Updating Bank Accounts in HomeBank

This document will describe how to update the bank balances in HomeBank with the latest actual balances.

Download Transactions

1. Log in to the main bank website
2. For each account Export to QIF. Renamed each file to AccountName-Month-Year

Import into HomeBank

1. Open HomeBank
2. Select File > Import
3. Select one of the freshly downloaded .qif files and click Next.
4. Change the option for Import this file into: to match the selected .qif file.
5. Swap date order to d-m-y.
6. Verify that at this point many of the transactions are crossed out. This means it is matching existing transactions correctly. Click Next.
7. Ensure Enrich with payee default and Run automatic assignment rules are botch checked then click Apply.

Verification

Verify all the numbers line up with what is in the bank dashboard. Note, the numbers will line up with current balance and not available balance. That’s because any pending transactions don’t appear in the export.

Misc

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