[Bug]: GoCardless with Paypal - Transactions in different currencies not imported correctly #2441

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opened 2026-02-28 20:13:52 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @Kyrodan on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025).

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What happened?

My PayPal default currency is EUR. I have checked in settings, that all incoming tranfers get booked in EUR (and not hold in a foreign currency "pot").
It seems that such a kind transction uses the foreign currency value and not the value converted to EUR. In PayPal App I can see both values.
So the value in foreign currency is used for the EUR value and furthermore the balance is wrong.

How can we reproduce the issue?

  1. Have a PayPal account in EUR currency and a synchronization with GoCardless configured in Actual
  2. Receive a transaction of 1 USD
  3. Synchronize transactions

Outcome:
Transaction has a value of 1 (EUR)

Expected outcome:
Transaction has a currency converted value of 0,88 (EUR)

Where are you hosting Actual?

Docker

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox

Operating System

Windows 11

Originally created by @Kyrodan on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025). ### Verified issue does not already exist? - [x] I have searched and found no existing issue ### What happened? My PayPal default currency is EUR. I have checked in settings, that all incoming tranfers get booked in EUR (and not hold in a foreign currency "pot"). It seems that such a kind transction uses the foreign currency value and not the value converted to EUR. In PayPal App I can see both values. So the value in foreign currency is used for the EUR value and furthermore the balance is wrong. ### How can we reproduce the issue? 1. Have a PayPal account in EUR currency and a synchronization with GoCardless configured in Actual 2. Receive a transaction of 1 USD 3. Synchronize transactions Outcome: Transaction has a value of 1 (EUR) Expected outcome: Transaction has a currency converted value of 0,88 (EUR) ### Where are you hosting Actual? Docker ### What browsers are you seeing the problem on? Firefox ### Operating System Windows 11
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-02-28 20:13:52 -06:00
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@youngcw commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

Please use discord for bank sync questions. Actual does not currently have any concept of converting currencies unless you build it in using rules.

@youngcw commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): Please use discord for bank sync questions. Actual does not currently have any concept of converting currencies unless you build it in using rules.
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Reference: github-starred/actual#2441