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When you can get a successful login, the data is trustworthy. I switched to Flinks for both of my companies, because the data from my previous provider was unreliable and not in the same order as the customers bank statement. Flinks' data is reliable, and in the correct order - which is important for a Payday Loan Company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Unfortunately, as many others have mentioned, their technical difficulties are increasing as of late. 1) When we first signed up you could 'refresh' an account within 90 days - now it doesn't work ever. This is unfortunate as being able to refresh an account without customers continually re-logging in was very useful. (This might be new a regulatory restriction - but I don't know). 2) As mentioned by others, customers continually get errors when trying to log in with their correct credentials. The report on our side 'might' work when it says error, but intermittantly. 3) We are getting more Canadian companies with unsupported FI's, and when ask to have them added we are always told NO.
So far, the problems haven't been enough to make us look elsewhere, and again their data is reliable (big plus for Payday Loan company when trying to confirm payments actually cleared). Their platform was much better a couple years ago.
If they can fix the technical glitches, add missing Financial institutions in a TIMELY fashion, and bring back the ability to actually Refresh an account then I would give them 9. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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We use frequently (every day), the IBV and attributes to evaluate each demand of our customers.
It's easy, paperless and with the attributes, our team gets a quicker view!
With the API connections, you can really benefit and the Flinks team is amazing for making the implementation and integration with the DEVS! The customer support is effective, they respond quickly. We are also always advised with the dashboard (IBV) and notification when a bank is ''down''. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The downsize is not related only to Flinks : when a bank gets an update on their system, it takes time to ''update'' on Flinks side and that makes problems to receive the IBV's as complete. We then have to wait for the update on Flinks side to be able to receive the IBV. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Flinks has completely transformed my finance job. Its not just helpful, its my wingman in managing financial data simplifying the whole process. By seamlessly integrating with various banking systems it boosts our ability to access and analyze our customers financial details unexpectedly. The realtime precision of the information it offers is great empowering us to make best financial decisions and provide personalized services to our customers with unmatched confidence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The primary aspect about Flinks that should be increased is how we create our personal reports. I liken the procedure of putting up specific reports in Flinks to trying to navigate a labyrinth. It can be pretty complicated and confusing. As a ordinary person I regularly discover myself wishing for a easy and streamlined technique to tailor reports enabling us to faucet into Flinks full potential more effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The greatest feature of Flinks that makes me like it better than its competitors is the way it fits comfortably in cloud operations. Flinks is known for its greatly flexible nature and goes well in different scenarios which I find to be an amazing feature of a cloud management professional. The response time of their platform is phenomenal, especially with dealing with customer bank accounts. The process through which Flinks facilitates the information flow between banking institutions and our systems is effective and secure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The only disadvantage I have noted is that there has been a little resistance from customers to avail their information through Flinks. This drawback appears to be an inbuilt feature of the product, and while Flinks is doing amazingly well, some slowing down of adoption tides can be observed which might pose a challenge for our enterprise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Flinks has been outstanding to me as a cloud operations professional. What I like most about it, though, is how flexible and responsive the platform is. It has played a big role in the solution of various integration problems more so with regard to integrating customer bank accounts. The tools offered by Flinks simply make it easy and efficient to access as well as manage bank account information. This type of feature has greatly facilitated our role in serving our clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In contrast, certain features of Flinks may prove to be a little difficult. This creates problems because the credentials of user’s online banking session are retrieved through screen-scraping; still, financial institutions often change their interfaces. This may sometimes need extra assistances and modifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The overall data analysis in Flinks Attributes is quite valuable. There is raw data down to individual transactions, global data like a list of accounts and balances, and aggregated and summed data.
Flinks Attributes has a lot of API packaging options so one can select from from choices in terms of the amount of data and analysis vs. costs.
The aggregated data is the most useful portion of the data, including Flink's grouping of income into various sources (such as salary income and various kinds of government income) and cash flow analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The biggest downside is that Flinks uses a screen-scraping approach using the user's online banking session credentials. This means it is quite challenging for them to support a given financial institution as each FI has different online banking interfaces, and these interfaces also change regularly and without notice.
The net result is that the list of supported FIs in Canada is decent but still limited. If the persons having their data analyzed by Flinks don't have accounts at the supported list of FIs, then none of their financial data can be retreived. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Flinks provides an easy-to-use set of tools. The interface makes it very easy to understand the data, so little time is spent deciphering the end customer's profile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Generally works well, but occasionally has calculation errors. There is still a need for a person to oversee what the software does, even if the job is straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Easy to implement API with a lot of data available for any use case you can think of using financial data about someone. Their implementation/support team is great as they answer quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Their cost is a bit step with a mandatory 1 year contract at least which isn't great if you're a startup trying to prototype a proof of concept. Maybe a startup plan or pay as you go would suit this need better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Very quick and love the many easy features and all the guides for quick help are awesome ! was very easy to get set up once we decided no intergration and WALTER IS AWESOME !!!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
don't really have a dislike about the systme itself ! very user friendly and very business savy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Flinks has been a great organization to deal with from the first day we met, to before we signed an agreement to the current partnership, they have pivioted and supported our every need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There has been no downsides to dealing with Flinks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Their account aggregation product is good and can really be a value add for a lot of companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The connectivity is not consistency stable. There always seem to be some issue or another with financial institutions' connections. You can never trust it completely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
