[nzlug] Linux-friendly banks in NZ?

[Matthew Diesch]

ASB Fastnet Classic has CSV, OFX, QIK and TDV - login is regular
username/password


2008/5/2 David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz>:

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of any banks in NZ who provide an interface which can
> allow downloading of account transactions via open-source software?
>
> For example - BNZ - good range of statement download options - CSV, OFX,
> QIF format files over a given date range. But to get there, one first
> has to bring up the BNZ site via a web browser, log in, then go through
> that damnable 'netguard' challenge. AFAIK, the netguard login is
> particularly difficult to automate since the column/row coordinates are
> displayed as images. I'd rather not have to spend days writing an https
> client which OCRs the netguard images. Also, there's a ton of javascript
> which has to be executed.
>
> BNZ do offer 'PC business banking' via a Windows or Mac-only app which
> accesses the BNZ servers via some protocol - but that forces use of
> non-free software. Also, they charge like a wounded bull for the
> software and the access account.
>
> I'm hoping that some financial institution on these shores may offer
> some kind of API accessible through means such as SOAP or XML-RPC over
> https which allows a program to connect, authenticate, choose dates and
> account(s) then download the transaction data.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers
> David
>
>
>
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