AQBanking

[Adam Rosenstein]

On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 00:38 -0400, David Reiser wrote:

> First, the Bank of the West web site indicates that you have to pay a  
> fee to use DirectConnect
> http://www.bankofthewest.com/BOW/main.jsp?ChId=50888bafabf8a010VgnVCM1000007fc35c92____
> 
> WebConnect (ofx file downloads) are free, but DC including bill  
> payment inside Money/Quicken requires $7.95/month.
> 
I am switching from windows/ ms money 2006.  i pay the 8 bucks and have
for a long time.  i use bill pay alot.  i might change that but for now
i have a valid directconnect password.

> The bankid is aqbanking's name for (usually) the ABA Routing/Transit  
> number. I have a bank account where that is not the case, but usually  
> the number from the lower left corner of your checks will work.

I entered the routing number from a check.  I also verified that this is
the right number by googling for ABA and "bank of the west" and found
that same number in a big list of financial institutions.

> 
> If you don't already have a DirectConnect ID and password from the  
> bank, you will probably need to get them before you can hope to test  
> data in the various aqbanking fields.
> 
> The way to be most sure you have the right data is:
> Get an evaluation copy of Quicken (I think they exist)
> Find a family member who doesn't use Quicken, has a PC, will let you  
> install it briefly on their machine
> Install it
> Log in once to your account
> Use the ofx log retrieval utility from the customer help section of  
> quicken to display the log of your ofx session
> Write down the FID, ORG, and provider URL
> Uninstall Quicken and make sure your data files are gone
> Go back to the aqbanking wizard in gnucash and enter the info.
> 
> You probably want to export the ofx log as text to a file you keep so  
> you can pour over it's several sections in case something doesn't  
> quite work out right.
> 

I will try to get the quicken log, i can just run it on vmware.  does
anyone know of a similar procedure from MS money (since i already own it
and have it set up)?

> Personally, I'd certainly use WebConnect for free rather than pay a  
> fee for directconnect.
> 
> Dave
> --
> David Reiser
> dbreiser at earthlink.net
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