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🆕 blog! “Why is there no OpenBanking API for personal use?”

The recent news that MoneyDashboard is suddenly shutting down has exposed a gap in the way OpenBanking works. It is simply impossible for a user to get read-only access to their own data without using an aggregator. And there are very few aggregators around. Why is it impossible for me to get programma…

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Terence Eden’s Blog · Why is there no OpenBanking API for personal use?The recent news that MoneyDashboard is suddenly shutting down has exposed a gap in the way OpenBanking works. It is simply impossible for a user to get read-only access to their own data without using an aggregator. And there are very few aggregators around. Why is it impossible for me to get programmatic access to […]
Leigh Dodds

@Edent do you know why the Coventry api isn't used? Assume no-one has bothered to integrate with it, or jump through hoops to get access?

@ldodds I spoke to Cov last year. Apparently all the focus is on bigger names. Once you've got HSBC, Barclays, NatWest etc you've covered 90% of the population.