debian-user: Online banking. How can I write a script

[Brendan J Simon <brendan.simon@bigpond.com>]

Does anyone know how to write a script to obtain online banking 
information ??
I'm a C/C++ programmer and know a little python too.  I'm thinking about 
Java for this app though it may also be wxpython.

I basically want to be able to download (daily) my balances and 
transactions from my online banking.  I want to put this information in 
a database so that I have a permanet database record of all my account 
transactions.

Does anyone know how I would go about doing this ?
Do the python or pearl libraries have enough security functionallity to 
obtain this information ?
Would I need any specialised information from the Bank (from a 
programmers view point.  Obviously I need to have my username and password).

Thanks for any help, suggestions or pointers,
Brendan Simon.