This is different from banks actually _having_ an API. Many have stalled or successfully asked for exemptions, and even those who have gone ahead and, to some e

This is different from banks actually _having_ an API. Many have stalled or successfully asked for exemptions, and even those who have gone ahead and, to some extent, complied, have still tried to make their APIs as difficult to use, feature-poor, and unreliable as possible. Source: worked at a bank which actually tried to do this well, and which also offered functionality which required us to integrate with other banks' APIs.