diff --git a/actual/rules.py b/actual/rules.py
index 6147b85..de1fd65 100644
--- a/actual/rules.py
+++ b/actual/rules.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 import datetime
 import enum
+import re
 import typing
+import unicodedata
 
 import pydantic
 
@@ -12,6 +14,14 @@
 from actual.schedules import Schedule
 
 
+def get_normalized_string(value: str) -> str:
+    """Normalization of string for comparison. Uses lowercase and Canonical Decomposition.
+
+    See https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/blob/a22160579d6e1f7a17213561cec79c321a14525b/packages/loot-core/src/shared/normalisation.ts
+    """
+    return unicodedata.normalize("NFD", value.lower())
+
+
 class ConditionType(enum.Enum):
     IS = "is"
     IS_APPROX = "isapprox"
@@ -25,6 +35,7 @@ class ConditionType(enum.Enum):
     DOES_NOT_CONTAIN = "doesNotContain"
     NOT_ONE_OF = "notOneOf"
     IS_BETWEEN = "isbetween"
+    MATCHES = "matches"
 
 
 class ActionType(enum.Enum):
@@ -67,7 +78,7 @@ def is_valid(self, operation: ConditionType) -> bool:
         if self == ValueType.DATE:
             return operation.value in ("is", "isapprox", "gt", "gte", "lt", "lte")
         elif self == ValueType.STRING:
-            return operation.value in ("is", "contains", "oneOf", "isNot", "doesNotContain", "notOneOf")
+            return operation.value in ("is", "contains", "oneOf", "isNot", "doesNotContain", "notOneOf", "matches")
         elif self == ValueType.ID:
             return operation.value in ("is", "isNot", "oneOf", "notOneOf")
         elif self == ValueType.NUMBER:
@@ -130,6 +141,11 @@ def get_value(
             return datetime.datetime.strptime(str(value), "%Y%m%d").date()
     elif value_type is ValueType.BOOLEAN:
         return int(value)  # database accepts 0 or 1
+    elif value_type is ValueType.STRING:
+        if isinstance(value, list):
+            return [get_value(v, value_type) for v in value]
+        else:
+            return get_normalized_string(value)
     return value
 
 
@@ -173,7 +189,9 @@ def condition_evaluation(
     elif op == ConditionType.ONE_OF:
         return true_value in self_value
     elif op == ConditionType.CONTAINS:
-        return self_value in true_value
+        return get_normalized_string(self_value) in get_normalized_string(true_value)
+    elif op == ConditionType.MATCHES:
+        return bool(re.match(self_value, true_value, re.IGNORECASE))
     elif op == ConditionType.NOT_ONE_OF:
         return true_value not in self_value
     elif op == ConditionType.DOES_NOT_CONTAIN:
diff --git a/tests/test_rules.py b/tests/test_rules.py
index fce1352..bc28ec9 100644
--- a/tests/test_rules.py
+++ b/tests/test_rules.py
@@ -81,8 +81,19 @@ def test_string_condition():
     assert Condition(field="notes", op="notOneOf", value=["foo", "bar"]).run(t) is False
     assert Condition(field="notes", op="contains", value="fo").run(t) is True
     assert Condition(field="notes", op="contains", value="foobar").run(t) is False
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="matches", value="f.*").run(t) is True
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="matches", value="g.*").run(t) is False
     assert Condition(field="notes", op="doesNotContain", value="foo").run(t) is False
     assert Condition(field="notes", op="doesNotContain", value="foobar").run(t) is True
+    # test the cases where the case do not match
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="oneOf", value=["FOO", "BAR"]).run(t) is True
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="notOneOf", value=["FOO", "BAR"]).run(t) is False
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="contains", value="FO").run(t) is True
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="contains", value="FOOBAR").run(t) is False
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="matches", value="F.*").run(t) is True
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="matches", value="G.*").run(t) is False
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="doesNotContain", value="FOO").run(t) is False
+    assert Condition(field="notes", op="doesNotContain", value="FOOBAR").run(t) is True
 
 
 def test_numeric_condition():