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They really do need an OAuth rather than save-and-forward-credentials approach to account access. Hopefully the new FedInstant platform will have improvements in this area.

That said, I personally wasn't surprised to see they have this access. It makes sense that if you give them your bank password, they will have full access to your account unless they clearly convince me otherwise.






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