> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.guito.pt/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Connect your bank > Connect your bank accounts via open banking for automatic sync. In this tutorial you connect your first bank account through open banking and watch its balance appear in guito, syncing on its own from then on. You authorise access at your own bank's portal, with your usual credentials, never inside guito. Access is read-only: guito reads your account balances, your transaction history, and the account holder name and IBAN, but can never move money or authorise payments. ## Connect your first account The steps are the same for any supported bank. Automatic open-banking sync is part of the [Plus plan](/en/account/plans-and-pricing) and is included in the [14-day free trial](/en/account/free-trial), no card required. Go to **Accounts** in the sidebar. At the top of the page, click **Add**. Pick your country in the selector next to the search box, then search for your bank and select it. (**Add manually**, above the list, creates an account with no bank connection instead.) On the **Permissions** screen, click **Continue**. You'll be redirected to your bank's portal. Sign in with your usual banking credentials. Still at your bank's portal, authorise read access, select the accounts you want to share, and finish the authorisation. guito adds those accounts and starts syncing them. The first time you sign in to the mobile app, the **Connect your bank** step shows the same list of banks: tapping a bank takes you straight to the permissions. If you'd rather not connect your bank, choose **Add an account manually**, at the end of the list. See the other steps in [Create an account](/en/getting-started/create-account). ## See your balance appear After you authorise, you come back to guito on the **Connections** page, where you can watch the connection sync. Once that first sync finishes, the account appears under **Accounts** with its balance, and your transactions are already named, categorised, and matched to a merchant. ## Next steps How automatic sync works, how often your data refreshes, and how to renew a connection. How guito calculates and displays your account balances. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.