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by TeMPOraL 1714 days ago
Didn't know this was driven by PDS2. As much as I appreciate the convenience, I still find the whole drive fucking annoying - especially that, with all the talk about data portability, I still can't get a simple API endpoint I could point a script at to fetch me my account's balance.

Yes, I'm bitter. If there's ever a bank that puts end-user automation first, I'll switch in a second.
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herbst 1712 days ago
From all the banks I've tried over the years I always check for this feature, sometimes asked and never got what I wanted. "No the API is only available for our 100k a month or more users" is the closest I got.

However when I really wanted a solution i build a small service that receives the confirmation SMS most banks offers and pushes my balance in a small API.

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selfhoster11 1714 days ago
If you are in the UK, Starling offers a relatively simple API.
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