# What is Lunch Flow? (/docs/api/what-is-lunch-flow)



# What is Lunch Flow? [#what-is-lunch-flow]

Lunch Flow is a unified financial data layer that connects to thousands of banks and financial institutions worldwide. It normalizes account, transaction, balance, and holdings data into a single, consistent API.

## Supported providers [#supported-providers]

Lunch Flow aggregates data from multiple banking providers to maximize global coverage:

| Provider   | Coverage                      |
| ---------- | ----------------------------- |
| GoCardless | UK / EU banks                 |
| Finicity   | US and Canadian banks         |
| MX         | US and Canadian banks         |
| Finverse   | Asia-Pacific banks            |
| Pluggy     | Brazilian banks               |
| Akahu      | New Zealand banks             |
| SnapTrade  | World-wide brokerage accounts |

## API Types [#api-types]

Lunch Flow supports two API types.

<Cards>
  <Card href="/docs/personal-api-overview" title="Personal API">
    Access your own connected bank accounts and financial data.
  </Card>

  <Card href="/docs/platform-api-overview" title="Platform API">
    Build apps that access financial data on behalf of your users.
  </Card>
</Cards>