Bank reconciliation: review automatic acceptance of exact matches
NetSuite 2026.2 August minor release enables automatic submission of eligible unambiguous bank and credit card match suggestions by default. Administrators can disable the account preference.
By Ebenstead · Published · Guidance updated · Sources checked
Why it matters
Eligible bank matches may be submitted without your former manual review step.
First step
Check the preference and compare a sample with your finance controls.
Suggested owner
Finance process owner
Who should check?
Finance teams using supported bank or credit card matching and reconciliation, especially when qualifying system or user matching rules and users with Reconcile permission are involved.
Published milestones
August 2026 minor release (NetSuite 2026.2)Automatically Accept Exact Matches becomes an enabled-by-default preference for supported bank and credit card matches.
Current account configurationAdministrators can turn the preference off; eligibility, user permission and rule behavior determine which suggestions are submitted.
Check your Oracle account notice before scheduling an update.
What to do next
Inspect the account preference and determine which users and matching rules can auto-submit eligible suggestions.
Check a representative sample of automatically submitted matches against your finance approval, segregation-of-duties and audit requirements.
Document whether to retain or disable the preference, with finance owner approval and post-change validation.
What we’ll review
Account preference status, supported bank/credit-card accounts, sample system and user reconciliation rules, importer/reviewer Reconcile permissions, example System-submitted matches and finance approval requirements.