I am interested in how to import Wesabe downloaded transactions into Quicken. I do not see QFX as an option in the export function. Thank you.

Hey, @mlnewhouse,

We do provide OFX/1 and OFX/2 exports. You're right that Quicken has an OFX variation called QFX which it requires for import. QFX is almost exactly the same as OFX/1. So, if you go to any Wesabe account page, choose "OFX" from the export menu, you'll get *almost* what you want.

The only substantial difference between OFX and QFX is that QFX includes a code identifying which bank the file came from. As I understand it, Intuit (makers of Quicken) require that banks pay them a fee in order to have the right to include that code -- and Quicken will not import data from a bank unless that fee is paid.

I hadn't actually thought about this before, but I suppose we could export a QFX file that includes that code if your bank has already paid Intuit. The bank has paid the fee, and you are getting the data from the bank -- even if you are running it through Wesabe before importing it -- so I suppose that would be fair under the system Intuit has established. (That would only work for banks which have paid Intuit the fee, though.)

Let me know what you think about this. I'll also note that, while I don't endorse this approach, a number of Quicken users have encountered this problem before, and one of them posted about a workaround for it:

http://www.digital501.com/2006022124/...

That workaround probably will solve your problem, although to me it expresses more the frustration users have with Intuit's approach. It seems to me that their approach leaves its users frustrated due to conflicts between Intuit and the banks, and that that is very unfortunate for everyone involved.

I hope this helps.