I’ve never used homebanking before but I’d like to, I’d wanted to for a while but my current bank desperately wants to use Java for it’s software (Sagan only knows why) and making matters worse IcedTea is not a acceptable Java to them at least it’s not detected using their little tester application. Also they specifically state in their FAQ that support is not granted to Linux, though it “might” work.
So I decided to look around at the other danish banks, and while “Danske Bank” my current bank doesn’t cater to Linux users, “Jyske Bank” does and they test their software against a multitude of browsers and OSes to clearly indicate what they know works. This kind of dedication to their customers should not go unpunished so I am switching over and I’ll be sure to mention Linux support as a primary motivator for changing banks.
Hi David. My bank here in Finland called Sampo Bank was recently bought by Danske Bank. They used to have a very nice web bank which worked on pretty much any browser that could do some basic JavaScript in addition to HTML. After the Danske Bank deal they now have probably the same Java stuff, which, to put it straight, is plain crap. You may want to take a look at this analysis of the applet code: http://kks.cabal.fi/SampoApplet . It does some quite weird things like use JNI to collect data from /proc/, writes stuff to the user’s home directory etc. And no, it does not work with OpenJDK (or the 1.7 IcedTea for that matter).
I personally switched to Nordea Bank, at least in Finland their web bank officially supports Linux/Unix with Firefox and Konqueror and has no Java or anything like that.
My parents have Nordea here in Denmark so I can ask if that works but to be honest I was very impressed that Jyske Bank had a whole little page detailing what OSes and browsers they tested with. It seems like they have a commitment to standards and wide customer support ofr homebanking.
I don’t know if the Fedora wiki is really the proper place but maybe it would be good to have a list of recommended banks that just work, homebanking is a very common job and very few seem commited to supporting Linux.
First I want to thank you for voting with your wallet. So many people don’t bother to say anything because they believe that it won’t make any difference. If all of us took a stand like you’re doing and let companies know why we were unhappy they would begin to see the importance of standards in terms of lost revenue. Only then do I expect things to really begin to change.
The GNUCash wiki has some good documentation on how you can connect OFX clients to many banks. If I remember (and understand) properly I think all European banks are required to offer open interfaces. Its not as convenient as a web interface but it does allow you to do pretty much anything you should need to.
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/OFX_Direct_Connect_Bank_Settings
David, jeg har lige et par spørgsmål.
Virker Jyske banks homebacking med java-1.6.0-openjdk (F9) ?
Jeg har bank hos SparNord bank, som bruger SDC’s portalbank system, det virker fint under Fedora med SUN JVM, men virker ikke med openjdk, fordi der på nuværende tidspunkt ikke er nogle browser plugin som understøtter ‘Signed Applets’ og det er jo nok en rigtig god ide når det er homebanking vi snakker om.
I syntes det er en rigtig god ide at skifte væk fra den danske bank, de er så store at de er helt ligeglade med den enkelte lille kunde. bare den virker i IE under windows, så er de ligeglage med alt andet.
Pensam, Jyske Bank og Nordea virker alle under Linux (bekræftet af den gamle som bruger alle under Mandriva), om de virker med IcedTea ved jeg ikke endnu men jeg har et møde med Jyske Bank i næste uge så det skulle jeg vide mere om vores status. Personligt er jeg lidt på røven hvis Sun’ Java bliver påkrævet, jeg er ikke meget for ikke-frit software, endnu mindre for Java især.