International transactions > Miscellaneous transactions
Transferring funds to a foreign account
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Go to the Banking command centre and click Spend Money. The Spend Money window appears.
2
Click Currency. In the Exchange Rate window, choose the currency of the account into which you want to make a deposit and click OK.
3
In the Pay from Account field, type or select the local currency chequing account from which the amount is being withdrawn.
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In the Account # (or Name) column, type or select the foreign account into which you want to make the deposit.
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Click Record.
Entering foreign-currency transactions in a local account
1
Go to the Sales command centre and click Receive Payments. The Receive Payments window appears.
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Select the customer. The currency for this customer card is British pounds, so the Rate button displays GBP. You have received a check from your customer for £5,000 for an outstanding invoice, and you want to bank it in your Canadian chequing account.
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Click Rate to check the default currency rate for the British pound to the Canadian dollar. Change the rate from the default rate of 1.65 to 1.8 and click OK.
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Enter £5,000 in the Amount Received field and allocate it to the outstanding invoice.
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Click Record.
Reconciling accounts containing foreign transactions
If you have your security preferences set to allow records to be changed, simply click the zoom arrow () for the transaction in the Reconcile Accounts window to display the original transaction. Click Rate and change the exchange rate to match the bank statement.
If you have the security preferences set so that records cannot be changed, click the zoom arrow () next to the transaction, choose Reverse Check Transaction from the Edit menu, and re-enter the check with the correct exchange rate.

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