QIF (Quicken Interchange Format)
Also known as: Quicken Interchange Format.
Definition
QIF, short for Quicken Interchange Format, is a plain-text Quicken file format that predates OFX and QFX. Each transaction is a small block of tagged fields (date, payee, amount, memo, category) terminated by a caret. QIF is still accepted by older versions of Quicken and by some niche personal-finance tools, though Intuit has steered users toward QFX and direct connect over the years.
Why it matters
QIF is the lowest-friction Quicken import format when QFX is unavailable or when you need to bring data into an older Quicken installation. It is also human-readable, which makes it easy to inspect and patch.
How DocuClipper handles it
DocuClipper exports clean QIF from any supported PDF bank statement. See bank statement to QIF.
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