Respect transaction currency in Shortcuts action

The Apple Pay transaction trigger in Shortcuts is useful for quickly adding transactions in Budget Flow; however, transactions made in foreign currencies are parsed in the app’s default currency, instead of respecting the transaction’s original currency.

For example, my default currency is in US Dollars (USD), but transactions made in Argentine Pesos (ARS) are added to Budget Flow in USD even though the transaction amount comes in as “ARS 23,400.00”. It would be useful to have the Create Transaction action in Shortcuts parse the currency from the transaction amount instead of defaulting to the default currency.

I understand the transaction would be implicitly missing the exchange rate to the default currency, but the Shortcuts action could handle this by prompting the user to enter the default currency amount equivalent when a foreign currency is parsed. Or, alternatively store the foreign currency amount without the exchange rate, and mark the transaction in the app as “pending” until the exchange rate is added in the app at a later time.

Currently, since Budget Flow parses all amounts in the default currency, values like “ARS 23,400.00” are shown in the app as “$23,400.00” which is a vastly different value. In this transaction example: 1 USD = 1,387.90 ARS.

The Wallet notification and transaction info in the foreign currency (ARS) passed into Budget Flow’s Create Transaction Shortcuts action:

My bank’s notification and transaction info in my account’s currency (USD):

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4 months ago

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Nicolas Gomollon

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