What is the Akahu bank link permission asking me?

When you connect a bank account through Akahu, the bank's authorisation screen may mention payment initiation.

For normal bank-feed transaction syncing, the connection is read-only.

Afirmo uses payment initiation only when you authorise a transfer from the bank account into the optional Afirmo Business Wallet. It does not give Afirmo general authority to make other payments from the bank account.

If you only use the bank feed, Afirmo can receive the transaction information you have authorised without moving your money.