Xero have just announced that unless they "encounter any major issues" automated daily bank feeds for Westpac customers will be available from Monday September 27th.  This means that Xero will now have direct bank feeds from all 4 of the major Australian banks, with feeds from pretty much every other institution in Australia available through Yodlee coming soon (exact date TBA).

To see why this is such a great feature of Xero take a look at this video of bank feeds in action.

Towards the end of the month you will be able to download the Westpac Customer Authority form from the Xero website (or from the Viridity website) - existing Viridity customers, please note we will arrange this for you.

As a Westpac customer myself I cannot tell you how happy this makes me - 18 more sleeps!