Online banking

David Reiser dbreiser at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 2 15:35:49 EST 2009


On Jan 2, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Dennis Muhlestein wrote:

> dave boland wrote:
>> Beginning of a new year and I'm looking at money management programs
>> (again - I do it every year :-( ).  One of my requirements is online
>> banking to the extent that a transaction (payment, transfer, etc.)
>> recorded in gnuCash is sent to the bank, and new records downloaded  
>> and
>> reconciled, without having to logon to the banks web site.
>>
>> After going through the gnuCash online documentation I don't know if
>> this is supported, at least for U.S. banks.  Can someone clarify the
>> extent of online banking as it currently exists and comment on the
>> future (road map)?
>>
>
> I receive transactions from my bank and a number of different credit
> cards just fine.  There was one credit card I wasn't able to download
> transactions for.  I don't use bill pay features, but apparently they
> are supported.  It isn't as easy to set up as Quicken but if you pay
> attention to details on the Wiki it shouldn't be terribly  
> difficult.  It
> depends on your bank too though.
>
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect_in_GnuCash_2
>
> -Dennis

Bill paying is not supported in the U.S. Gnucash can do bill paying  
for banks that use the German HBCI protocol.

Dave
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David Reiser
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