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by imgabe 1870 days ago
Financial institutions should all be required to provide API with various permissions so consumers can connect whatever 3rd party tools they want. Coinbase has a good API where you can specify read-only access to whichever accounts and wallets you want.
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Look up PSD2. Exactly that is required in EU
And it's a net-negative for everyone not using any such service. The UX for my online banking has gone down significantly. Banks require now a lot of additional 2fa authorizations for various actions, even when you are already authenticated.
Not just EU. Also Australia, Brazil, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Singapore, Hong Kong, India. Canada is rumoured to have this soon as well.