Security and privacy were our paramount concerns in the development of Direct Access. We built both the service and its business model around those priorities. Your finances are no one else’s business. Direct Access is ad-free. There are no third-party services offered to users. Your data is never accessed, aggregated or analyzed in any way that…

No. Direct Access downloads transaction data in the background to your iOS devices without prompting, or to your Mac whenever a document is updated. You can be doing other things in iBank or on your devices in the meantime.

Direct Access syncs account data from thousands of banks, credit unions and other financial institutions around the world. As a new user of Direct Access, you can set up all of your accounts during a free 30-day trial to see how seamlessly Direct Access works.

No — Direct Access is a completely optional service. In Banktivity 5, your accounts can be updated as always, with no fees from IGG, using direct downloads from your financial institutions or with web downloads via Banktivity’s built-in browser. With iOS devices, your accounts can be updated and edited manually, or you can sync account…