Re:Launch HN: Realize (YC W22) – Integrate brokerage account...
by timothygoltser on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @07:10PM
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Thanks! Teller looks really cool - there's definitely a real market for what you're doing, though I don't envy your position having to deal with the big banks given how misaligned incentives are in the retail banking industry.
You made some good points about direct integrations - some of the public APIs we deal with are totally separate from the brokerages' internal APIs and that's made painfully apparent during an integration. It has taken us months to get access to prod keys at some of the largest institutions and many of them seek to impose pretty onerous conditions on our customers and their users once we get through their compliance processes. Still, we've seen brokerages becoming more receptive to the idea of opening up their APIs, so we're optimistic that we can form partnerships with them and nudge them toward building better public APIs.
Re:Launch HN: Realize (YC W22) – Integrate brokerage account...
by sjtgraham on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @07:30PM
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Yea, I'd agree that the misaligned incentives problem isn't nearly as bad for you guys as it in with retail banking. Good luck, rooting for you!
Re:Launch HN: Realize (YC W22) – Integrate brokerage account...
by seandoh on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @07:14PM
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Thanks for commenting - funny enough I was actually telling our team about Teller the other day - it's awesome how much you've been able to achieve. Would be great to stay in touch!
You're going to quickly find out that these API endpoints are commonly very well protected as build out your coverage however!