[GNC] Fidelity and OFX format

Fri Dec 5 16:53:36 EST 2025

Kalpesh,

That’s the same message I got with `curl -i https://ofx.fidelity.com/` <https://ofx.fidelity.com/%60>. It was a 403 Permission Denied. 

This discussion might be useful: https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7963195/what-s-going-on-between-fidelity-and-quicken

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Dec 5, 2025, at 9:39 AM, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:
> 
> Below is the full response I am getting back from them; not much of detailed (looks like a firewall blocking rather than the app layer blocking) .... I am/was using https://ofx.fidelity.com/ftgw/OFX/clients/download  end-point. 
> 
> 
> <HTML><HEAD>
> <TITLE>Access Denied</TITLE>
> </HEAD><BODY>
> <H1>Access Denied</H1>
> 
> You don't have permission to access "http://ofx.fidelity.com/ftgw/OFX/clients/download" on this server.<P>
> Reference #18.a7f3da17.1764936215.372a9f0b
> <P>https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.a7f3da17.1764936215.372a9f0b</P>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> 
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2025 11:42 AM
> To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net>
> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Fidelity and OFX format
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 5, 2025, at 04:17, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:
>> 
>> It appears that Fidelity (in totality) has gone the way of 
>> discontinuing OFX support or possibly Quickens Direct Connect way only.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> OFX download format is no longer available as a choice and their OFX 
>> server emits access denied error as of 1st of Dec.
>> 
> 
> What’s the actual error code and at what point during the connection attempt is it issued?
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 