See the list in File>Import. OFX/QFX, QIF, and CSV are what US banks use, the others are European.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 4, 2021, at 1:33 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "steadily dwindling list" - doesn't sound good. I never got direct > connection to work, but I was happy enough downloading my Amex card > transactions via QFX. Now I can't even do that. :-( Hmm. What options > besides .QFX does GnuCash support? As I recall, QFX was best. > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:28 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > Please remember to copy the list on all replies. > > GnuCash does not have such a list, but the website http://ofxhome.com > maintains a directory of US financial institutions that do or did support OFX > Direct Connect. Be sure to check the bottom of the institution's page to see > when the ofxhome test script last ran successfully. > > If your existing FI decides to support only Quicken then your options are to > switch to somewhere that still supports OFX Direct Connect (a steadily > dwindling list), switch to manually downloading your transactions in one of > the formats GnuCash supports, or getting Quicken. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Jan 4, 2021, at 1:19 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > and if your financial institution, like American Express, forces you to > > maintain an account with Quicken in order to download QFX files, what, > > short of closing your account with them, are your options? Does GNUCash > > maintain a list of institutions that do or don't support import of data? > > > > I quit Quicken several years ago because I was tired of being forced to > > upgrade every 2 or 3 years to get a bunch of features I had no need of, yet > > bug fixes I did have need of were never made. > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:09 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > No, OFX is a file format. Many financial/bank websites offer OFX or QFX > > downloads of your transaction data; more in fact than offer OFX Direct > > Connect. Since OFX (and it's slightly altered evil twin QFX, for Quicken > > Financial eXchange) are formats expressly designed for transferring > > consumer transaction information it's a more efficient and less error prone > > way to import transactions into programs like GnuCash. > > > > If your bank offers OFX Direct Connect then GnuCash can connect to your > > bank and get that OFX download. If not but allows downloading OFX-formatted > > files then you go to the bank website, log in, and get the download, then > > use File>Import>Import OFX/QFX to import it. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > On May 18, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Fran_3 <mailbox0...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > Woops! No ill intent. I've seen the same response on other SIG's when > > > someone started a new thread that a groups member or admin thought should > > > have been included in a recent thread on that some related topic. Oh well. > > > > > > Back to the topic... so OFX just saves you the steps of downloading the > > > transactions as CSV and then having to do a bit of formatting before you > > > import them into GC... right? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, May 18, 2020, 1:48:19 PM EDT, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Don't hijack threads, it's rude. Start a new one when you have a new > > > question. > > > > > > OFX Direct Connect is just like importing an OFX or QFX file downloaded > > > from your bank's website except that it will connect to the bank and get > > > the OFX file for you. > > > > > > Regards, > > > John Ralls > > > > > > > > > > On May 18, 2020, at 10:27 AM, Fran_3 <mailbox0...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > If I can jump in here I would like to learn more about OFX Direct > > > > Connect with GnuCash. > > > > > > > > Does such automatically determine what transactions occur at the bank > > > > that are not in GC... > > > > And then automatically update GnuCash? > > > > > > > > Or what? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, May 18, 2020, 12:35:10 PM EDT, John Ralls > > > > <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 17, 2020, at 12:06 PM, Hershey <hers...@triad.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm new to Gnu and am having issues setting up online downloads. > > > > > My first attempt is Wells Fargo and I get a 2000 error message. > > > > > The Tutorial show Wells Fargo in its example but I've also seen this > > > > > statement on the web: Wells Fargo has switched to OFX Web Connect. > > > > > GnuCash > > > > > doesn't support this authentication. > > > > > > > > That last sentence is your answer, but perhaps you need some more > > > > detail. There are two ways of connecting to a bank for OFX online > > > > communication, OFX Direct Connect and OFX Web Connect. The former > > > > collects your user name and password as part of the online session and > > > > the latter has you log in to the bank's website and launch the OFX > > > > session from there. The way that the bank's website connects to the > > > > financial software is proprietary to Intuit, the makers of Quicken, so > > > > that it works only with their products. GnuCash is able to work only > > > > with OFX Direct Connect. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > John Ralls > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > > > ----- > > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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