Claude gets personal finance tool
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Anthropic has introduced a personal finance feature for Claude that lets users link their bank and card accounts and ask questions about their money. The move extends the assistant into a sensitive consumer workflow where convenience depends on access to financial data. For professionals, it signals growing competition in AI-powered personal finance and puts renewed focus on privacy, security, and how account data is handled.
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