To better support our customers, we’ve updated the FDIC core cash position in Quicken®. Now, an FDIC core cash position will be treated as Cash instead of as a security. This will suppress additional end of day net activity (Purchase and Redemption of FDIC Core) which displays daily for accounts that have an FDIC core cash holding. Follow the steps below and this will then provide a more accurate cash available balance in Quicken and suppress any Redemption and Purchase Core activity from displaying. You will only need to make this change once.
Step 1) Remove your Consolidated FDIC Holding. This can be accomplished by the following steps:
- In Quicken's main menu go to Edit > Transactions > New
- Enter Transaction as Remove – Shares Removed in the dropdown
- Select Consolidated FDIC in the Security name dropdown
- Select Specify Lots button to remove for each lot for the account that it is held
Step 2) Select the Cash link (shown below) to update you current cash value in Quicken.
Once completed, these steps will not be required again for future downloads. This will also suppress unnecessary Core Purchase and Redemption Transactions from displaying.
Note: If you have not already been deleting extra core transactions from their existing transaction view, it may be required to delete extra activity seen as Core FDIC Insured Buy/Sell transactions in the existing Quicken registry.
If the following message is being presented, it can also be addressed by following the steps below.
Step 1) Keep the box checked and select for Consolidated FDIC position and then select the Accept button. This will also remove the Consolidated FDIC position.
Note: Quicken will delete the Consolidated FDIC position after this step; however if you have multiple lots created, you may need to follow Step 1 mentioned above.
Step 2) Follow Step 2 mentioned above to now update current cash value.
Did you know you could avoid the steps above by creating a new Quicken File?
This can be accomplished by going to File > New Quicken File. This will automatically make all the necessary adjustments.
Note: By choosing this method, your history for up to the last two years will be refreshed for the new file being created, for all your accounts. As a result, consider saving a copy of your previous file before creating a new one by going to File > Save a copy as… seen in Quicken.
