THE JOURNEY OF YOUR DATA

Financial clarity starts with understanding your business.

Varda connects your accounts, organizes your financial activity, and works with you to make sure the numbers reflect your business. Once everything is reviewed, you can ask questions and get clear answers backed by your records.

  1. 01 / Connect

    Connect your financial accounts

    Securely connect your banks and credit cards or upload your financial records. No accounting software required.

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    Your connected accounts

    • Business CheckingConnected
    • Business SavingsConnected
    • Business Credit CardConnected

    Read-only access. Your money stays where it is. These example accounts are not connected.

    How can I bring in my records?

    Connect a supported institution or upload your financial records, then review the account labels and available coverage.

    Behind the answer: rules & limitations

    Connect supported institutions or upload supported records. Varda works with the activity available for your selected business. Read-only connections cannot move your money.

  2. 02 / Organize

    We organize and understand your business

    Varda organizes your transactions, identifies transfers and recurring activity, and builds a clearer picture of where your money comes from and where it goes.

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    Activity, with context

    Illustrative activity · August 2026
    DateDescriptionAmountCategory
    Aug 14Payroll−$21,000Payroll
    Aug 18Customer payment+$12,000Sales receipts
    Aug 19Checking → Savings−$8,500Internal transfer
    Aug 19Savings ← Checking+$8,500Internal transfer
    Aug 20Software subscription−$120Software
    Aug 21Office supplier−$640Office supplies

    Matched transfer pair: $8,500 moved between accounts, not new revenue or spending.

    Why exclude transfers?

    Counting both sides as business activity would overstate receipts and spending. Matching depends on the available records; unresolved transfers need review.

    Illustrative example

    Your business. Your rules.

    Every business operates differently. Varda combines consistent financial calculations with rules tailored to your industry and business, helping you understand what your numbers actually mean.

    • Customer deposits

      Identify advance payments separately from earned revenue.

    • Material purchases

      Group materials and supplies.

    • Subcontractor payments

      Track subcontractor spending separately.

    Example classifications—not a list of production-supported rules. Changing this profile does not save or apply rules to your records.

    Business-specific classifications are reviewed and confirmed with you during onboarding. Next, we review uncertain transactions together.
    Behind the answer: rules & limitations

    Records are standardized and categorized. Supported transfer and card-payment matching helps distinguish money moving between accounts from income or spending. Defined calculations and scope rules determine which records belong in revenue, spending, and cash-flow views. The same definitions support totals and transaction detail. Incomplete uploads and uncertain categories still need review. Cash received is not necessarily earned revenue. Cash movement is not profit.

  3. 03 / Review together

    We review the details together

    We work with you to resolve unclear transactions, confirm categories, and make sure your financial picture reflects how your business actually operates.

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    How should this transaction be classified?

    ACH Transfer$8,500

    Description alone is not enough. Choose a scenario to see its reporting effect.

    Preview a classification
    Select an option to preview how the numbers would be treated.

    Your knowledge makes the numbers better.

    Preview only. Nothing is saved or applied to customer records.

    Behind the answer: rules & limitations

    Review suggested categories and correct labels to reflect what payments represent. Questions about your setup can be discussed with Varda support; supported settings and record corrections keep the analysis grounded in your business. Confirmations apply to the stated records. They do not automatically create future-payment rules or a custom engine. This is not an offer of unlimited consulting.

    Talk to us about your business →
  4. 04 / Ask Varda

    Ask questions. Get answers you can trust.

    Explore your cash, revenue, expenses, and vendors with answers grounded in your financial records.

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    What did we spend on payroll in August?

    $42,000

    Recorded payroll payments · August 1–31, 2026

    See the two supporting transactions
    • August 14 · Payroll$21,000
    • August 28 · Payroll$21,000

    Recorded payments, not accrued payroll. Actual answers depend on the records available.

    Behind the answer: rules & limitations

    Varda interprets the metric, accounts, date range, and comparison you mean, then queries the recorded activity. Follow-up questions build on that scope; unresolved ambiguity may need clarification. The financial records supply the numbers. AI helps explain the result. Explore supporting records to verify an answer. Missing coverage and material limitations remain visible. Possible explanations are separate from verified facts. Designed for consistent, verifiable answers—not a promise of error-free results.

Ready to understand your business?

Bring your financial accounts together and start building a clearer picture of your business.

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How It Works

From raw transactions to a clear answer.

Every question follows the same controlled path from your connected records to a plain-English explanation.

Step 1 — Secure connection
Bank accounts
Credit cards
Up to 5 separate businesses
Varda
▣ Read-only via Plaid
Read-only access. Varda can never move money.
Small business review alerts

31 patterns that surface transactions for your review.

Varda reviews each business against transaction and vendor patterns calibrated for the size and history of that business.

28
Baseline rules available for every individual business.
3
Comparison rules that activate when enough location or account data is available.
31
Total rule definitions enabled today across seven categories.
Payment irregularities
6 rules
Duplicate paymentsOff-schedule paymentsFirst-time vendorsHigh amount spikesMedium amount spikesRound-dollar payments
ACH & wire activity
3 rules
New wire destinationsNew ACH originatorsUnusual ACH amounts
Check activity
3 rules
Duplicate checksOut-of-sequence checksRound-dollar checks to new payees
Cards & recurring charges
5 rules
Unknown card paymentsNew recurring chargesCard-testing patternsRapid repeat chargesCreeping subscriptions
Spending & operating patterns
6 rules
Spending-velocity changesVendor concentrationOff-hours paymentsWeekend disbursementsPayroll anomaliesDormant vendors becoming active
Vendor & insider patterns
5 rules
Possible payment-channel changesPayments below approval thresholdsShell-like vendorsLook-alike vendor namesSteady payment drains
Multi-location comparisons
3 rules
Category-cost outliersVendor price differencesVendors appearing at only one location
These are indicators, not proof. Varda labels a payment as a possible duplicate or needs review, never as fraud detected. Confirm the source records before deciding what to do next.
Trust & Security

Data privacy by design.

Varda monitors your business without ever holding the keys to your money.

Read-only. Always.
Varda connects through Plaid with read-only access — we can see your data, never move your money.
Encrypted in transit & at rest
Data is protected with TLS in transit and encrypted at rest by our infrastructure providers.
Not used by Varda to train AI
Varda does not use your business data to train AI models. OpenAI states that API inputs and outputs are not used for training by default.
Never sold. Never ads.
We don’t sell personal information or use your transaction data for targeted advertising.
We’re early, so we won’t claim certifications we don’t have — see our security roadmap.
Let's talk

Let's talk about your business.

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FAQ

Is Varda another accounting tool?
No. Varda provides financial information and operational insights. It does not replace accounting software, a CPA, bookkeeper, attorney, or financial adviser, and it does not make payments or business decisions for you.
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