I have the Providian PayPal Visa (not the PayPal Plus one) and it supports
automatic downloading of transactions. Unfortunately, Money 2k6 is still
broken, so it doesn't get them. :-(

"glfrankel[at]gmail.com" wrote:

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Money 2002 directly downloads transactions from Citicards. I download the
Citi Dividend Platinum Card just about every day.
I assume M2006 would work too.

Bill Wood

I have a Citibank Platinum Mastercard that seems like it works well with
Direct Services. I don't use Passport either... contrary to the MS
documentation that says you need Passport.

-- John

"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
news:46q3b2lcc2d6n1jur3l52ec5femrk3i14h[at]4ax.com...
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In microsoft.public.money, glfrankel[at]gmail.com wrote:

Discover, Amex, CitiCards among many others.

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See
http://www.microsoft.com/money/bankonline.aspx and look for
institutions that do not say "third party" or web.


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My current credit card (through Bank of America) requires me to
manually download my transactions into Money (2006). I've done this
for a while, but find it a nuisance -- especially after getting a
United Airlines credit card, which, to my delight, supports automatic
downloading of transactions. I want to move away from credit cards
which charge annual fees (both of these airline-specific cards do) and
want to make sure whatever card I choose supports automatic downloading
into Money. I've been able to do a good amount of research on
reward/cash-back cards (and, boy, can the fine print be confusing).
But even after I've narrowed down the playing field, I'm still left
wondering if the card I'm about to choose integrates fully with Money.


I've found Money's web page which lists the banks it supports
(http://www.microsoft.com/money/bankonline.aspx). But this
information appears insufficient because it doesn't specifically call
out which banks support automatic updating (e.g., Bank of America is
listed.) I realize the onus is on the banks to make updating work,
but I'd also think Money could call out companies that have been
identified as "Gold Star" partners. So, I'm left searching through the
Money newsgroups to see if anyone else has mentioned particular credit
card companies. For example, one good card appears to be the Citi
Dividend Platinum Select Card. But from searching this newsgroup, it
looks like Citibank doesn't support Money very well. (It seems to be
Quicken-focused.)

My question to you guys: Beyond specific credit card recommendations
(I'm all ears)...

(1) Is there a good way of figuring out which banks/CCs support
automatic updating (auto-downloading of transactions) before one signs
up with them?
(2) Has anyone compiled a list of "Plays-well-with-Money" banks and/or
CC companies? (For example, I recently learned -- after much
head-banging -- that E*trade only supports automatic updating for its
Brokerage accounts, but *not* for its Checking accounts, which must be
done manually via QIF files.)

Thanks.