Downloading transactions from Bank of America Bill Pay into Quicken

Randy C

Are there any plans to fix this problem with scheduled transactions in Bank of America Bill Pay no longer writing to Quicken? Having to double enter all this information is a royal pain. It is error prone and a waste of time, too. I understand Bank of America not wanting to accept transaction from Quicken into Bill Pay. I am talking about transactions flowing from Bank of America to Quicken.

Rocket J Squirrel

Unlikely. If you want the bank to send uncleared future transactions, you'd have to ask the bank. Then what happens when a transaction clears? The transaction would already be there so couldn't be downloaded again.

Mark1104

Randy - what you are asking about was the :"colateral damage' of the introduction of "EWC+" communication protocol.  Only cleared transactions are available.  By definition, BillPay transactions have not cleared yet (no different than writing a old fashion paper check that has not been cashed).  

and if you think about it (and I posted a lot about this some months back), BillPay itself is a declining technology.  There are so many other ways to pay bills than 25 years ago when BillPay was introduced.  There are now plenty of options to pay with a credit card / debit card, auto debit, Zelle, etc.  

Personally, 20 years ago, I probably used Bill Pay 4-6 times per month.  Now, if I use it once every 3 months, it's alot. 

THere is just little incentive for the Bank to build out the technology to accomodate BillPaity via EWC+ to download to QUicken.  Also, and it may be a function of the common "pipes" all the financial institutions use,  appears that the same issue exists at other institutions that have migrated to EWC+

question: why are you writing so many checks via Billpay? is it time to shift with the times? 

PS BillPay FROM Quicken to BoA is a non-starter....EWC+ only works in one direction (Bank to QUicken)

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