Currency exchange

An exchange moves money between two currencies. It can happen on one account (a multi-currency card converting dollars to euros) or between two accounts (cash dollars exchanged into a euro account).

Record an exchange

1. Press N and choose Exchange.
2. In Given, pick the account and enter what you gave, in its currency — for example 500.00 USD.
3. In Received, pick the account and enter what you got — 459.10 EUR.
4. Check the rate shown under the amounts and press Enter.

The rate is simply what you gave and received, so it is exactly the rate the exchange office or bank gave you — no need to type it separately.

Any pair of currencies

You can exchange between any two currencies, including pairs the reference source doesn’t quote directly and currencies you added yourself.

Fee

If the exchange cost a fee, fill in Fee and choose a Fee category — as with a transfer. The fee is recorded as a separate expense from the account you paid from, and is voided together with the exchange.

The fee can have its own currency — for example, a TRX network fee for swapping USDT. If it is in the currency of either side, the exchange’s own rate is used; otherwise the reference rate.

How it shows in your base currency

An exchange is not income or spending. Both sides get the same equivalent in your base currency with opposite signs. Asienta takes one side as the anchor — the side in your base currency if there is one, otherwise the given side — and the other side matches it.