using Online Banking Setup

[Dennis Powless]

I do both, PNC bank works with the connection, but ING bank does not
(I use the import for this).  I have no problem using the OFX import
though (with both).

Dennis

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:22 PM, brad <bradhaack at fastmail.us> wrote:
> OFX import for a checking acct or credit card works pretty well.  OFX
> import for an investment account has some issues.  Sometimes GC forgets
> which GC account is tied to the OFX file acct & I have to enter it
> again.  If you have the same stock or fund in multiple account GC can't
> keep it straight and will import into the wrong one.  Sometimes
> transactions don't get imported.
>
> On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 18:38 -0800, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 5:03 PM, David T. wrote:
>>
>> > I download and import OFX/QIF all the time, and have no problems at all.
>> >
>> > I don't know what troubles Brad is having...
>> >
>> > David
>> >
>> > --- On Sat, 12/4/10, brad <bradhaack at fastmail.us> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: brad <bradhaack at fastmail.us>
>> >> Subject: Re: using Online Banking Setup
>> >> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> >> Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 4:38 PM
>> >> I've never had any success w/ it, for
>> >> OFX.  It looks like the Europeans
>> >> are ahead of us here in the US, w/ HBCI.  I download
>> >> the OFX and import
>> >> it.  That's flaky too.
>>
>> I imagine that Brad is having trouble getting his online banking set up so that he can open an account register and select Actions>Online>Get Transactions and have Gnucash (aqbanking, actually) import the transactions directly.
>>
>> It's a pain, but I have it working with two financial institutions: My local bank (Fremont Bank) and USAA. It doesn't work with Capital One or with any of my brokerage accounts.
>>
>> I found the instructions at http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect_in_GnuCash_2 very helpful in getting it working.
>>
>> Martin Preuß, who writes aqbanking, has added some nice automation features to the latest version, but there's some work yet to be done on the Gnucash side to get it integrated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
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