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ChatGPT Pro Users Can Now Connect Bank Accounts for Financial Planning

ChatGPT released a preview of a new personal finance experience for Pro users in the U.S., connecting to over 12,000 financial institutions. The feature uses Plaid to sync balances and transactions into a dashboard. This enables grounded reasoning for complex financial queries backed by verifiable data.
Availability
Preview for Pro users in the U.S.
Institutions supported
12,000+ via Plaid
Default model
GPT-5.5 Thinking
Benchmark score (GPT-5.5 Pro)
82.5 out of 100
Data access
Balances, transactions, investments, and more

This shift moves the assistant into a specialized financial agent role. It follows Perplexity's Plaid integration and mirrors trends where Claude's consumer app connectors integrate private data to handle high-stakes decisions. Also, OpenAI recently mandated advanced account security measures for high-risk users.

Access the feature via the Finances sidebar or the @Finances mention. The experience defaults to GPT-5.5 Thinking, a model optimized for the multi-step reasoning required for tax estimates and mortgage planning. While currently limited to U.S. Pro subscribers, OpenAI plans to expand access to more users later.

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A preview for Pro users: a new personal finance experience in ChatGPT. Pro users in the U.S. can securely connect financial accounts, see where their money is going, and ask questions based on the information they choose to connect. Your full financial picture, now in ChatGPT. https://t.co/NjbJqOqFRi

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Still wondering? A few quick answers below.

It is a preview feature that allows users to securely link their financial accounts to ChatGPT. Once connected, the assistant provides a dashboard for tracking spending, portfolio performance, and upcoming bills. Users can ask complex questions grounded in their actual financial data to receive personalized budgeting advice and long-term financial planning.

The feature is currently available as a preview for ChatGPT Pro users located in the United States. It supports more than 12,000 financial institutions through a secure connection with Plaid. OpenAI plans to refine the experience based on early feedback before expanding access to Plus subscribers and eventually making it available to all users.

OpenAI built this experience with privacy controls that allow users to disconnect accounts or delete financial memories at any time. While ChatGPT can access balances and transactions to provide insights, it cannot see full account numbers or execute any changes to your accounts. Users can also enable multi-factor authentication for an extra layer of protection.

Conversations with connected financial accounts default to GPT-5.5 Thinking, a reasoning model designed for complex and context-dependent tasks. This model outperforms earlier versions on a specialized personal finance benchmark developed with industry experts. It is specifically trained to account for income, debts, and goals while being transparent about assumptions and uncertainty in its guidance.

OpenAI is working with ecosystem partners like Intuit to enable actionable financial workflows. In the future, users may be able to move from asking about tax implications to receiving a trusted estimate or scheduling a session with a local tax expert. Other planned capabilities include checking credit card approval odds and submitting applications directly through the interface.

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