Request that check images also be automatically downloaded and attached to transactions
It would be great if the images that are associated with cleared checks were also automatically downloaded and attached to the transaction in Quicken. That would help speed up my accounting process greatly.
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Also note, that such would require a fair amount of work by the banks ... so it's not apparent why THEY would want to do so. Nor what the banks would charge for such a service.
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I agree. Being able to view check images from the Quicken register would save me lots of time manually reconciling the Payee from my Bank's online website.
Do you expect that your bank would provide BOTH the front and the back of the check ... thus doubling the size of the download?
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As to the original op's question..."would help to speed up my accounting process". I fail to see how having the images of cancelled checks speeds up ANYTHING in the accounting process.
Isn't that why banks have stopped mailing you cancelled checks in the first place? Because it accomplishes nothing in the accounting process.
You write a check...it gets cashed. You download the transaction into Quicken or manually enter it.
Every month you reconcile your account.
Please tell me where an image of a cancelled check even comes into play here? Every check that clears is on your statement. In the case of manual entry, I can see where you might have skipped entering a transaction into Quicken (akin to not entering it into a paper register). Then, and only then, would you might have to see the check.
But in the day of online banking and downloading transactions into Quicken, I can honestly say I would have ZERO use for that feature.
And, you're neglecting that there's no provision in the OFX/QFX specification for downloading images ... and that EVERY bank that provides downloads using those specs would have to agree to the change.
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If this feature is not useful to you, please contribute something constructive on another "idea" thread.
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My wife uses her checkbook and writes checks that I don't catch for a month or two later. I'd like to see the check when it is posted. She's away and I don't have the recording of the check. [removed]
I could come up with other scenarios. It's called an idea for some enhanced features. We may not see it today, but maybe in the future. If I can snap a picture and make a remote deposit today, what's the diff.? None. It's called convenience. Thank you.
Thanks for your comments on this. Like you--and I suspect many others--the wife and perhaps other family members write a bunch of checks, and I do the QW. Our bank (BofA) added a feature that could have been helpful, but even that doesn't work with Express Web Connect, though it does with plain Web Connect. I'll post a topic on that tonight. Gotta run. Thanks again.
Chris
And I have had cheques altered before processing...ones own scans cannot capture this.
Quicken can now download statements, not part of the OFX/QFX spec...and nothing to do with this...So it is reasonable to request this...
BTW, not saying I have a particularly high interested in the feature but do see how it would be useful.
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Additional, unneeded, downloads of images simply cause file bloat.
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There is no need to argue the request for this feature. That should be Quicken to decide if they want to include it.
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And transmitting those images, which it doesn't seem like a lot of data for a single user, would require a LOT of extra bandwidth usage by banks if they were downloading millions of checks images.
Suggestion: WHY not just sign on to your banks web site and look up and copy if needed the copy of the check that you might need?
And the more I think about it, though I do not like the idea of the bloat nor the risk of having such important docs trapped within Quicken, this could be useful strictly as a fetching service, saving the trouble of having to go through the multiple steps to track down and download those images manually. Then one could simply save the attachment outside Quicken. That could be useful.
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What if at some future point Quicken decides not to support it OR what if it stops working WHO KNOWS when it will be fixed.
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Over the past few years, I became the primary caregiver for my mother - it also fell to me to take care of her finances.
I had used Quicken for Windows for years but had no experience with Macs and had my hands full with my mother’s care.
I was doing well to get things paid - mostly from her bank’s BillPay. Downloading to Quicken just wasn’t on my radar on a regular basis.
She passed away and now I am trying to catch up. The downloaded transactions have minimal information, so I am trying to fill in the blanks, which means looking at each check and deposit slip image on the bank website.
It would be so helpful if I could opt to download transactions with any available images. As some have mentioned - the images are already on the bank website - seems like it would be fairly straightforward.
There is a standard that all banks and Quicken use for downloading transaction data. There is no such standard for downloading check images. So Quicken would need to try to develop this with each individual bank and there are thousands of them, each doing it somewhat differently. That seems to be a nearly impossible task. Additionally, this would add a lot more data transfer to banks' servers, and it's questionable whether banks would provide this service for free.