Belvo vs GoCardless Bank Account Data

Belvo provides open finance infrastructure for companies connecting customer accounts, interpreting financial data, and moving money in Latin America. It connects retail and business bank accounts with official employment and fiscal records. Banking data includes real-time account information and up to 24 months of standardized, categorized transactions. Additional data features cover transaction categorization, income verification, recurring expense detection, and risk insights. Payment products include recurring direct debit collections in Mexico and one-tap Pix payments in Brazil. Developers can build integrations through the API, developer hub, quickstart guide, and API reference. Connection methods include a hosted widget, API, regulated open finance consent flow, and institution credentials; refreshes are scheduled. Data is encrypted with AES 256 and RSA 2048 at rest and TLS 1.2 in transit, with TLS 1.3 supported. Belvo lists ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification and PCI DSS Level 1 compliance. Sandbox access is free; production requires a paid plan. Launch costs $1,000 a month, while Growth pricing is custom.

GoCardless Bank Account Data is an API for businesses that need account details and transaction data from connected bank accounts. It connects through bank PSD2 APIs and can return account holder names, account identifiers, IBANs, transaction dates, counterparties, descriptions and amounts, plus current and available balances. It can retrieve up to 24 months of transaction history, with continuous access lasting up to 90 days. Data refreshes on demand, and responses use JSON. To connect, an end user chooses a supported financial institution, accepts a GoCardless-hosted consent screen and authenticates through the institution. API requests use an authorization token created with a Bank Account Data portal user secret. GoCardless provides a quickstart guide and instructions for importing the API schema into Postman. Availability is limited to EEA countries subject to PSD2 where GoCardless operates as an authorized AISP. Banks may restrict requests to as few as four calls per account per day. Account verification is available only to paying customers; new accounts are unverified by default. The service is paid, with pricing on request, and is available via API and web.