Why are downloaded Credit Card transactions posted backwards?

geneg**2
geneg**2 Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
in Registers & Transactions (Windows)

Transactions downloaded from Synchrony bank are posted incorrectly. Charges are being posted as payments and Payments are posted as Charges. This is only happening with Synchrony Bank and does not happen with Citi or BOA. The result is getting a black balance when the amount is really owed and the balance is Red when there is a credit on the account. Yes, the accounts are set up as a credit card.

How does one download transactions correctly without reentering every transaction manually? Can one inspect the downloaded transactions to see if the transactions are download with correct information?

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  • Tom Young
    Tom Young Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are they really posted "backwards" - payment going into the Charges column and charges going into the Payments column - or are you seeing payments increasing the number in the Balance column and charges decreasing the number in the Balance column.

    If it's the latter, then the problem is that something in the file has "flipped" the Balance from "you owe the credit card company" (Red numbers with a minus sign) to "the credit card company owes you" (Black numbers).

    This might be legitimate if "returns" and actual "payments" together resulted in that situation, or it could be a problem with some transaction(s) in the file being changed or deleted.

  • geneg**2
    geneg**2 Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    The downloaded transactions are really posted backwards where payments are going into the Charges column and charges going into the payments column. I see this happening on 2 accounts from Synchrony. I would really like to know what the raw transactions are that comes from Synchrony to see if synchrony was providing the bad information or if Quicken was interpreting the transactions incorrectly.

  • Tom Young
    Tom Young Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭

    Since there doesn't seem to be posts similar to yours popping up in the last couple of weeks or so that does suggest something "local to you" is the problem. If you haven't already, I'd try a Validation of the file 1st, and if that doesn't do the job I'd contact Official Quicken Support and screen share with them to see if they can figure it out.

  • Jeff Blan
    Jeff Blan Quicken Windows Subscription Member

    I have this same problem. It has been going on for MONTHS!

    I have to reverse the entries everytime I do an update. Frustrating! And ONLY for the Synchrony credit cards. Others work fine.

  • Tom Young
    Tom Young Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20529693#Comment_20529693

    Literally payments and returns end up in the Charges column and charges end up in the Payment column?

    Something is dreadfully wrong if that's the case. You can try the Validate and Repair process as I suggested above, (unfortunately the OP never reported back to see he tried that, and if it worked), but if you try that and it doesn't work then I think you just have use the Report a problem process and follow up with a phone call with Official Quicken Support , allow for screen sharing, and see if they can come up with any answer.

  • jketterl
    jketterl Member ✭✭

    I have the same problem and it also has been going on for months. I tried the Validate and Repair process but that did not correct the problem. It seems like there is a glitch in the system for setting up credit card accounts.

  • Tom Young
    Tom Young Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've posted a note in the SU Lounge about this, but if you haven't done so already I say use the Report a Problem process with clear screenshots of the problem.

  • Quicken Anja
    Quicken Anja Moderator mod

    Hello All,

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