Merge support for importing data from US and CA FIs/Banks for US and CA versions of QWin (+17 Votes)

smayer97

The QMac version currently supports the ability to import data from both US AND CA FIs/banks in one version (though currently, not as many as QWin).

It would be great if Quicken engaged the FIs/Banks to work on merging the support to be able to do the same regardless of which country version of QWin users have.

(after all, QWin for US and CA do now use the same code base, so it would seem like a hopefully straightforward technical thing to implement).

So please make it possible to access both US and CA FIs/banks in either QWin-US or QWin-CA versions.

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cb20777

Sounds like a great idea. But I do NOT see how to 1) VOTE, nor 2) FOLLOW.

I've been using Quicken forever (well since sometime in the 80's).  I just upgraded from 2015 to 2019 and the subscription based model.  I run the US version of Quicken and most of my accounts are with US entities, but I do have some Canadian accounts (checking, savings, credit card) with TD and RBC.  I was quite surprised and disappointed that my TD Canada Trust QFX files could not be read by my US Quicken.

I did notice that there are folks out there selling A QFX to QIF converter. The QFX format seems like some bastardized spin-off of XML and is tolerably "readable".  I suspect converting it to QIF would not be heinous.  A couple of years ago I wrote a PDF scraper to read my old PDF Visa and Amex statements and convert to QIF (since I have failed to download via One Step Update within the 90 day or so timeframe).

But WHY should end users have to dabble in this stuff.  Why doesn't importing "just work"?

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SidToll

As a Canadian using Quicken Canada who spends time in the U.S. and has a U.S. based bank account and U.S. based credit card, is there a way to download these transactions into Quicken Canada? If not, is it possible to add this feature?

Thank you.

Valderi

Unfortunately, you will have to fill your us$ manually. Even if you have an account in us$ in a Canadian bank like RBC, you won't be able to download those us$ transactions. But, if you make a report, Quicken will automatically convert your us$ in cn$.

SidToll

Thanks for your response.

I must add that I am certainly able to download transaction for Canadian bank U.S. accounts and credit cards and have been doing so for several years.

I would like the ability to download transactions from U.S. bank accounts and credit cards. I know I can’t donit now, but wonder if it is a feature that can be added.

smayer97

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Quicken_Natalie

Hello SidToll,

Thank you for bringing your enhancement idea to the community!

As this Idea already exists, I went ahead and merged your post with it.. Our developer's review Idea threads to get an idea of what people would like Quicken to offer, and this one has already been voted on by other users multiple times.

Thank you,

Quicken Natalie 

SidToll

Thanks for merging my note with the existing thread. I have voted for the idea.

John Murray

Suggest TD Canada Trust (Canadian) and TD Bank ('America's most convenient bank') as a good use case to begin. TD bank has recently begun a major focus on providing "cross border banking" services. Many bank branches on both sides of the border.

John Murray

Additional info Re: above comment--TD Canada Trust creates a QFX file for download that presumably works with Quicken for Canada, but Quicken USA won't import the file. Fails with error message "Quicken is currently unable to verify the financial institution information for this download. Please try again later."

smayer97

The way QUicken works is that each bank in each respective country has to be registered with each version of Quicken, and platform (Win or Mac). So a QFX created by TD Canada will not import into the QWin-US version since it is not registered in the product (aside from any currency conversion issues).

John Murray

smayer97- Thx so much for clarifying this.

(Unfortunately I don't seem to have a "like" icon anywhere on my screen to click.)

smayer97

Oddly "Likes" are disabled on this forum on the first page of IDEA threads  But it's the thought that counts.

serves

Also, please encourage your banks to pursue this with Quicken. After a long call with Quicken support (who oddly enough did not simply tell me that QMac can access US FIs but QWin cannot) Quicken insist that they cannot enable Quicken to access US FI because of the agreements they make with the banks. But my bank was oblivious to the difference between MAC and Windows access. Pressure form end users alone may not be enough to fix this. And it must be an easy fix because it ALREADY WORKS for QMac.

smayer97

serves said:

....And it must be an easy fix because it ALREADY WORKS for QMac.

That's my thinking too...

scfilice

I notice this thread is a few years old now and the ability to integrate both US and CDN accounts/info. was supposed to have been moving forward since 2020. it is now 2022 and I am wondering what the status is?

duncan2k

I would also like to know status. I am a US user, who has property and TD Canada Trust retirement and checking accounts. I did see that Royal Bank of Canada is allowed on US Quicken, but not TD Canada.

Secondary question: if I can add Canada Trust using a MAC, will it then show up on my Windows PC?

John456

Downloads from both US and Canada i have done routinely on Mint for a good 10 years.

Now that Mint is shutting down, i am suprised to see this has been flagged for at least 4 years and still not working for QWin.

ddochter

No Business taxes for Mac either.
Is Intuit serious about tax software … or are they not able to make their software run on a Mac.
Banking is banking and taxes are taxes.
More and more people are from Canada working and then retiring here in the US. There are over a million Canadians in California alone.

I guess I should look at other ways of doing my finances.

Mo H

Maybe the solution is to have one version of quicken instead of two. This way FIs dont have to pick a version to work with.

Chris_QPW

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20420889#Comment_20420889

In a way, that is what this request is probably going to boil down to. I think the major reason that it hasn't been implemented yet is Quicken Windows US doesn't have all the multiple currency support that the Canadian version has.

Mo H

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20421010#Comment_20421010

Actually it does. I have Quicken US and it has multi currency enabled.

Chris_QPW

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20421023#Comment_20421023

That's not what I mean. Quicken Windows Canadian has the "best/most complete" multiple currency support, Quicken Windows US is "less" complete. Quicken Windows Canadian can download/import QFX files from different currencies (mainly CAD and USD), and it has records the daily currency exchange rates. Quicken Windows US will reject any downloading/import QFX file that isn't in USD, and it only has support for the most recent exchange rates. I think there might be some more things in the reports too for the very fact that net worth over time for instance, isn't "over time" in the case of the currency exchange rates in Quicken Windows US.

Ironically Quicken Mac has the worst multiple currency support but can download from both US and Canadian financial institution, but that is more due to the fact that it treats them as "numbers" and really doesn't have much of a clue on how to actually compute the exchange rates and such. But Quicken Windows does know the difference so it must properly support it.

gopherhole3000

I'm a Mint refugee looking for a home. I thought Quicken would be the best solution since it's an established product. However, I can see that they are not interested in foreign markets, such as Canada. This product is basically useless for me without the ability to import bank transactions from USA and Canada. Why do they even sell this product if it's not competitive in the marketplace?

Mo H

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20424787#Comment_20424787

I agree. We, at the north side of the border get the short end of the stick. I was a US iser in the last 10 years and I feel the difference.