Oddbean new post about login | logout 🆕 blog! “Why is there no OpenBanking API for personal use?” The recent news that MoneyDashboard is suddenly shutting down has exposed a gap in the way OpenBanking works. It is simply impossible for a user to get read-only access to their own data without using an aggregator. And there are very few aggregators around. Why is it impossible for me to get programma… 👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/10/why-is-there-no-openbanking-api-for-personal-use/ ⸻ #api #money #openbanking
@2fd7551e not OpenBanking API related, but some of the issues highlight why, to this day, I still use Microsoft Money 2000. I manually grab QIF files from various accounts online, import, and use it to budget and track spending categories. Not a solution to the problem you describe but this is why I refuse to "join everyone in the future" and continue living in the past in this category.
@2fd7551e do you know why the Coventry api isn't used? Assume no-one has bothered to integrate with it, or jump through hoops to get access?