Has anyone else received an email from Quicken, stating that on October 10, 2022, they'll no longer be able to initiate bill pay instructions to BofA through Quicken and that if they want to pay bills from a BofA account, they'll need to use the BofA website or mobil app?
The email says that BofA is changing how they communicate with Quicken. After an hour & a half on the phone with BofA, BofA says it's due to a change initiated by Quicken.
It seems to lead back to what Q says is a BofA decision to discontinue support for Direct Connect & Express Web Connect, in lieu of a protocol called EWC+ (Express Web Connect +).
BofA says they're still supporting customers who already have DirectConnect & don't plan to discontinue that. I see posts in alt.comp.software.financial.quicken for other FIs that would indicate that a migration to EWC+ isn't isolated to BofA. Whether it's true or not, the final BofA rep with whom I spoke said that EWC+ appears to be owned by Quicken.
In the Quicken page about the transition, there is only a mention of "download". There does not appear to be any mention of "upload", which would seem required to achieve success for Bill Pay.
Does anyone know whether EWC+ supports BillPay instructions that will be initiated within Quicken & sent to a FI?
https://www.quicken.com/support/why-am-i-receiving-message-about-my-bank-america-accounts
