{"id":4177,"date":"2026-05-29T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=4177"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:42:00","slug":"bank-feed-zoho-books","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/glossary\/bank-feed-zoho-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank Feed"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.gt-body{font-family:'Poppins',sans-serif;color:#111;line-height:1.75}.gt-def{border-left:4px solid #E8650A;padding:16px 20px;background:#fff8f4;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;margin:0 0 32px;font-size:1.05rem}.gt-section{margin:0 0 36px}.gt-section h2{font-family:'Fraunces',serif;color:#0A1628;font-size:1.5rem;margin:0 0 12px}.gt-example-box{background:#f0f4ff;border-radius:10px;padding:20px 24px;margin:0 0 32px}.gt-example-box strong{color:#2563EB}.gt-related-pills{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:0 0 32px}.gt-related-pill{background:#f7f4ef;border:1px solid #ddd8cf;border-radius:20px;padding:6px 16px;font-size:.875rem;color:#0A1628;text-decoration:none}.gt-faq-item{border:1px solid #ddd8cf;border-radius:10px;padding:16px 20px;margin:0 0 12px}<\/style>\n<div class=\"gt-body\">\n<div class=\"gt-def\">A bank feed in Zoho Books is a live connection to your bank that automatically imports all transactions into Zoho Books daily, reducing manual data entry and giving you an up-to-date bank balance at all times.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gt-section\">\n<h2>Connecting a Bank Feed in Zoho Books<\/h2>\n<p>Go to Banking, select your bank account, and click Connect Feed. Zoho Books uses a secure read-only banking aggregator (Plaid or an equivalent service) to connect to your bank. You authorise the connection using your net banking credentials (stored securely by the aggregator, not by Zoho Books). Once connected, transactions appear in the bank feed within 24 hours and continue to import daily.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gt-section\">\n<h2>How Bank Feeds Speed Up Reconciliation<\/h2>\n<p>Without a bank feed, you manually enter every payment and receipt, or import a monthly bank statement CSV. With a bank feed, Zoho Books imports transactions automatically and tries to match them to existing invoices, bills, and expenses using matching rules. You review suggested matches and either confirm or correct them. What used to take a day of month-end work can be done in 30 minutes of daily review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gt-section\">\n<h2>Manual Statement Import as an Alternative<\/h2>\n<p>If your bank does not support a direct feed, you can import a CSV or OFX file of your bank statement manually. Go to Banking, select the account, and click Import Statement. Map the CSV columns to the required fields (date, description, debit amount, credit amount). Zoho Books then applies matching rules to auto-categorise transactions, with you reviewing and confirming the suggestions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gt-example-box\"><strong>Industry:<\/strong> Trading \u2014 A Chennai trading company connects its HDFC current account bank feed to Zoho Books. Every morning, the accounts assistant reviews the previous day&#8217;s 15 to 20 transactions, matching customer receipts to open invoices and vendor payments to bills, completing the daily reconciliation in under 20 minutes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gt-related-pills\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/glossary\/bank-account-books-zoho-books\/\" class=\"gt-related-pill sp-content-link\">Bank Account<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/glossary\/bank-reconciliation-zoho-books\/\" class=\"gt-related-pill sp-content-link\">Bank Reconciliation<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/glossary\/categorise-transaction-zoho-books\/\" class=\"gt-related-pill sp-content-link\">Categorise Transaction<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/glossary\/matching-rule-zoho-books\/\" class=\"gt-related-pill sp-content-link\">Matching Rule<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gt-faq-item\"><strong>What is Bank Feed in Zoho Books?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A bank feed in Zoho Books is an automated connection between your bank account and Zoho Books that imports all bank transactions daily, so you can categorise and reconcile them without manually entering each deposit and payment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gt-faq-item\"><strong>Which Indian banks support bank feeds in Zoho Books?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zoho Books supports direct bank feeds for HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, and others. For unsupported banks, you can manually import transactions using a CSV or OFX bank statement file.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bank feed in Zoho Books is a live connection to your bank that automatically imports all transactions into Zoho Books daily,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"seo_title":"Bank Feed | Zoho Books Glossary","seo_description":"A bank feed in Zoho Books imports bank transactions automatically from your bank. 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