Category not applied when I transfer money

[olembe]

I made a few payment transfers to other people recently. At the end of each transaction, I’m asked to categorise the payment. But whatever I choose, it shows up in my spending as “General” and I have to categorise the transaction again.

[rolanddeschain]

This is a known bug that came with the move to faster payments. I hope it is fixed soon, as it is aggravating. Thanks for voicing that it also effects you

Bank transfer category bug

There is a reason why this happens The way Faster Payments work is when we initiate a transfer to another bank, they send us a response to say yes/no to the transfer. Only at that point does money actually move from your account and into our settlement account, ready for the other bank to collect at the next clearing cycle. What that means is that when you are presented with the category chooser, the transaction hasn’t actually been completed - money hasn’t changed hands and therefore t…

@HughWells, this post can probably be merged.