Overview
Open Banking gives Konfir access to transaction data from the bank accounts an applicant chooses to connect. Konfir reads that data to identify sources of employment and/or income, using indicators such as payee name, transaction frequency, amount and metadata.
Coverage
Konfir supports the banks that most of the UK is paid into, including every major high street brand and the main digital banks.
Account Types
Applicants can connect any supported UK bank account they have online banking access to.
Supported | Not Supported |
Personal accounts | Credit card accounts |
Joint accounts* | Savings-only accounts |
Business accounts | Foreign (non-UK) accounts |
Note: For joint accounts, the other named account holder may need to enable Open Banking access through their own login first.
Account Providers
Two things determine whether a provider is supported: whether the provider offers Open Banking access, and whether Konfir has enabled a connection to it.
Supported Account Providers
Supported Account Providers
Provider | Supported? | Account Types |
Lloyds | ✅ | Personal, Business |
Barclays | ✅ | Personal, Business |
Natwest | ✅ | Personal, Business |
HSBC | ✅ | Personal, Business |
Halifax | ✅ | Personal |
Nationwide | ✅ | Personal |
Santander | ✅ | Personal, Business |
Monzo | ✅ | Personal |
Bank of Scotland | ✅ | Personal, Business |
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) | ✅ | Personal, Business |
TSB | ✅ | Personal |
first direct | ✅ | Personal |
Starling | ✅ | Personal |
Wise | ✅ | Personal |
Revolut | ✅ | Personal |
Ulster Bank | ✅ | Personal, Business |
Danske Bank | ✅ | Personal |
Tide | ✅ | Personal |
Bank of Ireland | ✅ | Personal, Business |
Unsupported Account Providers
Unsupported Account Providers
A number of smaller or incompatible providers are not supported for connection. This is because either: They provide only credit card or savings-only accounts (whihc can't evidence the required income for verification) or have not yet made an Open Banking integration available.
Applicants who bank only with an unsupported account provider may skip the Open Banking step, and can still complete their verification through another data source.
Provider | Supported? | Reason |
American Express | ❌ | Credit Cards only |
Barclaycard | ❌ | Credit Cards only |
Capital One | ❌ | Credit Cards only |
MBNA | ❌ | Credit Cards only |
Sainsbury's Bank | ❌ | Savings and credit cards only |
Tesco Bank | ❌ | Savings and credit cards only |
M&S Bank | ❌ | Savings and credit cards only |
Hargreaves Lansdown | ❌ | Savings only |
Chelsea Building Society | ❌ | Savings only |
Yorkshire Building Society | ❌ | Savings only |
Chase | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Kroo | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Zopa | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Virgin Money | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Monument Bank | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Metro Bank | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Co-operative Bank | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Thinkmoney | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Bank of Ireland UK | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Monese | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Triodos Bank | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Suits Me | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
HyperJar | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Coutts | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Mettle | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Zempler | ❌ | Integration Unavailable |
Transaction history
Konfir retrieves 6 years of transaction history by default, which is the longest window most UK banks make available through Open Banking. The below providers offer a more limited transaction history window:
Provider | Available Transaction History |
Bank of Ireland UK | 1 year |
Nationwide | 15 months |
Barclays | 2 years |
Allied Irish Bank | 2 years |
Santander | 2 years |
Danske Bank | 25 months |
TSB | 5 years |
Where a verification needs evidence from further back than the connected account provides, another enabled data source may cover the gap.
Other FAQs
Why can’t an applicant find their bank?
Either the brand isn't supported for Open Banking connections, or they're looking at an account type that can't be connected - a credit card or a savings-only account.
What happens if their bank isn't supported?
Selecting an unsupported bank moves the applicant on to the next available data source, and they can complete the verification that way.
Can applicants connect more than one account?
Yes, and they should. If income arrived in more than one account during the period being verified, every one of those accounts needs connecting for the timeline to be complete.
