Bank Synchronization and Enhanced Account Reconciliation Features

Sync your bank account with your Rentec Direct account for enhanced accounting features and streamlined account reconciliation.

Your Rentec Direct development team is constantly looking for ways to improve your client experience. Recently we’ve developed a new and improved approach to Bank Synchronization and Account Reconciliation that we think is pretty great. Come with us as we take you on a journey through the new and improved experience.

This feature will be available to Rentec Direct Pro and PM clients on January 24, 2018.

First Things First

Now you might be thinking, “Bank Synchronization… what is that? Why would I want to use that?” Well, you my friend, are in luck because I’m going to tell you.

Rentec Direct’s Bank Synchronization tool allows you to easily match actual transactions from your bank accounts with expense or income that you’ve recorded in Rentec Direct. This helps you reconcile what you expect to happen with what actually happens at your bank and in turn can help you track down those things that should have happened but didn’t.

Rentec Direct will actually allow you to securely connect to supported banks, view your actual transactions, and match them to what you’ve entered into Rentec Direct.

Connecting to Your Bank

At this point in time you are no doubt impressed that such functionality would exist. You are probably weeping tears of joy that such a thing is possible. It is, it is possible. Rentec Direct supports thousands of institutions. It’s also really easy to get connected with your account. So let’s get going!

If you already use the Bank Sync feature, jump down to the bottom of the article to discover how to update your account to get access to the newly improved Bank Sync feature.

Getting Started with Bank Sync

  1. Let’s navigate to the Accounts page where we will find a listing of bank accounts that have been setup.
  2. From the accounts page click on the menu icon to bring up the menu.
  3. Click on the Sync w/ Bank option and we’ll be on our way.

Navigate to Bank Sync

This will bring you to the Bank Synchronization page. Here you can easily link to one of the thousands of banking institutions we support. Throw a mouse click on the Link Account button and let the magic begin.

Link Bank Account Button

If you haven’t specified a bank account number already, the system will ask you for it now. Once you have specified a bank account number you will see the “Select your bank” interface. Here you can search for your bank or select from one of the banks listed.

Link Bank Account Process

From here insert your credentials. Securely connecting to your account couldn’t be easier!

Account connected success

Account Initialization

Alright! You are connected to your account!

At this point the Rentec Direct system works to securely initialize your account. The most recent 30 days worth of transactions will be available to you in less than five minutes!

We know that it’s exciting so we’ve provided a Refresh button right there on the initialization page. Feel free to click it as often as you feel like it.

Account Initialization

Access Historical Transaction Data

After the initial 30 days worth of transactions are available, Rentec Direct continues to work to get historical transaction information. The amount of historical transaction information available varies from bank to bank but you can typically expect the last 2 years worth of transaction information to become available.

Synchronizing Transactions

Here we are. Your account has been fully initialized and you’ve reached the moment we’ve all been waiting for…The ability to specify a date range, click the Synchronize button, and bask in the sweet feeling of success.

main synchronize interface

Actually, that’s all you really need to do to Synchronize your transactions using Rentec Direct’s easy to use interface. Basking in success is optional.

After clicking the Synchronize button you will be able to match the transactions from your bank to the ones you’ve entered into Rentec Direct.

Don’t worry, if you haven’t entered any transactions into Rentec Direct, you can easily specify new entries from the transaction matching page.

transaction matching page bank sync

But Wait There’s More!

At this point you might be thinking that Bank Synchronization is pretty awesome. It is! You may be thinking, “If only there were more awesome things to learn about…[insert super,cool, awesome feature]”.

You are in luck! Rentec Direct offers a ton of other awesome features! Head over to the Product Update section of the Rentec Direct Blog, also found on the summary page of your Rentec account, where you can discover even more of what Rentec Direct can do for you. 😃

Already Use Rentec to Sync your Bank Account?

As an experienced Bank Synchronization user you might be wondering, “I already sync my bank account with Rentec, what happens now?” Any transaction information you’ve already synced will stay already synced. For any new transactions you will get to re-link to your Bank Account using the new Bank Synchronization feature as described above.   

We updated this system because banks have been systematically discontinuing the previous method used to sync and while it might have been working yesterday there was no guarantee it will still be working tomorrow.  So before that happens to your accounts, we added this new bank sync method to make sure you have an uninterrupted and reliable bank sync service moving forward.

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