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Published 2026-09-25

Connect Your Own AI: Categorize Bank Transactions Without Handing Over Your Data

Use ChatGPT or Claude to categorize bank transactions in Pinke. No AI runs inside Pinke; you hand your own assistant a token that expires after 7 days.

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Published 2026-09-01

E-Invoices: The Invoice Is in Your Inbox, the Payment Is in Your Bank Statement

Match XRechnung and ZUGFeRD e-invoices to the bank transactions that paid them. Pinke reads the VAT and links each one, so tax time is a list.

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Published 2026-08-01

Werbungskosten, § 35a & Co.: Find Tax Deductions in Your Bank Statements

Find the tax deductions hiding in your bank statements: Pinke flags contractor bills, donations and more at import and sorts them by German deduction category.

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Published 2026-07-01

The Silent Drain: How to Find Forgotten Subscriptions in Your Bank Statement

Find every forgotten subscription in your bank statement and see what it really costs per year. A step-by-step subscription tracker walkthrough in Pinke.

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Published 2026-06-01

The Paper Trail and The Subscription Trap™: Read Your Bank Statement, Find Your Subscriptions

Track subscriptions from your bank statement: Pinke's ledger shows every transaction plus what is coming next, and names the recurring charges you forgot.

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Published 2026-05-01

Rules That Stick: How to Categorize Bank Transactions Automatically

Sort a messy payee name once and it stays sorted. How rules and merchants categorize your bank transactions automatically in Pinke, with a worked example.

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Published 2026-04-01

The Financial Information Gap: Turning a Bank Statement Into an Overview

Your bank statement is 300 lines of cryptic text, not an overview. How to categorize a bank statement export and see where your money actually goes.

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Published 2026-03-01

Welcome to Pinke: Turn Bank Statements Into a Money Map

Pinke turns bank statement PDFs and CSVs into a clear spending overview. Upload, analyze, know your fixed costs in minutes. No bank login, no ads, no tracking.