Online Banking

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 10:35:48PM -0400, David Reiser wrote:
> 
> On Sep 20, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Justin F. Knotzke wrote:
> 
> >    Hi,
> >
> >    I am running GnuCash 2.0.1 that I compiled myself with online  
> > banking
> > enabled..
> >
> >    Importing QIF works like a charm..
> >
> >    But I have a question regarding 'online banking'. I am in Canada  
> > and
> > Quicken supports all of the Canadian banks for online banking. That  
> > is to
> > say, it can connect to my bank and download all new transactions  
> > from inside
> > Quicken without using a browser and downloading the QIF file.
> >
> >    Is this what online banking in GnuCash attempts to do ?
> 
> As Derek mentioned, yes. One limitation is that libofx doesn't have  
> any payment capabilities, so you can't initiate a bill-pay  
> transaction via GnuCash/AqBanking.

This might be considered a serurity feature rather than a disadvantage 
by some -- a protection against straying software.

-- hendrik