Quicken is not downloading from Merrill Lynch. Is anybody else having this problem?

Bill Chip Smith

For sometime now I have had to manually update my Merrill Lynch transactions. It only updates my stock quote.

dls23

The conversion and transfer of accounts from PC to Mac worked fine. However, for my brokerage account I can not "Show Cash in a checking account" like I can on the PC version.

It is a Merrill Lynch brokerage account. If I connect the account to ML, all of the cash transactions go to the brokerage account. Moreover, I can not connect the cash account to ML.

I was not able to get "Quicken Connect" to work with ML for any of my ML accounts, so I used "Direct Connect."

dls23

I am converting from PC to Mac. I am having intermittent luck with Mac...no issues with the PC version.

jacobs

@dls23 Direct Connect is almost always the preferable choice of connection methods. You're connecting directly, in real-time, to the financial institution, versus having a Quicken server log in once a day to download and hold your transaction data for you to download. Direct Connect is also generally the most reliable connection method (e.g. fewer interruptions/outages). So if your financial institution offers Direct Connect -- and doesn't charge you a premium for that service -- take it.

That all said, for investment accounts, Direct Connect is the only option. Quicken Connect is only available for banking accounts (checking, savings, credit cards).

dls23

The conversion and transfer of accounts from PC to Mac worked fine. However, for my brokerage account I can not "Show Cash in a checking account" like I can on the PC version.

It is a Merrill Lynch brokerage account. If I connect the account to ML, all of the cash transactions go to the brokerage account. Moreover, I can not connect the cash account to ML.

I was not able to get "Quicken Connect" to work with ML for any of my ML accounts, so I used "Direct Connect."

dls23

I am converting from PC to Mac. I am having intermittent luck with Mac...no issues with the PC version.

Bill Chip Smith

Same here, PC is much better than the Mac. However I am done with Windows so I am stuck with Mac version.

jacobs

@dls23 Direct Connect is almost always the preferable choice of connection methods. You're connecting directly, in real-time, to the financial institution, versus having a Quicken server log in once a day to download and hold your transaction data for you to download. Direct Connect is also generally the most reliable connection method (e.g. fewer interruptions/outages). So if your financial institution offers Direct Connect -- and doesn't charge you a premium for that service -- take it.

That all said, for investment accounts, Direct Connect is the only option. Quicken Connect is only available for banking accounts (checking, savings, credit cards).

Butchp

I am having the same problem. Tried deleting one of my accounts and re adding, went to Merrill lynch just fine and gave me a list of accounts and got a message: "Don't Add to Quicken". Checked passwords in Quicken for ML and they were correct. Seems to be a Quicken problem since [Removed - Solicitation] pulls up everything just fine.

Indigo

I am having the same problem. Haven't changed any settings recently.

macnero

Same issue

macnero

Same issue with me, any resolution?

Quicken_Tyka

Hello @macnero

Thank you for taking the time to come to the Community to post your question, however, this is an older post and less likely to receive an answer.

I would suggest creating a new post for better visibility.

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7849429/how-to-add-a-post-to-the-community

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Thank you,

-Quicken Tyka