December Updates
New Features
New Method Dashboard
We’re thrilled to announce early access to the all-new Method Dashboard, purposefully redesigned to harness the full potential of our API’s V2 capabilities.
This intuitive interface is crafted to empower both technical and non-technical team members with:
- Role-based access control
- Advanced data visualization
- Custom reporting capabilities
- Universal search functionality
- Self-service team management
- Key rotation tools
- SSO and Passkey authentication
Everyone across your team can now use the new Method Dashboard:
- CX – monitor and troubleshoot any issues associated with end-user data.
- Engineering – create API keys and monitor webhooks.
- Finance – view high-level metrics to better understand billing.
How to access? Dashboard v2 is available for all teams, including existing ones, ensuring a seamless transition to the new interface. Log in with your email at app.methodfi.com to explore the new features!
Vehicles API
The Vehicles API enables your application to access detailed vehicle information with minimal PII. This data can help you unlock valuable insights and drive better decision-making.
Key Use Cases
- Increase conversion with pre-filled vehicle details by optimizing loan repayment terms using the vehicle’s depreciation curve.
- Enhance credit risk underwriting by leveraging vehicle ownership details.
- Enable personalized financial management by correlating vehicle data with user behavior insights.
For example, you can retrieve data such as the vehicle’s VIN
, year
, make
, model
, color
, and style
.
The Vehicles API is now available to all teams on Method’s V2 API (version: 2024-04-04). Contact your Method CSM to get access!
Improvements
Account Verification Limits
To bolster system security and performance, we’ve introduced new verification limits:
- Account Verification Session limits: Up to 10 failed attempts per session.
- Account-level verification limits:
- Maximum of 5 sessions per verification type.
- Maximum of 10 total sessions across all types.
For more details, visit Account Verification Sessions Errors.
SDK Updates
- Released version 1.1.5 of
method-python
.- Vehicles API is now available in
method-python
.
- Vehicles API is now available in
- Released version 1.1.6 of
method-node
.- Vehicles API is now available in
method-node
.
- Vehicles API is now available in