tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/financial-institution-direct-connection-support-requests/3107-pnc-bank-web-connectInfinite Kind: Discussion 2018-10-18T14:05:22Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/393345802016-03-05T17:21:30Z2016-03-05T17:21:30ZPNC Bank Web Connect<div><p>Web connect is not a standard connection protocol. With Quicken
Express Web Connect the banks don't have to support any special
protocols. Quicken's server pretends to be a human and logs into
your bank's website for your. It will navigate to wherever the
transaction file download link is and download the QFX, OFX or QIF
file for your. The Quicken server aggregates these downloads and
stores them on its own server. Quicken's server will do this on a
regular basis, typically every day. Then when you run Quicken,
instead of connecting to the bank's server directly, Quicken
connects to the Quicken server and retrieves everything it has
ready for you.</p>
<p>To use Express Web Connect you have to give the usernames and
passwords you use to log into your bank websites to Intuit. Intuit
then stores these on their own servers. We think that this is a
huge security risk and that is why we do not have a similar system
to Web Connect. Trusting a 3rd party with your bank username and
password in not something we ever intend to ask our users to
do.</p>
<p>Ben Spencer<br>
Infinite Kind Support</p></div>Ben Spencertag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/393345802016-03-05T17:39:50Z2016-03-05T17:39:50ZPNC Bank Web Connect<div><p>Ben,</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your detailed and quick response. This
is a very<br>
good reason not to support web connect! And it's related to one of
the many<br>
reasons I chose Moneydance - the fact that my financial and other
sensitive<br>
information is not gathered and stored on a remote server.</p>
<p>Keep up the good work!</p></div>Angela Berardinelli