
Intuit Quicken 2013 is software designed as a handy tool for managing a user's finances. When a user downloads transaction from the financial institution and error messages are received, then there is a probabil They were derived from the OFX format which makes them similar in structure however not interchangeable. They can be downloaded from the Internet using Quicken's Web Connect feature and the user needs to login and manually download a QFX file and import it into Quicken. They are used to allow the Quicken software to communicate with financial institutions.

They are generated by various financial institutions such as banks and credit card companies and so financial institutions have to pay a licensing fee to Intuit in order to create QFX files for their customers. These QFX files are generally classified as proprietary data files that contain account balances, transactions, and other updated information recorded in a standardized format. The content of a Quicken Financial Exchange File is stored in the QFX format and is appended with the QFX extension, and is used by the Quicken software.
