yourself.

What the connection notices

Not just that a payment happened — the shape of it.

  • Five billing cycles

    Weekly, monthly, quarterly, every six months and yearly. A charge a few days early or late still counts.

  • Price changes

    A subscription that went up in price is still the same subscription, not a second one next to the first.

  • The next payment date

    Worked out from the rhythm, so a reminder can reach you before the money leaves.

  • A payment that never came

    When an expected charge doesn’t show up, the subscription is flagged instead of quietly staying active.

  • Pause without disconnecting

    Stop reading an account for a while and keep everything that was already found.

  • Consent that ran out

    Banks expire access by law. You get asked to reconnect, and nothing is lost in the meantime.

Access

What this access is, and what it isn’t

You are letting us look at your money. Here is exactly how far that goes.

Read-only, transactions only

We can see charges and account details. There is no route from that to moving money — payment initiation is not part of the connection.

Your bank login stays with your bank

Sign-in happens on the provider’s own page. ReScribe receives an access token and never a password.

No spending on your behalf

No transfers, no payments, no cards. The connection is not capable of it, with or without our good intentions.

No access after you disconnect

Disconnecting revokes the token at the provider straight away and removes the account from ReScribe.

Where the bank connection wins

Charges with no email

Something you signed up for years ago through a form you no longer remember still leaves the account every month.

The price crept up

A service that quietly went from $9.99 to $12.99 is what a statement reveals and memory doesn’t.

Yearly renewals

One charge twelve months ago and one today are enough to recognise an annual subscription — and to warn you before the next one.

Everything on one card

Family plans, utilities, insurance, the gym. If it leaves the card, it is in scope.

Questions about connecting a bank

What access does ReScribe get?

Read-only access to your transactions and account details, through a licensed provider. Nothing in that connection can move money.

Do you see my bank password?

No. You sign in on Plaid’s own page and ReScribe receives an access token, never your credentials.

Which banks can I connect?

Banks in the US and Canada, through Plaid. Other countries are not supported yet — we would rather say so than let you sign up and find out. Until then the mailbox and the AI work anywhere, and neither of them needs a bank at all.

What counts as a subscription?

At least two charges from the same merchant with a consistent gap between them, from weekly to yearly. A one-off purchase is never turned into a subscription.

What happens if I disconnect?

Access is revoked at the provider immediately and the account disappears from ReScribe. You can also pause an account instead — that stops the reading but keeps what was already found.

Connect one account and see what turns up

Most people find at least one charge they had stopped noticing.

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