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It's hypocrisy from banks/brokerages in general since they actually promote aggregation on their own websites. Vanguard has one, for instance - they're probably using Yodlee. They also charge absurd prices ($10/month) for OFX access. OFX access + very simple read-only passwords would solve this whole mess of screen scraping.

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OFX is great. I mean, it's not great if you have to implement it, but if you just want to use it (ie, with Quicken or GNUCash or some other piece of software), it Just Works™. The only problem with it is that not all banks support it, and when they do, many charge prohibitive fees for it.

Security shouldn't be a premium feature.

That's the Quote Of The Day.

"Security shouldn't be a premium feature."

Apply liberally.

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