Wow... What a mess -- it's not nice to mess with customers financial
records. A disruption like this drives customers away, in droves.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel -- it's Quicken. The recent
update prompted me to give it a try, and it's actually quite nice -- much
better than a few versions back when I tried it. Love the way it
'direct-connects' to my B of A (CA) checking account; complete with
integrated billpay. With Money, it just downloads transactions, apparently
via Yodlee. Money doesn't integrate with B of A billpay either, which is
actually CheckFree, same as MSN Billpay.
Quicken's not perfect though, it has those same interruptions with
non-direct transaction downloading that we've all become so familiar with
using Money. They don't use Yodlee, but something called Express Web
Connect -- it goes down sometimes. My B of A Direct-Connect just keeps on
ticking though, regardless of the Express Web Connect outages.
An added bonus: Pocket Quicken for Windows Mobile devices; both Pocket PC's
and the just-released Smartphone version. The latter works like a charm on
my T-Mobile Dash -- it's great to have mobility back with my financial
software -- could never understand why Microsoft took this away...
Your mileage may vary, but for me this recent update is turning out to be a
good thing ;)