While linking a financial account or looking at your banking portal, you may see that your financial institution is sharing more information with Stripe and our service providers than was requested by your merchant. It is common for financial institutions to grant access to all of the data from the accounts you choose to link, which is why Stripe receives more information than your merchant requested. However, we protect your information by only passing on the specific types of information that your merchant has requested and that you have consented to share with them. We also take precautions to secure the information shared with Stripe and our service providers. Learn more about the safeguards we've put in place to protect data transfers and control data access.