How to use several Dominican banks to see your spending
Payroll lands in one bank, a card lives in another, and delivery goes out from a third account. This guide follows a single purchase across those institutions, without sharing a bank password.
Frainer EncarnaciónFounder of Viollet5 min read
You pay RD$2,480 at a sample supermarket. The card taps the terminal. In that second the movement is not in any expense app yet. It is in transit: card network, bank, email, and only then a line in the month.
In the Dominican Republic that route almost never lives in one institution. Payroll lands in one bank. A credit card lives in another. A debit card covers the colmado. Each app shows its own balance. This guide follows one packet, one alert, through that system. The figures are examples.
The alert does not leave in the same second
One card tap at t = 0 fans out into three sample banks. The alert envelopes travel at different speeds while a clock runs. Each one lands in a small Viollet feed that reorders as messages arrive. Arrival order and tap order are different.
t = 62 min. First in the feed: Sample bank B, at 9 min.
Viollet feed
- 1. Sample bank B. Arrived · Fast
- 2. Sample bank A. Arrived · Slow
- 3. Sample bank C. Arrived · Slow
Connecting is not signing in
You pick the institutions you want to follow. Viollet does not ask for a username, password, token, or card details. Access to the bank stays between you and the bank.
Then you connect Gmail to sync the financial senders you authorize, or you forward the notices. The app is built for those transaction alerts, not to organize your personal mail.
The catalog covers more than 15 Dominican banks, including major banks and cards. Compatibility depends on the email layout. If an institution is missing, it can be evaluated with a sample alert, not with the password.
What this path does not promise
Viollet does not replace your bank app. Balances, disputes, card locks, and official statements stay there.
It does not see cash or a movement the bank never emailed. If a bank changes the alert layout, processing may need an adjustment, without anyone asking for your password.
It does not read your personal conversations. Gmail sync is built around the financial senders and institutions you authorize.
Google may show an extra warning while Viollet completes the annual security assessment required for restricted Gmail scopes. Continue only if you recognize the request is from Viollet and you understand the read-only access being asked.
Questions before you pick institutions
Do I have to give the bank password?
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No. Viollet does not ask for an online-banking username, password, token, or card credentials. It reads bank email notifications.
What does connecting a bank mean?
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It means choosing that institution so Viollet can look for its transaction alerts. It is not a sign-in to the bank app.
Which Dominican banks are included?
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Viollet works with notifications from more than 15 Dominican banks, including major banks and cards. Compatibility depends on the email layout. The banks page shows the configured catalog.
What if my institution is missing?
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It can be evaluated if it sends transaction notifications by email in a consistent layout. A sample alert is enough. The password is not.
Does this replace the bank app?
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No. Each bank remains the official source of its balance. Viollet organizes alerts across the institutions you choose.
Is the beta free?
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Yes. While the public beta is open, access is free, no card is required, and it includes Plus features.
What about the bank that never emails?
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That activity does not come in on its own. Cash and payments without email still need a note if you want them in the month.
Pick the banks that already email you
You can turn those alerts into a categorized month, without a bank username or password. Public beta, no card.