RFC: online "Bank connect" (was: A Idea for GNU Cash -...)

[Derek Atkins]

Christian Gatzemeier <c.gatzemeier at tu-bs.de> writes:

>  
> Hello! 
>  
> On Thu Aug 14 16:41:22 CDT 2003, BenoitGrégoire wrote: 
> >> I'm not familiar with the term "direct connect"... would that encompass 
> >> online banking support (integrated statement download, bill payment, etc) 
> >> here in the states? 
> > 
> >"Direct Connect" is Intuit marketspeak for what you just described.  The  
> >current level of functionality, If only we could just call gnucash directly  
> >from a webbrowser, is working "Web Connect". 
>  
> This would be for the importing part, right? Or would originating transactions 
> from gnc be possible? 

"Direct Connect" would allow originating transactions as well as
downloading..  But the problem is more political than it is technical.
The problem is that the banks don't advertize their OFX URIs, so
connecting to a bank is "hard".

-derek
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