Is SBS Bank supported?

Yes. SBS Bank connects through Akahu, the New Zealand open banking platform, so you can link your accounts and start syncing in minutes.

How often does SBS Bank sync to YNAB?

Syncs are event-driven: Akahu notifies Redbark via webhooks and regular refreshes when new SBS Bank data is available, and your YNAB updates soon after, within a few hours of a transaction posting, with no fixed polling schedule.

Is my SBS Bank connection read-only?

Yes. Akahu connections are read-only. Redbark can read transactions and balances, and can never move money or change your SBS Bank accounts.

Does Redbark store my SBS Bank data?

No. Redbark uses a pass-through architecture: your SBS Bank transactions are proxied live to YNAB. We store consent records, encrypted tokens and minimal account metadata, never transaction amounts, descriptions or balances.

Is Redbark independently security tested?

Yes. Redbark was penetration tested in July 2026 by Project Black, a CREST-accredited Australian security firm, covering the web app, REST API, MCP server and admin console. The test returned zero critical and zero high-risk findings, and every finding raised was remediated and confirmed closed on retest.

Does this work without a YNAB direct import bridge?

Yes. Redbark connects to SBS Bank via Akahu open banking and pushes transactions to YNAB through YNAB’s official API, with no third-party bridge or screen-scraping involved.

Can I map SBS Bank accounts to specific YNAB accounts?

Yes. Each SBS Bank account is linked to a specific YNAB on-budget account, so transfers and balances stay tidy.

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Sync SBS Bank to YNAB

Import SBS Bank transactions straight into YNAB (You Need a Budget) over Akahu open banking. No bank-feed bridge, no manual entry, every transaction arrives ready to categorise.

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SBS Bank transactions, ready to budget in YNAB

YNAB has no native Australian or New Zealand bank feed. Redbark fills that gap: payee, memo and amount are mapped automatically, so transactions land in the right YNAB account on their own, within a few hours of posting.

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