Skip to content
Your files never leave your device. Converted in your browser, never uploaded.How
Convert a file
Menu

American Express CSV into QuickBooks and Quicken

FileInto turns an American Express CSV download into a QuickBooks .QBO or Quicken .QFX file in your browser, fixing Amex’s positive-number purchases.

What FileInto handles in Amex files: purchases are positive numbers; extra detail columns. Details

Download the CSV from American Express
  1. Sign in to americanexpress.com and open Statements and Activity.
  2. Choose the download icon and pick CSV.
  3. Choose the statement period or date range and download.
  4. Drop the file below.

Menus as of November 2026. Banks move them now and then; if a step looks different, tell us.

Drop your bank file hereCSV or Excel from any bank, card, PayPal, Stripe or Square.Stays on your device. Never uploaded.

Using Quicken? Set Save as to QFX, or open the CSV to QFX converter. For Xero or GnuCash, choose OFX.

What's different about Amex files

Purchases are positive numbers
Amex lists charges as positive and payments as negative, the opposite of what QuickBooks expects for money out. FileInto detects this and flips the signs; the switch in Settings shows it is on.
Extra detail columns
Downloads with additional details (address, category, reference) are fine; only the date, description and amount are needed.

How to import the file

QuickBooks Online

  1. Go to Bank transactions (under All apps, then Accounting, or under Transactions on some plans).
  2. Open the Link account menu and choose Upload from file.
  3. Drag in the .qbo file from FileInto and pick the QuickBooks account it belongs to.
  4. Review the new transactions on the For review tab, then categorize and add them.

QuickBooks Desktop

  1. Go to Banking, then Bank Feeds, then Import Web Connect Files.
  2. Select the .qbo file from FileInto.
  3. Choose Use an existing QuickBooks account and pick the account, then Continue.
  4. Open the Bank Feeds Center to review and add the transactions.

Quicken for Windows

  1. Go to File, then File Import, then Web Connect (.QFX) File.
  2. Select the .qfx file from FileInto.
  3. Choose Link to an existing account and pick the account, then Continue.
  4. Accept the downloaded transactions in the account register.

Quicken for Mac

  1. Go to File, then Import, then Bank or Brokerage File (OFX, QFX).
  2. Select the .qfx file from FileInto.
  3. Pick the Quicken account to add the transactions to.
  4. Review the new transactions in the account.

Questions

Why are my Amex purchases showing as deposits?
The sign switch was off. Set Account type to Credit card and turn on "My file shows purchases as positive numbers".
Does it work for Amex business cards?
Yes. Business card downloads use the same CSV layout.
Is my bank file uploaded?
No. FileInto reads and converts the file inside your browser tab. Your file never reaches our servers, and nothing about it does either: not its name, its size or how many rows it has.
What are the limits?
Files up to 25 MB. Every file gets a full preview free. Downloads up to 25 transactions are free, no account needed; a Day Pass ($9 for 24 hours) or Unlimited ($7 a month) has no row limit. It works in current versions of Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox, on computers and phones.

Other banks