SimpleFIN Bridge API Changes

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SimpleFIN Protocol Version 2 is now available on the SimpleFIN Bridge. To use it, add version=2 as a query parameter to requests to /accounts.

Update if it provides things your app wants. Version 1 will still work for at least a year (probably longer), so no rush. The main highlights are:

• Errors are structured now instead of plain text: https://www.simplefin.org/protocol.html#error
• There's a new Connection object to represent connections to banks: https://www.simplefin.org/protocol.html#connection This is useful for consumers that have more than one set of credentials for the same institution.

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We are planning to add an optional merchant category code (ISO 18245) field to the Transaction object. Since it is an optional field, servers are allowed to choose whether or not they provide it. Here is the PR if you'd like to comment: #40

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We are making some load-balancing changes to the SimpleFIN Bridge server over the next 24 hours. This is to alleviate spikes in requests around hour marks throughout the day. We expect no one to notice anything different, but if you get new kinds of HTTP errors or requests never complete, please email support@support.simplefin.org with what you're seeing.