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finAPI

Provider
Open Banking

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 5 companies across 1 category.

finapi.com ↗Also analysed as a company — its own stack →
CategoriesOpen Banking
Rank#21 of 87 in Open Banking
Buyers5 companies
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
Founded2008
FoundersFlorian Haagen, Martin Lacher

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Founders & story · from finAPI’s own dossier

Founded in 2008 in Munich as a bank data aggregation and analysis service, finAPI evolved into one of Germany's leading BaFin-licensed AISP/PISP providers under PSD2. Held by SCHUFA for several years, it was acquired by Italian Open Finance group Fabrick (Sella Group) in 2024/2025, becoming a core piece of a pan-European open finance / embedded payments platform. Product scope has extended from pure account aggregation to Data Intelligence (categorization, cashflow, risk, KreditCheck), KYC via GiroIdent, and SEPA / instant payment initiation.

Latest round: Acquisition — Fabrick acquired 75% (2024/2025)
Recent developments
  • 2024-05Fabrick announces agreement to acquire 75% of finAPI from SCHUFA Holding AG. source ↗
  • 2025-06Fabrick S.p.A. (Sella Group) completes acquisition of 75% of finAPI. source ↗
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Who uses finAPI
5 companies disclose finAPI in their stack
ProSaldo.netVivid MoneyFAARENBuchhaltungsButlermanubu gmbh
Buyer mix · 5 of 5 classified
Horizontal SaaS / Accounting · 3Fintech / SMB banking · 1Marketplace / Two-sided · 1
EU · 5
What the disclosures say
ProSaldo.net
“ProSaldo.net's own support article and feature page explicitly state: 'Dafür nutzen wir finAPI, einen zertifizierten PSD2-Dienstleister, über den du dein Bankkonto sicher mit ProSaldo.net verbinden kannst.' — finAPI (owned by Schufa) is the PSD2 account-information / open-banking aggregator powering the Bankdatenimport…”
FAAREN
“No embedded lending or capital provider evidence found. finAPI is used for credit/income verification (open banking), not for loan origination.”
BuchhaltungsButler
“BuchhaltungsButler's own knowledge base explicitly names finAPI, Qwist, and Tink Germany as the open-banking (BaFin-regulated AIS) providers used to connect customer bank accounts and credit cards.”
manubu gmbh
“FreeFinance reads bank data via finAPI aggregation but does not itself hold funds or issue accounts/cards.”
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Alternatives to finAPI

Other Open Banking providers in the index, by the number of companies that disclose them. A count of public disclosures, not a ranking of the products.

Plaid296 buyers →Salt Edge59 buyers →GoCardless57 buyers →MX56 buyers →TrueLayer43 buyers →Tink41 buyers →Yapily40 buyers →Powens19 buyers →
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finAPI — frequently asked

Which companies use finAPI?

5 companies are linked to finAPI in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, through their own public disclosures or finAPI's published customer list, including ProSaldo.net, Vivid Money, FAAREN, BuchhaltungsButler and manubu gmbh.

What does finAPI do?

finAPI is an embedded-finance provider in Open Banking. It ranks #21 of 87 Open Banking providers by linked companies.

What are the alternatives to finAPI?

The most-named Open Banking alternatives to finAPI are Plaid (296 buyers), Salt Edge (59 buyers), GoCardless (57 buyers), MX (56 buyers), TrueLayer (43 buyers) and Tink (41 buyers).

Who founded finAPI?

finAPI was founded by Florian Haagen and Martin Lacher and is founded in 2008, headquartered in Munich, Germany.

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