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A long-awaited change to Canadian banking is coming
(globalnews.ca)
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That was my impression too. Banks don't have such APIs and it seems like they're regulated not to. Terrible, insecure smoke and mirrors. This is why I never gave my credentials to any such company. If I have them my credentials, then they would be me.
The regulation is the IIROC Dealer Member Rule (DMR) 3200 A. 1.(b) (i) which prohibits IIROC registrants (brokerages) from allowing their clients to use their own automated order systems to generate orders. So just clarifying that its not illegal because it's unsafe, just that they dont want us to give an app our credentials that does algorithmic trading on our behalf. Their reasons, i dont know.