After an update on case ref: [Removed] It's been over 2 weeks now and no further forward with banking connections. Replies to email are just AI generated apologies.

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I've added some references that could help you move forward for the time being while the transactions don't directly download in QuickBooks:

• Manually upload transactions into QuickBooks Online
• Format CSV files in Excel to get bank transactions into QuickBooks

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Thanks for the reply. Sorry if I wasn't clear but my initial contact was on the telephone with a customer support agent and the subsequent emails back from her in response to my request for updates appear to be AI generated paragraphs without much thought given to the content. Honestly, I'm feeling ignored.

I've already done the .csv transaction downloads manually but would like to know why the Lloyds business banking feeds will not work automatically. I'm currently running parallel comparisons with xero and coconut and both of those accounting services are able to connect with Lloyds business banking and provide regular and automatic feed updates.

I'm just a bit disappointed that having run QuickBook self employed successfully for over 3 years I go with an upgrade which lets me down in the first week of the new financial year. The connections were working fine until the beginning of April and then it all stopped. Maybe QuickBooks has grown to such an extent that it doesn't really want to service the self-employed or sole traders. I wish they'd just say so and stop providing a second-rate service. Hopefully this will give someone the motivation to help me.