Accounts
Monize supports a wide variety of account types to represent your complete financial picture. This page covers creating, managing, and organizing your accounts.
- Account Types
- Creating an Account
- Loan and Mortgage Setup
- Financial Institutions
- Account List
- Loan and Mortgage Detail Page
- Editing and Closing Accounts
- Account Reconciliation
- Favourite Accounts
- Investment Account Pairs
- Multi-Currency Accounts
Monize supports 10 account types:
| Account Type | Description | Typical Use |
|---|---|---|
| Chequing | Checking or current account | Day-to-day banking |
| Savings | Savings account | Emergency fund, short-term savings |
| Credit Card | Credit card account | Credit card spending and payments |
| Loan | Installment loan | Personal loans, auto loans |
| Mortgage | Mortgage account | Home mortgage tracking |
| Investment | Brokerage account | Stocks, ETFs, mutual funds |
| Cash | Cash wallet or petty cash | Physical cash tracking |
| Line of Credit | Line of credit | Revolving credit facilities |
| Asset | Asset tracking | Property, vehicles, collectibles |
| Other | Miscellaneous | Any account that does not fit other types |
Credit Card accounts include a credit limit field. The available credit is calculated as credit limit - current balance.
Loan, Mortgage, and Line of Credit accounts are debt accounts. They support interest rate tracking and a dedicated payment setup, and clicking them opens a per-account detail page rather than the transaction register. Loans and mortgages show an amortization schedule and payoff projection; lines of credit show a revolving-balance view. Mortgage accounts add Canadian-specific amortization settings. See Loan and Mortgage Setup.
Investment accounts are always created as a linked pair -- a brokerage account (for holding securities) and a cash account (for the cash balance within the brokerage). See Investment Account Pairs for details.
Asset accounts are used to track the value of physical assets like property or vehicles. Transactions on asset accounts represent changes in value.
- Navigate to Accounts from the top navigation bar
- Click the Create Account button
- Fill in the account form:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Account Name | A descriptive name for the account |
| Account Type | Select from the available types |
| Currency | The currency this account operates in |
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Opening Balance | The starting balance (defaults to 0) |
| Opening Date | The date of the opening balance |
| Institution | The financial institution that holds the account (see Financial Institutions). Optional for most account types, but required for loans and mortgages |
| Account Number | The institution's account number for your reference |
| Credit Limit | For credit cards only |
| Interest Rate | For savings, loans, and mortgages |
| Notes | Any additional notes about the account |
- Click Save to create the account
Tip: When importing from Microsoft Money, you do not need to create accounts manually if you plan to create them during the import process. However, creating accounts first gives you more control over the exact names, types, and opening balances.
Note: When you choose a Loan or Mortgage account type, the form reveals extra payment fields. See Loan and Mortgage Setup below.
Selecting the Loan or Mortgage account type on the account form reveals a dedicated payment setup panel so Monize can track your amortization, split each payment into principal and interest, and project your payoff.
For a Loan (or line of credit), the following fields become available in addition to the standard fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Payment Amount | The regular payment made against the loan |
| Payment Frequency | Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly |
| First Payment Date | The date the first scheduled payment is due |
| Payment-From Account | The account the payment is drawn from (e.g. your chequing account) |
| Interest Category | The expense category the interest portion of each payment is booked to |
As you fill in the loan amount, interest rate, payment, frequency, and first payment date, a live amortization preview appears showing the principal and interest portions of the first payment, the total number of payments, and the estimated payoff date.
Mortgage accounts offer everything a loan does, plus mortgage-specific settings:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Canadian mortgage | Toggle for Canadian semi-annual interest compounding |
| Variable rate | Toggle to mark the mortgage as variable-rate |
| Term Length | The mortgage term, entered as years plus months |
| Amortization Period | The full amortization, entered as years plus months |
| Payment Frequency | Monthly, semi-monthly, bi-weekly, accelerated bi-weekly, weekly, or accelerated weekly |
| First Payment Date, Payment-From Account, Interest Category | Same as for loans |
The mortgage amortization preview shows the calculated payment amount, the effective annual rate, the first payment's principal and interest split, the total number of payments, total interest, and the estimated payoff date.
If you have already imported transaction history for a loan or mortgage, Monize can set up the payment for you. The guided payment setup analyses your existing transactions and detects:
- The payment cadence (frequency) and regular payment amount
- The principal / interest split from your most recent payment
- Any recurring extra principal payments
- An estimated interest rate, interest category, and source account
Each detected value is presented with a confidence indicator (High, Medium, or Low) for you to review, adjust, and confirm before the payment schedule is created. You can also opt to auto-post future payments.
Each account can record the financial institution that holds it -- the bank, brokerage, credit union, or lender behind the account. This is a free-text field on the account form, so you can enter the institution's name exactly as you want it to appear (for example, the name of your bank or your loan provider).
- Identify accounts at a glance -- When you have several accounts of the same type, the institution name makes it clear which is which.
- Group related accounts -- Knowing the institution behind each account helps you see your overall exposure to any one bank or lender.
- Required for debt accounts -- The institution is mandatory for loan and mortgage accounts, since it identifies your lender. For all other account types it is optional.
- Open the account form when creating a new account, or click the edit button on an existing account.
- Enter the institution name in the Institution field (up to 100 characters).
- Click Save.
You can change an account's institution at any time by editing the account. The field is purely descriptive -- Monize does not connect to the institution, fetch logos, or detect the institution automatically; it is the name you type for your own reference.
The Accounts page displays all your accounts organized by type.
Each account entry shows:
- Account name
- Account type indicator
- Current balance in the account's currency
- Currency code (if different from your home currency)
- Actions -- View transactions, Loan Details, Edit, Reconcile, Close (or Reopen), and Delete
The available actions depend on the account: Loan Details appears only for loan, mortgage, and line-of-credit accounts and opens the account's detail page. Delete is only available for accounts with no transactions (see Deleting Accounts), and closed accounts show Reopen in place of Close.
At the top of the accounts page, a summary card shows:
- Total assets -- Sum of all positive-balance accounts
- Total liabilities -- Sum of all debt accounts
- Net worth -- Assets minus liabilities
The filter bar above the list lets you narrow down which accounts are shown:
- Status -- A segmented control to switch between All, Active (currently in use), and Closed (closed/archived) accounts.
- Account type -- A dropdown to show only selected account types (e.g. only chequing and savings). It lists just the types you actually have; leaving it empty shows all types.
- Search -- A text box that filters accounts by name as you type. Click the X inside the box to clear the search.
A counter beside the filters shows how many accounts match, in the form "X of Y accounts". When the filters match nothing, a Clear Filters action resets the status, type, and search filters at once.
Note: Your filter, sort, and density choices are remembered between visits.
Loan, mortgage, and line-of-credit accounts open a per-account detail page at /accounts/[id] instead of the transaction register. You reach it by clicking a debt account in the list, or via the Loan Details row action. A View Transactions button on the page takes you to the underlying register.
For loans and mortgages, the top of the page shows a row of summary cards:
| Card | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Current Balance | The amount still owed |
| Original Amount | The opening balance (or the amount derived from history) |
| Interest Rate | The annual rate; Canadian fixed mortgages also show the effective rate |
| Payment | The regular payment amount and its frequency |
| Estimated Payoff Date | When the loan is projected to be fully repaid |
| Estimated Remaining Interest | The interest still to be paid over the remaining schedule |
Below the cards, the page also includes tools such as an overpayment simulator and the full amortization schedule.
Because a line of credit revolves rather than amortizing to a fixed payoff, its detail page shows a revolving-balance view instead of an amortization schedule:
- Current Balance -- The amount currently drawn
- Credit Limit and Available Credit -- Shown when a credit limit is set
- Utilization % -- The portion of the limit in use, colour-coded to flag high utilization
- Peak Balance -- The highest balance reached (shown when no limit is set)
- Balance History -- A chart of the balance over time, counting both draws and repayments
Click the edit button on any account to modify its details. All fields from account creation can be updated.
When an account is no longer active (e.g., you closed a bank account), you can close it in Monize:
- Click the edit button on the account
- Toggle the Closed switch
- Click Save
Closed accounts are hidden from the active accounts view and from transaction dropdowns, but their historical data is preserved for reporting.
Accounts can only be deleted if they have no transactions. If an account has transactions, you must either delete the transactions first or close the account instead.
Reconciliation helps you verify that your Monize records match your bank statement.
- Navigate to the account you want to reconcile
- Click Reconcile
- Enter the statement ending balance and statement date from your bank
- Review each transaction:
- Cleared transactions match your bank statement
- Unreconciled transactions have not yet appeared on a statement
- Mark transactions as cleared by clicking on them
- When the difference is zero, click Finish Reconciling
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Unreconciled | New transaction, not yet on a statement |
| Cleared | Matches a bank statement entry |
| Reconciled | Previously cleared and locked |
| Void | Cancelled transaction |
Mark accounts as favourites to have them displayed on the Dashboard:
- In the account list, click the star icon next to an account
- The account will appear in the Favourite Accounts widget on the Dashboard
When you create an Investment type account, Monize automatically creates two linked accounts:
- Brokerage Account -- Holds your securities (stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, etc.)
- Cash Account -- Tracks the cash balance within the brokerage
These are linked internally. When you buy securities, the cash balance decreases. When you sell or receive dividends, the cash balance increases.
The cash account is hidden from the main account list but is accessible through the investment interface. Clicking on a brokerage account in the account list navigates to the Investments page filtered to that account's holdings. For more details, see Investments.
Important for Microsoft Money users: In Microsoft Money, investment accounts contain both securities and cash in a single account. In Monize, these are split into two linked accounts. When importing, the QIF parser handles this automatically -- the "Investment" export maps to the brokerage account and the "Regular" export maps to the cash account.
Each account has a designated currency. If you have accounts in different currencies:
- Transactions in that account are recorded in the account's currency
- The Dashboard and reports convert balances to your home currency using the latest exchange rates
- Cross-currency transfers record both amounts and the effective exchange rate
For more details, see Currency Management.