Comments on: Chase, Mint viability, and web scraping

By: Mint’s unrefreshing contracted web scraping » Make You Go Hmm

Mint’s unrefreshing contracted web scraping » Make You Go Hmm — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:11:17 +0000

[...] ProbargainHunter is right to label scraping “shady”: This situation probably puts Mint in very uncomfortable position at very inconvenient time. It is ironic how life of a startup can depend on such a seemingly small thing. Web scraping has always been a shady business and I am surprised that Yodlee has gone with it so far. [...]

By: Mint’s Minty-fresh Flavor Wearing Out? ALREADY!? « gWHIZ

Mint’s Minty-fresh Flavor Wearing Out? ALREADY!? « gWHIZ — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:33:22 +0000

[...] I see a post re. Mint’s “method”… screen scraping. Well, OK. Gotta get after it somehow. I’m not overly concerned HOW the sausage gets made. I just want to eat. [...]

By: Ervin

Ervin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:29:36 +0000

For me, it’s the other way round: I have been using my Sony (Chase) card much less since I noticed I cannot check it with Yodlee.

Yodlee is much more important than Chase, because of the convenience. I’d rather drop the companies that do not cooperate with Yodlee.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:11:19 +0000

Financial institutions are adding multi-factor authentication to improve security for consumers and to meet government requirements.

Yodlee has a multi-pronged approach to gathering data from institutions as they continue to roll out MFA technologies.

One of they key methods for Yodlee to continue service is through partnerships like you have mentioned. Partnerships with financial institutions and MFA providers like RSA, Arcot, Green Armor and others help ensure that people can continue to access their personal data securely through Yodlee services.

Yodlee continues to successfully support all major banking institutions.

..Jordan, Yodlee Inc.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:21:51 +0000

A lot of financial institutions are giving up on a good ol’ userID/password schema. My bank and a couple of credit cards I own have switched to a separate userID, then password and/or verification phrase approach. It’s probably more secure, but sure is a pain for services like Mint or applciations like MS Money.