Merril Lynch account still not working

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  • Smile and Dance
    Smile and Dance Member ✭✭
    edited January 13

    It would be great if a coach could give an update. [removed]

  • Coach Kristina
    Coach Kristina Moderator admin

    Hello All,

    The known issue with Merrill Lynch and Merrill Edge is still ongoing and we currently do not have an ETA to provide on a resolution. Our Community Alert can be followed for updates in the meantime, as we will be sure to post any news there.

    We apologize for the inconvenience this issue is causing and appreciate everyone's continued patience.

    Thank you!

    -Coach Kristina

  • Smile and Dance
    Smile and Dance Member ✭✭

    Thanks for responding @Coach Kristina ! It’s very frustrating when there are infrequent updates on important and long standing issues like this. Can you tell us a bit more about the problem? Is it dependent on ML doing something, or is this 100% with Simplifi to solve?

  • lorirunner
    lorirunner Member

    Thank you @Coach Kristina for updating the thread to share the Product Manager’s non-committal “we are working on this” vague non-answer. I think at this point (4+ months in), your customers deserve a little information. Maybe it would be less frustrating and upsetting for us if you could share WHY the ML integration broke and has remained broken for so long. A very rough “fix” time estimate would also help us (me) decide whether we need to make a platform switch.

  • RobWilk
    RobWilk Superuser ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm just periodically going to chime in on threads like this to note for anyone unaware: Quicken does not manage the financial institution connections — they hire a 3rd party to write that part of the code, because that is a different talent than writing an app. Quicken pays at least 2 or 3 different companies to manage these connections, and Quicken themselves most likely are not "working on it." They can say it's being worked on, but not by Quicken, but instead by some other company. Quicken, so far as I know, has little say over the priority those companies give to fixing any one financial institution connection, and sometimes, financial institution support requires the financial institution themselves to make changes (as we saw with Chase recently).


    Rob Wilkens

  • ByJam
    ByJam Member
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    HELLO QUICKEN, why has this not been given a priority to be fixed. UNACCEPTABLE.

    I have been using trial versions of software from several of your competitors and each of them are able to connect to Merrill Lynch with no problems.

    I had a different issue with Simplifi coincidentally related to a connection with Merrill Lynch that took months for support to even recognize its was their problem while all the time blaming the bank instead of tying to fix the issue. Now here's another that Quicken seems to be blaming Merrill Lynch again.

  • Myturn
    Myturn Member

    The one with the most connections wins! Third party or not!

  • cheeks613
    cheeks613 Member
    edited January 17

    Im frustrated, simplifi is useless without this data for me. I spent all this time moving from mint and now Im going to need to find another product.

  • Smile and Dance
    Smile and Dance Member ✭✭
    edited January 17

    [removed] Since Simplifi knows which users have an ML account connection that is not working, perhaps as a good will gesture you could credit back the portion of the subscription fee representative of the proportion of term that this has been not working. What do you think? I bet It’s more profitable than losing customers and creating net detractors.

  • PGW
    PGW Member

    My Simplifi subscription renews in early April 2025. If Quicken can't fix this by then, I will cancel my subscription and go elsewhere. This is completely ridiculous and certainly not "Simple". GET ON IT!

  • HMC
    HMC Member

    The connection finally appeared to be working yesterday (!!!!) for my husband's login so I tried to add my login back to my Simplifi account and I get the message:

    "You have already added all your accounts at this bank."

    I thought perhaps I can now only have one login for the same institution so I deleted hislogin so I had no ML connections at all in my list of banks and I am still getting "You have already added all your accounts at this bank."

    Any help on this one from the Quicken coaches? I was so hopeful that this problem had been resolved.

    Many thanks.

  • MishaM
    MishaM Member ✭✭✭

    Getting a 594 now instead of 105. Please advise. Don’t see Merrill Edge as one of the options.

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  • HMC
    HMC Member
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    Here is the screen shot of the error message. My ML accounts are not in fact added or showing up - yet I get this message.

  • Me too!

  • HMagh
    HMagh Member

    Me too- I'm also able to connect my husband's accounts, but when I try to connect mine with a different login, it says "All your accounts are connected."

  • HMagh
    HMagh Member
    edited January 21

    @Coach Kristina I'm no longer getting the 105 error, it's just now Simplifi/Merrill thinks all my accounts are connected when I'm missing 2 new ones. Any help with this new error? Other people are reporting this issue: Spouse's accounts are connected, mine are not, and Merrill/Simplifi thinks all accounts are connected.

  • RobWilk
    RobWilk Superuser ✭✭✭✭✭

    In general, each financial institution, for any bank, only allows ONE login (one i.d.) because each Simplifi account is for ONE person. Each person, as it stands now, would need to have their own simplifi sign in, as i understand it, and then you would use space sharing so you could see each other's accounts.

    This is not ideal, but it's how it's worked so far for all banks (except some banks are listed under multiple names (as if different institutions), so you can create a separate account with that)

    -Rob


    Rob Wilkens

  • HMC
    HMC Member

    Thanks RobWilk. I get this (don't like it but who cares) but now neither my login NOR my husband's is working. (FWIW, both worked before the 105 error popped up last fall). I am willing to accept I can only use one login but I don't even have that currently. It says I have already linked my accounts for ML and no accounts are linked!

  • Coach Jon
    Coach Jon Moderator admin

    Hello @HMC,

    I would see if resetting the connections for your existing account under Merril Lynch works to help in this situation. Or a fresh new connection. You can make the accounts manual and then use the Add Account flow to get a completely fresh connection. If the connection is successful, you'll then want to link the accounts to your existing Quicken Simplifi accounts and add the new ones if it is able to locate them. Let us know!

    Thanks,

    Coach Jon

  • HMC
    HMC Member

    @ Coach Jon - that is not available option. When I try to add ML and it tells me I can't because the accounts are already added, it lists ML as an institution at the bottom of my accounts but with no actual accounts associated. And if I click on the three dots, making it manual is not an option. There are no accounts to MAKE manual. This is what I see…

  • Coach Jon
    Coach Jon Moderator admin

    Hello @HMC,

    Thanks for the clarification. Can you let us know what type of accounts these are, as well as if these accounts are considered external accounts? I would also check to see if these accounts are enabled for third-party sharing on the bank's website.

    -Coach Jon

  • HMC
    HMC Member

    @Coach Jon I have an IRA, Roth IRA and two 529s for my kids. My husband has an IRA. And then we share a CMA (cash management). I don't know what would be considered an external account. But all 6 of these accounts were syncing with Simplifi perfectly fine until September of last year. I have no idea how to check for enabling third-party sharing but given Simplifi is saying ML is already linked (it is NOT), I would think they are enabled. I haven't changed anything on my end.

  • tjc57
    tjc57 Member

    @Coach Jon I have a Brokerage account and I am facing an issue where I cannot reconnect with my ML account. Can you advise if I should remove the account and re-add, or is there anything else you need to troubleshoot?

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  • Coach Natalie
    Coach Natalie Administrator, Moderator admin

    Hello everyone!

    Since the issue with Merrill Edge and Merrill Lynch is still ongoing and awaiting a fix, let's allow the fix to be implemented before looking into separate issues, as they are all likely part of the same connectivity problem. Please follow our Alert for updates and then let us know if there are any lingering issues after the Alert is marked as "resolved":

    As for Merrill Edge being removed from Quicken Simplifi, we haven't been provided any insight as to why this occurred. As soon as we have any further info to share, we will post it to the Alert so Merill Edge users are informed of how to proceed.

    We appreciate everyone's continued patience!

    -Coach Natalie

    *Check out Quicken Simplifi's Community Meetup Newsletter!

  • HMagh
    HMagh Member

    @Coach Natalie I'm not getting that error, just that there are no additional accounts to connect. These seem like 2 separate issues that people are getting.

  • Coach Natalie
    Coach Natalie Administrator, Moderator admin
    edited January 23

    @HMagh, Merrill is at 97% failure. The issue you're experiencing is likely tied to the Alert I linked. If there are any lingering issues after the Alert is marked as resolved, we'd be happy to address those at that time.

    Thanks!

    -Coach Natalie

    *Check out Quicken Simplifi's Community Meetup Newsletter!

  • PWalker
    PWalker Member
    edited January 22

    I found a solution to my Merrill accounts not linking with Simplifi. It's called [removed]. I loaded my Merrill account without issue. It's working fine. Therefore, I believe the error is not with Merrill. My Simplifi account will be lapsing in February. Tried to make it work but without 1/3 of my portfolio showing it was not workable.

  • As of yesterday, ML Investments is now working for me in Simplifi. After deleting ML, then adding again, ML accounts appeared and updated. No errors. Thank you for fixing this problem.

  • MishaM
    MishaM Member ✭✭✭

    I'm still getting FDP-594 :( Very upsetting…. I don't see Merrill Edge listed either.

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  • Cam_10_ATL
    Cam_10_ATL Member

    My Merrill Edge accounts now link using the Merrill Investments link

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