On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 21:28:07 +0200, the world broke into rejoicing as
Bernhard Rietzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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> Hallo Christopher,
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> my name is Bernhard Rietzl, I am a German open source developer, and
> some of us plan to develop homebanking software for use here in Germany.
> When searching the web for similar projects I discovered the Gnucash
> project, which has a similar purpose in the US.
>
> I will do a presentation on homebanking software for Linux at the
> Linuxtag, which takes place at Stuttgart, Germany , 29th June till 2nd
> July 2000. (www.linuxtag.de)
>
> There I wanted to present an overview to homebanking connection
> standards, comparing the different standards. Do you have any
> information about these different standards (IFX)?
There's a sizable web site on OFX; see <http://www.ofx.net/>
OFX is a "standard" defined by a consortium of US companies notably
including Intuit and Microsoft. I'm sure they'd be happy to see
adopters in other countries, but it is not evident that this is in
fact the case.
> The German standard HBCI (homebanking computer interface) for connecting
> homebanking software to the bank via the internet is very much different
> from the standards used in the rest of the world. In the US this
> interface is called OFX or IFX. I found a French translation of GnuCash
> on your
> website. Do the French use OFX/IFX, too?
Could one of the French users comment on this? I suspect the answer
is "no," but stand to be corrected.
> HBCI is mentioned on your web site www.gnucash.org on the page
> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/C/projects.html, but there is no link to the
> specification, which is available at www.hbci-zka.de. The ZKA means
> Zentraler Kreditausschuss, which is a commitee of all German banks.
That's probably worth adding to the page; when I get the "round to it"
supply.
> To help me compiling the information for the presentation, can you
> forward this mail to people who know about homebanking standards in
> Europe and elsewhere?
As per the above, I've forwarded this to the GnuCash mailing list,
which is likely one of the better places where info on this might
be found.
People, please be sure to CC: Bernhard Rietzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on responses, as he may not be on the GnuCash mailing list.
Who knows? This may provide some useful information and/or contacts
for future interfaces between GnuCash and other financial systems...
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