# \[NEW\] Pending Transactions Categorisation **URL:** \ **Category:** Emma News & Updates\ **Created:** [February 12, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310 "2025-02-12T18:44:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/1 "2025-02-12T18:44:51Z")
Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know we have built a piece of tech to progressively allow categorisation of pending transactions. We have not really announced this because the tech is dynamic and changes over time according to how the bank is behaving. This is also not really visible from your end since pending transactions that allow editing just look like normal transactions; we simply don’t show them as spending in Emma. 😉 With this said, we are now allowing pending transactions editing on these institutions: Edits allowed for personal checking accounts: - BOS - CHASE - DANSKE - FIRSTDIRECT - HALIFAX - HSBC - LLOYDS - MONZO - NATIONWIDE - NATWEST - RBS - REVOLUT - TRANSFERWISE - PAYPAL - STARLING Edits allowed for business checking accounts: - BARCLAYS - MONZO - STARLING Edits allowed for personal savings accounts: - BARCLAYS - CHASE - HALIFAX - HSBC - LLOYDS - REVOLUT - SANTANDER - STARLING Edits allowed for credit card accounts: - BARCLAYS - MONZO - NATWEST We are now working to expand this list and build rules to detect and match pending transactions for every institution; so you should see less “pending transactions” in Emma over time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/2 "2025-02-12T18:51:41Z")
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**Author:** ![o99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/o99/32/2132_2.png) [@o99](https://community.emma-app.com/u/o99)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/3 "2025-02-13T21:46:19Z")
That’s great. Thanks for this! In allowed credit cards does Barclays mean Barclaycard, or is there another type of credit card from Barclays? I’ve just paid for something with my Barclaycard and it’s still showing up as an uneditable pending transaction in Emma. It’s an Avios rewards MasterCard in case relevant. ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/4 "2025-02-14T10:12:42Z")
Yes, so the system changes every 30 or so minutes; banks make mistakes all the time and if we are confident we can match the pending on that day we allow the editing; the list I have put above is not final. ---
**Author:** ![o99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/o99/32/2132_2.png) [@o99](https://community.emma-app.com/u/o99)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/5 "2025-02-14T10:26:49Z")
Ah, so pending transaction editing might not be available for all transactions from institutions in your list. It might only be available for some transactions? ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/6 "2025-02-14T11:59:39Z")
Yes, the list updates every 30mins to make sure you don’t lose the edits; from a UI point of view, it’ll be difficult to see difference because stuff that is pending will just look editable like any other transaction. We are going to keep working on this to the point that there might not be pending transactions in the app anymore. ---
**Author:** ![alekseyrozh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@alekseyrozh](https://community.emma-app.com/u/alekseyrozh)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/7 "2025-02-18T12:27:59Z")
Hi, i am not very clear about the changes introduced, as from my “at-a-glance” point of view all of the transactions are still pending for a while. Let me maybe provide an example to clarify - I have my chase debit card, I go to Sainsbury’s and buy smth. What are the chances this transaction will be immediately editable? ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/8 "2025-02-18T16:55:02Z")
Chase transactions should not show as pending in the Emma app; so you’ll be able to edit the transaction right away. ---
**Author:** ![alekseyrozh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@alekseyrozh](https://community.emma-app.com/u/alekseyrozh)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/9 "2025-02-18T19:53:51Z")
Unfortunately this is not the case, all chase transactions are still pending in my emma app. ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/10 "2025-02-18T19:54:23Z")
Can you message live chat and say you have raised this in the community? ---
**Author:** ![alekseyrozh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@alekseyrozh](https://community.emma-app.com/u/alekseyrozh)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/11 "2025-02-18T19:55:23Z")
Actually, this is the case only for Android. MacOS app shows them as editable. Will reach out in the live chat ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/12 "2025-02-18T19:58:57Z")
Thanks, we are going to take a look 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![frosch411](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/frosch411/32/1460_2.png) [@frosch411](https://community.emma-app.com/u/frosch411)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/13 "2025-02-24T09:21:11Z")
Good to hear/read more is being done about pending transactions, but I noticed that they don’t keep my tags and descriptions when they change from pending to proper. As they look identical, had labelled them as per usual (iirc they were categorised correctly), but the tags and descriptions went once they converted from pending. Is this a known issue or teething problems? I’d rather then wait a day or two than having to do the labelling twice. Thanks 😊 ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/14 "2025-02-24T10:48:35Z")
> [@frosch411](#): > > Good to hear/read more is being done about pending transactions, but I noticed that they don’t keep my tags and descriptions when they change from pending to proper. Do you mind messaging live chat so we can take a look? ---
**Author:** ![frosch411](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/frosch411/32/1460_2.png) [@frosch411](https://community.emma-app.com/u/frosch411)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/15 "2025-02-25T17:29:51Z")
Will do 😃 [Filler] ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/16 "2025-03-01T11:34:58Z")
By the way, we have shipped a few fixes this week; you should see improvements. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![frosch411](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/frosch411/32/1460_2.png) [@frosch411](https://community.emma-app.com/u/frosch411)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/17 "2025-04-07T09:06:58Z")
Hi again all👋🏼 After the early fixes were shipped, amending pending transactions worked for my Halifax current account (and proved very useful). Seems this has stopped, and when I reached out to live chat, I got a bot response first to which I then referred to this thread to outline Halifax should be included. The response then was this was going to be looked into. Could I get an update what’s happening with pending transaction amendments for Halifax? If the bank no longer allowed this, can this be fixed in Emma’s end, or the list of supported banks be amended to exclude the institution? Thanks 😊 ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/18 "2025-04-07T11:59:39Z")
Hi @frosch411, the logic is dynamic; it just changes according to how the bank behaves. I can ask the team to take a look; but it’s possible there is nothing to do at this stage. ---
**Author:** ![frosch411](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/frosch411/32/1460_2.png) [@frosch411](https://community.emma-app.com/u/frosch411)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/19 "2025-04-09T16:09:37Z")
Fair enough @edoardomoreni …hoping it’s not the bank, would be a real shame 😮‍💨🙏🏼 ---
**Author:** ![mrchrisbrogan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/mrchrisbrogan/32/2589_2.png) [@mrchrisbrogan](https://community.emma-app.com/u/mrchrisbrogan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310/20 "2025-04-25T12:29:10Z")
Is amex on the agenda for pending transactions? [Next page](https://community.emma-app.com/t/new-pending-transactions-categorisation/7310.md?page=2)