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US Banks That Offer Transaction History?
wirelessdreamer writes "I use a bank in the US that will only allow me to download transaction history in CSV for the previous three months. I have a hard time remembering to pull my transaction history down every three months, and would gladly jump ship to another bank if there is one that lets me download, say three years' worth of transaction history as one of the standard services. Then I can import my data into MySQL and run some reports on it, which is all I'm looking for." What banks out there do the best job at providing users with simple, downloadable data?
What is this doing on slashdot? How many slashdotters know less than three scripting languages? Wouldn't be many. I have never seen and article so full of fail.
But if you want an everyman's answer there may be no choice but to pay for the data. My bank makes 7 years available on line, it has to to compete with other banks. Trouble is it is not an American bank.
Bank of America will require a thumbprint from your mom if you write her a check from your own BoA account and she walks in to cash it. Screw Bank of America. Hard. And any other bank that uses the "Thumbprint Signature Program" to try to avoid cashing checks.
People still walk into banks to cash checks? I use Bank of America and I just deposit them into the ATM. No fingerprints except the ones I leave on the touch screen.