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TommySharp

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#301976 19-Oct-2022 22:35
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I'd heard about "Jude" a while back and it looks like that has now morphed into Akahu which seems to allow API access to banking and other account data (even things like my Contact Energy account)

 

It looks geared up and targeted to developers putting out financial apps and services but it does seem to allow for individual access to personal accounts.

 

I'd be keen to hear from anyone who knows more about this kinda thing and what they think of this service?

 

https://www.akahu.nz/about

 

https://developers.akahu.nz/docs/personal-apps

 

The list of services it can connect to seems pretty extensive!

 

https://developers.akahu.nz/docs/integrations

 

 

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  #2985046 20-Oct-2022 01:02
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This is doing account scraping. Trust me, I've worked on banking platforms for 2 major banks now. Also, I've seen the logs of a session here.

 

Same thing applies for any third party app. If you have to hand over your internet banking login then it is a breach of your side of the internet banking terms and conditions meaning if fraud were to occur on the account then your bank will highly likely not cover you.

 

Do you trust how they're storing your account credentials? What is the impact to you if they do get compromised? What are they storing about you that may be passed onto third parties?

 

Lastly. Only business banking products (like ANZ Direct Online) allow for granular controls of your banking logins but AFAIK most of these platforms block third party screen scrapers like Akahu.

 

Lets continue on the main thread. I get your desire to have an automated bank feed but there are no official API's currently for customers to access. If there were, it'll come from your bank.




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