Changelog
September Updates
Improvements
Performance & Infrastructure
- Improved idempotency locking mechanism to handle simultaneous idempotent requests received across different regions / PoP.
- Under-the-hood liability payment rail improvements to faster settlement time across all major FIs.
- Card Brand has been optimized for increased success speed.
- Expanded checks for invalid update payload from upstream data providers.
Payment Coverage
- Released new integration with SoFi Personal Loans for near real-time payment settlement speed.
- Payment channels for Sallie Mae, US Bank, and AMEX have been revamped and optimized for speed of posting.
- Additional personal loan payment channels have been enabled - improving payment coverage and speed to posting.
- BMO Harris credit cards are now fully payable when account is connected via Method Connect.
Developer Experience
micro_deposits
verification sessions are now simulatable in dev.- Speed of
micro_deposists
simulation in dev environment has been increased. - Expanded Card Brand simulated response in dev environment.
- Improved Student Loans updates documentation for dev environment responses.
- Element now throws an error if any of the requested products are not enabled for the requesting team.
Account Connectivity
- Improved account update stability for Quicken Loans, Home Depot (Citi), Credit One, and other major FIs.
- “Instant Link” verification was optimized across all networks.
- Visual interaction during the manual Connect Element flow have been streamlined to optimize for conversion.
Reporting
- Daily emailed reconciliation reports now include the team name in the subject line.
- e.g. (
Method: Daily ACH Report
) -> (Method: Daily ACH Report for ${team_name}
)
- e.g. (
SDK Updates
- Released version 1.1.0 of Method Python client (
method-python
).- Request ID is now easily accessible via the
last_response
property - we highly recommend logging the request ID for faster issue resolution. - This update also includes security updates and test coverage expansion.
- Request ID is now easily accessible via the
- Released version 1.1.1 of Method Node.js client (
method-node
).- Request ID is now easily accessible via the
last_response
property - we highly recommend logging the request ID for faster issue resolution. - This update also includes security updates and test coverage expansion.
- Request ID is now easily accessible via the