Security & privacy

Your data stays yours.

You're trusting Formation with the whole picture. We treat that the way we treat every number on the screen — read-only, encrypted, and provable.

You're always in control

Formation is read-only by design. We can never move money, place a trade, or authorize a transfer. A lens on your wealth — never a key to it.

Never sold. No ads. No AUM take.

Formation is funded by your subscription — not by advertisers, and not by a percentage of your assets. Your financial data is never sold, full stop.

Built to prove it

Every figure carries its provenance — sourced, computed, estimated, or stale — and you can click any number to see exactly where it came from.

The Formation difference

We show our work.

Trust shouldn't mean "take our word for it." Every figure Formation shows is annotated — sourced from a custodian, computed from your holdings, estimated, or stale — and a click opens the source. Daily automated tests verify those citations against live output. It's the same principle as the security model: don't ask to be trusted, make it checkable.

Read the methodology
The shipped feature, captured live from the demo's sample household.

Under the hood

AES-256 at rest

Encrypted at rest in our database.

TLS 1.3 in transit

Every byte between you and Formation is encrypted on the wire.

Multi-factor auth

TOTP authenticator apps + SMS via Twilio Verify. WebAuthn passkeys on the way.

Read-only bank links

Plaid handles the connection — your credentials never touch our servers.

Hide accounts from AI

Flag any account as private and its data never enters AURA's context — enforced on the client and re-checked on the server.

Export or delete anytime

Full JSON/PDF export whenever you want; a 30-day soft-delete window, then permanent erasure.

Safe enough to see everything.

No charge today · Cancel in two clicks · Read-only — we never move money

TLS 1.3AES-256MFA

Full detail in our Information Security Policy, Privacy Policy, and Data Retention Policy.

Formation Money provides financial planning software and educational content, not personalized investment, legal, or tax advice. Formation Money is not a registered investment adviser. For personalized guidance, work with your own CPA or a licensed financial adviser.

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