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Connect bank and credit card accounts to QuickBooks Online

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Learn how to add your bank and credit card accounts to QuickBooks Online and download your transactions.

Online banking, or bank feeds, save time so you don’t have to enter anything manually. Once you connect your accounts, transactions will download and categorize. All you have to do is approve them.

Note: Many banks are starting to switch to a new connection service called OAuth. We're also switching to OAuth to make online banking easier and faster to use. Find out which banks are using OAuth and how it affects you.

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Step 1: Connect a bank or credit card account

You can connect as many business and personal accounts as you want.

Note: American Express Business accounts require a few different steps. Learn how to connect an American Express Business card.

  1. Go to Bookkeeping then Transactions then select Bank transactions (Take me there).
  2. If this is the first bank account you’ve set up, select Connect account. Or select Link account if you already created one.
    Note: If you're moving from QuickBooks Desktop, you'll need to connect your bank/credit card accounts again for security reasons.
  3. In the search field, enter the name for your bank, credit card, or credit union. Note: If you can’t find your bank but still want to add your transactions, you can manually upload your bank transactions.
  4. Select Continue. Then sign in to your bank with your user ID and password. 
  5. Follow the on-screen steps. This might include security checks your bank requires. It could take a few minutes to connect.
  6. Select the accounts you want to connect, then select the account type ▼dropdown. Choose the account type that matches your chart of accounts in QuickBooks.

Select + Add new to create a new bank or credit card account in your chart of accounts.

  • For new bank accounts:
    • In Account Type ▼ select Bank. 
    • In Detail Type, select Savings or Checking. 
    • Give the account a name and then select Save and Close.
  • For new credit card accounts: 
    • In the Account Type ▼ dropdown, select Credit Card for the Account type. 
    • Give the account a name and then select Save and Close.
  1. Select how far back you want to download transactions. Some banks let you download the last 90 days of transactions. Others can go back as far as 24 months.
  2. Select Connect.
  1. Go to Settings ⚙ and select Chart of accounts (Take me there).
  2. Find the account you want to connect to.
  3. In the Action column, select the View register ▼ dropdown. Then select Connect bank.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions to connect your bank to QuickBooks (these steps are the same as listed above, starting with step 5).

Step 2: Download recent transactions

QuickBooks downloads transactions so you don't have to enter them manually. Refresh the bank feed to download your latest transactions.

  1. Go to Bookkeeping then Transactions then select Bank transactions (Take me there).
  2. Select Update.

Step 3: Categorize downloaded transactions

Once QuickBooks downloads your transactions, you'll want need to review and categorize your transactions to make sure they’re categorized right.

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