QuickBooks 2009 Online Banking Update

When QuickBooks 2009 was released it introduced an all-new online banking process.  Unfortunately, it was lacking some features that would have really made it useful such as the ability to manually match downloaded transactions to entries existing in your QuickBooks register.

Well, it seems that Intuit is finally listening to it’s users as I just received an email notifying ProAdvisors of two upcoming updates.  Here’s a summary of what is including in the updates (copied and pasted from the email):

Update 1 (QuickBooks 2009 Release 4) provides the ability to:

• Quick Fill. You will be able to start typing entry information, such as payee and account names, and QuickBooks will recognize what you are typing and complete the information for you.
• Add New. You can quickly add new names, accounts, and classes within Online Banking by selecting Add New from the dropdown list.
• Manual Match. You will have the ability to view and select QuickBooks register entries to manually match the downloaded transaction.

Update 1 becomes available on Thursday, Dec. 11, as a download at www.quickbooks.com/support (click on the Updates & Downloads link along the top navigation bar).

Thursday, Dec. 18 as an auto-update if you and clients have automatic updates enabled.

Update 2 (QuickBooks 2009 Release 5):

By working overtime, our programmers were able to complete this first update and catch up with one more heavily requested change. Update 2 provides the ability to

• Review and Add Multiple Bank Transactions at Once. You will be able to easily review, edit, and save downloaded transactions in a batch.

Update 2 becomes available on Thursday, Dec. 18, both as a download from www.quickbooks.com/support and as an auto-update if you and clients have automatic updates enabled.

Intuit also released a YouTube video demonstrating some of these new features.

I think that these updates and the YouTube video are both a step in the right direction for Intuit.  I congratulate them for listening to their customers and providing updates and improvements.

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