[HN Gopher] Show HN: Connect your bank account to Google Sheets
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       Show HN: Connect your bank account to Google Sheets
        
       Author : robertsbernans
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2021-07-08 07:42 UTC (15 hours ago)
        
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       | paxys wrote:
       | In case people are unaware Excel supports this natively -
       | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2020/06/1...
        
         | sahaskatta wrote:
         | Excel uses Plaid for bank integrations.
        
       | GormanFletcher wrote:
       | Another option in this space is Tiller
       | (https://www.tillerhq.com/). They seem well-established, and
       | offer some spreadsheet templates for plug-and-play solutions to
       | some common budgeting scenarios.
       | 
       | If you don't care about spreadsheets specifically -- if you're
       | just looking for scriptable access to your financials -- Lunch
       | Money (https://lunchmoney.app) has a public API. They'll also be
       | opening the beta of rollover budgeting any day now, which has me
       | excited!
        
         | benatkin wrote:
         | I got it mixed up with Teller https://teller.io/ , which is an
         | alternative to Plaid, and whose CEO was rooting for Miami and
         | lambasting SF, along with posting other controversial opinions
         | https://twitter.com/bitandbang/status/1346181103531552769
        
       | jonathantf2 wrote:
       | My bank account has this feature built in and it's really
       | helpful.
        
       | throwawayswede wrote:
       | haha, sure, because google needs more of your data, and whatever
       | this nordigen thing is... laughable
       | 
       | from this nordigen's information handling section in TOS
       | 
       | > 2.3. As the Services also allow User to upload Information
       | and/or obtain Account Information and personal data therein, User
       | further acknowledges and agrees that by uploading or entering any
       | Information for the Services and by using the Services, User
       | grants Nordigen permission to make anonymized data based on
       | personal and non-personal data collected from User or through
       | User's use of the Services, and combine such anonymized data with
       | that of other Users in order to make anonymized aggregate data.
       | Nordigen may use the anonymized data and anonymized aggregate
       | data for various business purposes and legitimate interests of
       | Nordigen, including but not limited to improving the Services,
       | developing and improving other Nordigen products and services,
       | and distributing or licensing such data to third parties with
       | whom Nordigen has a business relationship.
       | 
       | Every time the word "anonymized" is mentioned here you have to
       | understand that everything in software is at risk of bugs or
       | mistakes. But even if, they'll definitely sell your data.
        
       | robertsbernans wrote:
       | Hey everyone, I made this tool as a hobby project, I would love
       | to hear your thoughts. The tool allows connecting personal and
       | business accounts from over 1,000 banks in Europe. It uses
       | Nordigen's free open banking API. For full disclosure, I am one
       | of the founders of Nordigen.
        
         | kjaftaedi wrote:
         | The Nordigen website says 31 countries, but does not list them
         | anywhere.
         | 
         | Is this information, or a list of banks available anywhere?
         | 
         | I'd rather know if this might work for me before spending time
         | on it.
        
           | occupant wrote:
           | Seems to be listed here:
           | https://airtable.com/shrX4uBtNLnsPxSih/tblyRj2FTQoXq9Qmu
           | 
           | Only EEA countries I guess. Is anyone aware of something
           | similar for US banks?
        
             | haliskerbas wrote:
             | You can kind of hack together something like this with
             | Plaid
        
       | kureikain wrote:
       | I have been toying with this idea and my solution is to use
       | email.
       | 
       | Everytime I made purchase my bank (BankOfAmerica) send me an
       | email, I parse that email and write data to a google sheet.
       | 
       | It's great because I don't need to give credential to service
       | like Plaid.
       | 
       | I used webhook of service like https://hanami.run and configure
       | my bank to send email notification to name@domain.com (my own
       | domain). Hook it up with hanami.run webhook (or any email to
       | webhook service) and voila, now you can parse the email body and
       | do whatever you want with it, in real time. Bank sends email
       | pretty quick.
        
       | cookie_monsta wrote:
       | So this tool helps me share my transaction history with something
       | called Nordigen and... Google? Is this a joke?
        
         | hh3k0 wrote:
         | Yeah, that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
        
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