[GNC] Bank of Amerca OFX transaction downloads (broken)

[Glenn Serre]

Good afternoon,

Here's a possibly informative link to a quicken support post that
claims Bank of America has discontinued support for DirectConnect.
https://www.quicken.com/support/why-am-i-receiving-message-about-my-bank-america-accounts

-- Glenn S.


On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 6:41 PM Lincoln A Baxter <lab at lincolnbaxter.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been using the aqbanking interface for downloading transactions in
> GC for years.
> My last successful transaction downloads were on 10/28.
>
> When I just tried, it failed, with following in the log:
>
>    AqBanking v6.2.10.0stable
>    Sending jobs to the bank(s)
>    Sorting commands by account
>    Sorting account queues by provider
>    Send commands to providers
>    Send commands to provider "aqofxconnect"
>    Locking customer "1"
>    Sending request...
>    Connecting to server...
>    Resolving hostname "eftx.bankofamerica.com" ...
>    IP address is "171.161.102.26"
>    Connecting to "eftx.bankofamerica.com"
>    Error connecting to "eftx.bankofamerica.com": Connection refused
>    Could not connect to server
>    Network error while sending request
>    Unlocking customer "1"
>
> Has anyone else experienced issue with ofx download from Bank of
> America in the last 2 week?
>
> Nothing has changed on my end. When I called the bank, I learned that
> there was a software release on 11/11 "related to issues involving
> quicken, quickbooks, ..."
> I asked the associate I talked to open a tech ticket.  She said it
> would take a week for them to get back to me.  I'll report what I hear
> if I hear.
>
> If you use ofx transaction downloads with the Bank, try it.  If its
> broken for you too, call the deposit's customer support line (on the
> back of your debit card). The more calls the faster it will be fixed.
> They prioritize issues by the number customers affected.
>
> Lincoln
>
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