Chase moves to Open Banking API

Dawid Wrobel me at dawidwrobel.com
Sat Oct 8 22:15:14 BST 2022


Re:

> I created an account with https://developer.chase.com and am about to
> send a message, asking if they could look into our case. The FinTS
> precedent could help.
>

FYI, I sent out the following message:


To Whom It May Concern,

Hello,

I am one of the core developers of the open source KMyMoney personal
accounting software, and personally a happy CHASE Bank customer. Over the
past years I used the software in speech to automatically download the
history of transactions using OFX Direct Connect, which worked perfectly.
As you're obviously aware, you have decided to shut it down, in favor of
the Open Banking API. The reasoning behind it is totally understandable. We
are wondering, however, what would be the process of authorizing a
non-profit, open-source software like KMyMoney to use your APIs. We don't
want to go through the somewhat common route of leveraging the 3rd party
integrators in likes of Yodlee or Salt-edge, as this would severely affect
our users' privacy. The only way out is to establish a direct relationship
with JPMorgan CHASE.

It's worth mentioning that KDE e.V., the registered non-profit organization
behind the KMyMoney, was previously authorized on our behalf by the
German/Swiss/Austrian FinTS, which operate on the basis compatible with
European Union's PSD2 directive, which, in turn imposes similar
restrictions to your own. We would be happy to provide any details on how
this was processed with FinTS. Hopefully that precedent will help to see
our case in a favorable light.


-- 
Best Regards,
Dawid Wrobel
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