ofx/qfx direct download

[Derek Atkins]

"Levi Bard" <levi at bard.sytes.net> writes:

> > No, gnucash does not support direct connect, yet.  It's being
> > considered, but libofx does not support it.  Even if/when gnucash
> > supports it, you would still need to get the OFX URL from your bank.
> > So, even if we DO get support, it may not help you unless we can
> > convince the financial institutions to give us a pointer to the OFX
> > server.
> 
> Hmm, so how does quicken/money do a direct connect just based on account
> type, account number, password, and sometimes a "routing number"?  Do they
> maintain a database somewhere that maps account numbers to urls?  Or is
> this still an unknown?

I'm not sure if anyone has researched this, but my current belief is
that they maintain a database that maps bank names and ABA (routing)
numbers to urls.

> Levi

-derek

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