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FAQs Contract Detection

What is Contract Detection?

Contract Detection is a tool that identifies contracts and contract-related data from bank transactions. It provides insights into a customer’s financial obligations, contract partners, payment amounts, and payment frequency.

Why is Contract Detection useful?

It helps financial institutions and service providers:

  • Understand existing financial commitments of customers

  • Assess the regularity of payments

  • Identify potential savings and switching opportunities for contracts

  • Gain a comprehensive view of loan, insurance, utility, and telecom agreements

Which data is used for Contract Detection?
  • Incoming and outgoing transactions are analyzed. Key data points include:

    • IBAN and account details

    • Account holder name and type

    • Counterpart name and account details

    • Transaction purpose and amounts

    • Payment frequency

What sections are included in the Contracts Report?
  • Main Section: Overview of report period, aggregated values, and number of detected contracts

  • Account Data Section: Bank, IBAN, account type, and account holder details

  • Contract Information Section: Contract IDs, company names, contract and customer numbers, amounts, and contract status

  • Billing Information Section: Payment periods, first/last billing dates, average and total amounts, number of billings, and history

How can the Contract Detection Report be accessed?

Through the API endpoints. The complete API documentation is available in the finAPI API Documentation.

In which formats is the report available?

The report is delivered as structured JSON, making it easy to integrate into systems, dashboards, or further analysis pipelines.

How do I migrate from Contract Detection V1 to Contract Detection V2?

You can find all information about the migration from Contract Detection V1 to Contract Detection V2 on this page.

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