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Posted by Han on June 6, 2008, 6:38 am
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> Han wrote:
>> "Traveling" mario.clement@att.net> wrote
>>
>>> I'm annoyed that I'm being issued a Chase Quicken Visa to
>>> replace the
>>> Citi Bank card. I will have to take the time to notify all my
>>> automatic payments of the change. Since the Citi Visa had no
>>> other
>>> benefits other than a few 'one step update' I'm looking to
>>> change my
>>> Visa to a card that has the same free "one step update" plus
>>> other
>>> benefits. All of my financial institutions provide FREE "one
>>> step
>>> updates". I don't want to get involved with "Web Connect" Any
>>> suggestions?
>
>> I think that with Q2007 or 2008 (I forget which one) the
>> distinction
>> between webconnect and OSU disappeared.
>
> It may seem that way, but there is an important distinction.
>
> The "new" capability is "Express Web Connect", which can
> otherwise be thought of as "screen scraping". Express Web
> Connect - when it works - allows you to include, what would
> otherwise be strictly, Web Connect accounts in your One Step
> Update.
>
> EWC is not available for all accounts that are designated as Web
> Connect (the financial institution dictates whether they will
> allow EWC), and it does not work reliably even for all accounts
> that say they offer Express Web Connect.
>
> When EWC does not work, I believe the problem lies with MFA
> (Mulit Factor Authentication); it's relatively new to fi's and
> to the OFX specs.
>
Well, while I've had to call Chase web help a few times because of
problems with authentications, at the moment everything works just fine,
but Citibank is my main checking account, not Chase. With my credit
cards, I vary as the whim strikes, which one(s) I use most often.
--
Best regards
Han
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