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Pocketsmith - AIB - Blocked

  • 12-10-2016 9:04pm
    #1
    2Shae
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭


    So ive been using pocketsmith for well over a year without issue. Yesterday AIB blocked my account because of my automatic sync with pocketsmith. They blatantly told me over the phone they will not support he use of these types of apps that pull bank feeds from their online site.

    Has anyone else experienced this?


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  • #2
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,287 ✭✭✭source


    2Shae wrote: »
    So ive been using pocketsmith for well over a year without issue. Yesterday AIB blocked my account because of my automatic sync with pocketsmith. They blatantly told me over the phone they will not support he use of these types of apps that pull bank feeds from their online site.

    Has anyone else experienced this?

    Yup, been using prosper for over a year then my access to AIB internet banking was blocked. When I called them they said it was because of the app.


  • #3
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,476 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    2Shae wrote: »
    They blatantly told me over the phone they will not support he use of these types of apps that pull bank feeds from their online site.

    Don't shoot the messenger.

    There's nothing 'blatant' about a bank call centre employee simply doing their job and reading off a script.

    I'm not aware that any of the banks have published APIs for banking applications so I assume the tools/apps mentioned in the two posts above involve screen scraping which the banks would not tolerate once they are detected. If the banks get p1ssed off with screen scrapers then what they will do is frontend their app with a 'captcha' (fuzzy characters you have to read and type on the screen to prove there's a human using the app) which will be a PITA for people trying to use the app on mobile phones.


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