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[GH-ISSUE #1628] [Feature] Bank Sync - Recognise transfers between accounts #26407
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Originally created by @daniel-tp on GitHub (Sep 1, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/1628
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Pitch: what problem are you trying to solve?
I have set up bank sync via GoCardless for 2 accounts. I quite often do transfers between these accounts but when syncing these accounts to Actual, they are not recognised as transfers and have to be manually changed into transfers (Which usually creates a mess of duplicates as well).
It is possible to create rules that make certain payees into transfers, but this usually still doesn't connect transfers together.
This was initially proposed in https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/724#issue-1609683346 but that was closed with the main bank sync feature was completed.
There was also a PR created but never merged: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/pull/766
Describe your ideal solution to this problem
I would propose functionality to automatically recognise transfers going between accounts (Same amount, similar date) and connect them together. I realise this can't always be perfect but it would be better than having nothing.
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Hopefully this would be automatic, and just makes the Actual bank sync feature more seamless. Perhaps documentation on what to do when matching up transfers fails and possibly makes duplicates?
@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2023):
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@M123-dev commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2024):
For me this is a core feature, not only normal transfers but also payments like
Main Bank Accout -> Paypal -> OutgoingIt would be nice if they were combined.
Here some interesting information about transactions merging #669
@lucharo commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2024):
For me this a core feature too. Duplicate transfer transactions between accounts are very cumbersome to handle manually and prone to error.
@darianf01 commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2024):
I would add to this wish another point. Some transfers are charging fees, but the fee is not added as separate transaction. For example, paying from source AccountA 102cocos (2cocos for transfer fees) but depositing in the destination AccountB 100cocos. The payment appears as 102cocos in AccountA. Would be nice if such transfers can still be automatically matched.
@CelestialStreamer commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2024):
I have about a dozen automatic transfers a month, and I usually make at least another dozen more a month manually transferring (usually paying off credit card). I'm new to using Actual and found it tedious to make sure all my accounts (25+) were all correct (reconciled). I haven't even re-synced with SimpleFIN for fear of making a lot of work for me to do.
@musicaldesigner commented on GitHub (May 6, 2025):
In YNAB, if I change a transaction to a transfer, it automatically recognizes the duplicate in the other account and merges them, so that could be an alternative or additional solution which is only partially automatic.
I transfer between my accounts daily. Actual is almost unusable for me until this is implemented since I have so many transfers in my accounts.
@KonPaw commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2026):
Fyi as a workaround you can add rules that do this. On one account I set Actualbudget to change it to transfer. And on the receiving one I set a rule to delete transactions from that source.