finkin
Finance and crypto
personal finance api
SHOW HN2010
How HN took it
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Idea and execution praised as useful for developers
From 1 comment
Also besides my comment about OFX being inaccurate I wanted to say I think what you've done is really great. OFX is a beast no doubt. I'd add account discover next, that was one…
djb_hackernews on HN
Objections
Users must trust the service with bank login credentials
From 2 comments
Interesting. Two questions: (1) How can we trust you with our bank login credentials? (2) What is the current list of banks you support? Would a call to…
dpapathanasiou on HNIt does take some trust on the part of the users but the risks are alleviated by the fact that the money is insured and even if I had your credentials, your bank should not allow…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Security and fraud protections are insufficient
From 1 comment
It does take some trust on the part of the users but the risks are alleviated by the fact that the money is insured and even if I had your credentials, your bank should not allow…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Bank accounts like Chase may not work without paid OFX access
From 1 comment
I tried this with my Chase account and I can't seem to sign in. I'm guessing you either need to have the OFX api feature enabled for your bank account or you need to be with a…
anemitz on HN
Bank APIs (OFX) can return inaccurate data
From 2 comments
I haven't look too closely at this space, but someone here at HN made the claim that bank APIs are sometimes inaccurate, which is why Yodlee scrapes in the first place. Can you…
DevX101 on HNThat claim was probably made by me, and I still stand by it. Let me guess, you are using OFX? edit: here is my original comment -> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1537982
djb_hackernews on HN
Requests
Add account discovery
From 1 comment
Also besides my comment about OFX being inaccurate I wanted to say I think what you've done is really great. OFX is a beast no doubt. I'd add account discover next, that was one…
djb_hackernews on HN
Full list of supported institutions
From 1 comment
Interesting. Two questions: (1) How can we trust you with our bank login credentials? (2) What is the current list of banks you support? Would a call to…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Routing number search
From 1 comment
Once I find some time, I was going to let people register for their key, then add a routing number search, but your idea is great for the next todo. For some institutions it's…
gabelerner on HN
Questions
How can users trust the service with bank credentials
From 1 comment
Interesting. Two questions: (1) How can we trust you with our bank login credentials? (2) What is the current list of banks you support? Would a call to…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Which banks are supported
From 1 comment
Interesting. Two questions: (1) How can we trust you with our bank login credentials? (2) What is the current list of banks you support? Would a call to…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Alternatives named
Yodlee
From 1 comment
I haven't look too closely at this space, but someone here at HN made the claim that bank APIs are sometimes inaccurate, which is why Yodlee scrapes in the first place. Can you…
DevX101 on HN
Mint.com
From 1 comment
(1) The toughest part is to build credibility but somehow mint.com did it. Other than getting a few users who have communicated with me privately to act as references, I haven't…
gabelerner on HN