Electronic Banking: which file type is best?

[Lincoln A Baxter]

On Wed, 2014-12-24 at 13:26 -0800, Greg Feneis wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I use GnuCash 2.6.3 on a Win7-64 system.
> 
> When I download files from my bank and credit card web sites, it appears I
> usually use files with the .OFX extension (Microsoft Money?).  My friends
> at AMEX appear not to supply the data in OFX files any more.  Instead, they
> offer Quickbooks (.qbo), Quicken (.QFX), or CSV (.CSV).
> 
> Of these three types above, which does GnuCash work with, and which is best
> to import? 
> 
> Does anyone else get .OFX files from AMEX?  Maybe it's something I'm doing
> wrong?  Because old files I downloaded last year from AMEX are .OFX.
>

I use the .qfx files down loaded from AMEX.  I have also used CSV when
no other format (like QIF) is available to download. Ofx and Qfx are
essentially the same thing to GC.  Select File->Import->OFX/QFX.

>From the Import menu you can see what other formats are supported.

Lincoln



> Is OFX going away and should I get used to a new file type?
> 
>   Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Greg Feneis
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