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In finerd, an account holds money, assets or liabilities inside a space: a bank card, the cash in your wallet, an investment portfolio, a mortgage or a car.

Account types

The type groups the account in Accounts and decides what finerd asks for when you add it. For example, a bank account starts with a search for your bank, and a debt starts with the person or company it’s with. finerd creates some accounts itself, so they aren’t in the list. These include Money on the way, which finerd uses for transfers between your accounts, and Family accounts if you use family access.
Open Accounts and select Add account. For Property, choose the kind of property on Select property type.If Rewards isn’t listed in a Personal space, turn on Rewards & loyalty points in the space settings: select your profile at the bottom of the sidebar, then the settings icon.
Add account panel with Bank accounts, Stock & Crypto, Cash, Debt, Loans & Mortgage, Property and Rewards.

Account types in Add account.

Manual or connected

A connected account gets its transactions and balance from your bank or investment platform. A manual account contains only what you record in finerd. When you choose Bank accounts or Stock & Crypto, finerd first shows a list of institutions. To connect, choose yours and follow Connect a bank. Most connections need finerd Pro. To keep the account yourself, choose Track manually. If you’ve typed a name in the search, the option reads Track “name” manually and uses that name for the account. You can start manually and connect later. When you connect the institution, finerd offers to link its account to the one you already track.
Open Accounts, select Add account, then Bank accounts or Stock & Crypto. On Select Institution or Select investment platform, choose your institution or Track manually.
Select Institution panel with a search field, Track manually and bank tiles.

Choose your bank or Track manually.

Add a manual account

The steps are the same for every type you track yourself. In the example, a card used abroad is tracked manually as Travel card with 300 EUR. For cash, see Track cash in finerd.
  1. Open Accounts, select Add account and choose the type. For Bank accounts or Stock & Crypto, select Track manually.
  2. Enter a name, such as Travel card, then select Continue.
  3. On Set current balance, choose the currency and enter the amount in the account now. Use Assets if the currency isn’t shown. For example, select EUR, enter 300 and select Continue. To start from zero, select Skip.
  4. Select Save.
Set current balance panel for Travel card with 300 entered and EUR selected.

Choose the currency and enter the amount.

Accounts list with Travel card under Bank accounts, showing €300.00 and the group total in USD.

The new account in Accounts.

The account appears in Accounts under its type, such as Bank accounts. The amount you enter is saved as the account’s first verified balance. The group total is shown in your space’s primary currency. Two types ask for more before the balance:
  • Debt: first choose who the debt is with. Then choose Owes me or I owe and enter the amount. A debt account holds one currency.
  • Rewards: first choose the loyalty program that gives you the points.

Several currencies or assets

One account can hold several currencies or assets. Travel card can keep 300 EUR and 50 USD as separate balances, and an investment account can hold shares or crypto. Each has its own balance, and finerd adds them up in your space’s primary currency. To add another currency or asset to an account:
  1. Open the account in Accounts.
  2. Select Add beside Balance.
  3. Choose the currency or asset. Use Search to find others, such as shares.
  4. Enter the amount you hold now, then select Save.
Travel card with Total in primary USD $390.33 and separate balances of €300.00 and $50.00, with Add beside Balance.

Each currency gets its own balance.

Each amount you add is saved as a verified balance for that currency. Total in primary shows the combined value, and Accounts shows it with the number of assets, such as “in 2 assets.” To update an amount later, add a new verified balance for that currency. When you record a transaction, choose the currency it was made in. Add isn’t available for:
  • Connected accounts. Their balances come from the institution.
  • Archived accounts.
  • Debt accounts. A debt holds one currency.

Name and icon

Give each account a name and an icon you’ll recognize at a glance. You can change both at any time. Balances and transactions stay as they are.
  1. Open the account in Accounts.
  2. To rename it, select the name, type a new one, then select Save.
  3. To change the icon, select the image, then Select icon. Choose a color in Colors and an icon, select Apply, then Save. To use your own picture, choose Upload image instead.
Travel card with the Change image menu open: Upload image and Select icon.

Select the image to change it.

Account customization panel with a light blue briefcase icon, Colors, icon search, and Apply.

Choose a color and an icon, then select Apply.

On the web and iOS, a debt with a company from finerd’s merchant list keeps that company’s name and icon; they can’t be changed.

Change the account type

If you picked the wrong type, you can change it for a manual account. Balances and transactions stay in the account. You can change the type of Bank accounts, Cash, Stock & Crypto and Property accounts, and on Android and iOS also Loans & Mortgage. The new type can be any of these or Debt.
  • Connected and archived accounts can’t change type. On Android and iOS, neither can joint accounts.
  • Debt, Rewards and Equity accounts keep their type.
  • Changing to Debt can’t be undone, and the account must hold only one currency.
  • The only cash account in a space can’t change type.
  • If finerd says the type of this account can’t be changed, the account is linked to a Money on the way account.
  1. Open the account in Accounts and select ⋮ > Change account type.
  2. Choose the new type.
  3. Confirm with Change account type.
Change account type panel for a bank account: Stock & Crypto, Cash, Debt, Real estate, Vehicle, Furniture, Electronics, Valuable items and Other property.

Choose the new type.

Confirmation: Are you sure you want to change the account type? Changing this account to a Debt account can't be undone. Cancel and Change account type.

Changing to Debt can't be undone.

Archive and restore

Archive an account you no longer use, such as a closed card. Archiving is a drawer, not a shredder: the account is out of sight, but its history stays. finerd moves it to Archive and keeps its transactions and balances, but it no longer appears in Accounts or in the totals there. You can restore it at any time.
  • Connected accounts must be disconnected first. When you archive one, finerd offers Disconnect.
  • Debt accounts use Write off / Archive instead.
  • An archived account can’t get a new currency or type until you restore it.
  1. To archive, open the account in Accounts, select ⋮ > Archive and confirm with Archive.
  2. To restore, in Accounts select ⋮ > Show archive, open the account, select ⋮ > Unarchive and confirm with Unarchive.
Archive Travel card account? with Cancel and Archive.

Confirm to archive.

Unarchive Travel card account? with Cancel and Unarchive.

Confirm to restore.

Archive page with Travel card under Bank accounts, $390.33 in 2 assets.

Archived accounts are in Archive.

Delete an account

Deleting removes the account for good, together with its transactions and verified balances. It can’t be undone. If you might need the history later, archive the account instead.
  • A transfer between this account and another manual account is deleted from both accounts. If the other side is a connected account, that side stays as an uncategorized transaction.
  • Connected accounts must be disconnected first. When you delete one, finerd offers Disconnect.
  • The only cash account in a space can’t be deleted.
Open the account in Accounts, select ⋮ > Delete and confirm with Delete.
Permanently delete this account and all related data? with Cancel and Delete.

Deleting can't be undone.

Aliases (Android)

On Android, finerd can record payments from Google Wallet notifications (More > Google Wallet, a Pro feature). Each notification names the card in its own way, such as “Privat24 ••5168”. An alias tells finerd which account that name stands for. If finerd can’t match a notification to an account, tap Create transaction for it in Google Wallet and choose the account you paid from. finerd saves the card name as an alias of that account, so the next payment is matched automatically. To add or remove aliases yourself:
  1. Open the account from Accounts in More or the tab bar and tap ⋮ > Aliases.
  2. To add one, tap +, enter the name exactly as it appears in the notification and tap Add.
  3. To remove one, tap the trash icon beside it.