OVB Digital Banking users can use this Direct Connect option to authorize specific connections to their accounts, with the additional security granted via a two-factor authenticated login.

NOTE: This functionality is only available to desktop applications and does not apply to online products such as QuickBooks® Online, Mint, TurboTax Online, etc.

Step 1: Connect your bank account by setting up a bank feed in the Intuit® or Quicken® application.
    1. Find the option to set up a bank feed in the application.
    2. Find your bank, enter your online banking credentials in the application, and follow all the steps provided.
    3. Enter the username and password credentials for your OVB Digital Banking account. This action initiates the session for your application. This initial connection fails with a generic error message. This error is expected and you can still continue to the next step
Step 2: Authorize the connection in OVB Digital Banking via browser (you cannot authorize through the OVB mobile app at this time).
    1. Log on to OVB Digital Banking at www.ovbc.com 
    2. Select the your profile avatar from the main menu, and then select Settings.
    3. Select Security.
    4. In the Direct Connect section, select Manage.
      A list of applications with attempted connections to the end user's account appears.
    5. Locate the connection that the end user attempted to connect previously in the Intuit® or Quicken® application and then select Approve.
Step 3: Finish the process in the Intuit® or Quicken® application.
    1. Restart the application.
    2. Repeat all the substeps in step 1 to add the institution again and complete the connection.
    3. When the list of bank accounts appears, select the desired options for any in the Quickbooks accounts column.