[Kmymoney] Is anyone using OFX with a Chase credit card

[Jack]

On 2015.12.09 19:05, Jeff Barlow wrote:
> On 12/09/2015 03:54 PM, Jack wrote:
>> I've been using KMyMoney to download my Chase credit card  
>> transactions
>> for several years.  However, they recently made some change "to  
>> improve
>> security" and now it no longer works.  Whether just trying to update  
>> the
>> account, or trying to re-map it after unmapping, the error says to go
>> the Chase secure message center for a message about how to confirm my
>> identity.  The problem is that message has never arrived.  I finally
>> spoke with someone in tech support who basically said I should just  
>> wait
>> a week and try again.  They seem to know they have some problem, but  
>> not
>> how to fix it.  And, since I'm using "unsupported" software, there is
>> nothing they can (or will) do.
>> 
>> Is there anyone who has successfully downloaded transactions for a  
>> Chase
>> credit card since they made this change (11/17/15, I think)?
> 
> I've had exactly the same experience. Chase is either clueless or  
> just doesn't care. I've resorted to logging in to their web site,  
> downloading the OFX file, and then importing it into KMyMoney. I'm  
> thinking it's time to get a new Visa card from elsewhere.
> 
Well, I've done some more googling, and I think I may have found the  
issue (other than that the first and second line support at Chase are  
all willfully clueless.)  Take a look at  
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect_in_GnuCash_2#Chase_.22username_or_password_are_incorrect.22  
which indicates the need for using a UID (user id) within the OFX  
request.  First, this requires you use header 103 instead of 102, so  
you absolutely need to unmap and then remap the account.  However, I  
don't see any place to enter the UID in either KMM or libOFX, and I  
haven't dug deep enough to determine whether it's buried somewhere,  
perhaps under a different name, or if it's just not in libOFX yet.

I'll probably take this further on the devel list, but if I do find a  
solution, I'll post it here.  Otherwise, I suspect Chase is going to  
lose several customers.

Jack