Wrong currency import from American Express results in incorrect values via Plaid.
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Ron
Repro:
1) Set USD as primary currency and add EUR as supported currency.
2) Have linked bank accounts via Plaid that are USD and EUR.
3) Link American Express card via Plaid that's United States based.
4) Make EUR purchase with American Express card that's United States based.
5) Have Lunch Money automatically import these transactions via Plaid.
6) The EUR transactions are using the USD value as the EUR value, instead of the actual EUR value. For example: purchase was €50, americanexpress.com shows $54.66 with €50 as the original purchase price (because it's an American credit card), Lunch Money shows €54.66 instead of €50 or $54.66.
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Jen
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Hi Ron,
Thanks for reporting! This sounds like a bank syncing issue in which case the best way to get support is to open a bank syncing support ticket from within the app (you can access this from the Accounts page or from the Help button at the top right corner).
You can verify if this is a syncing issue by checking the Plaid metadata for these transactions and confirming that the currency being imported is wrong from the source.
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Ron
Thank you for your reply Jen and providing this amazing service. I've been loving Lunch Money so far as a new user coming from Tiller Money.
The Plaid metadata is importing it incorrectly. The iso_currency_code is set to EUR while it should be USD. My temporary fix is to use the "override synced currency" feature on the account level, but it would be great if Plaid can fix this.
Jen
Ron: To get Plaid's attention on it, feel free to report the issue by clicking on "Report Faulty Data" when clicking into any of the affected transactions.