[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":493},["ShallowReactive",2],{"hubs:en":3,"footer:en":25,"content:en:scanned-bank-statement-to-excel":344},[4,10,15,20],{"id":5,"type":6,"title":7,"description":8,"path":9},"banks","hub","A bank statement converter that works with any bank","Convert statements from Chase, Barclays, HSBC, SBI, HDFC, CommBank or any other bank to Excel, CSV or QuickBooks, with download tips for each bank.","\u002Fbanks",{"id":11,"type":6,"title":12,"description":13,"path":14},"guides","Bank statement guides: from PDF to spreadsheet, books and tax return","Step-by-step bank statement guides: PDF to Excel, importing into QuickBooks Online and TallyPrime, reconciling in Excel, expense categories and OFX files.","\u002Fguides",{"id":16,"type":6,"title":17,"description":18,"path":19},"formats","Convert bank statements to the file format you need","Convert bank statements from PDF, scan, photo, CAMT.053 or MT940 to Excel, CSV, QuickBooks, Xero, OFX or QIF — and find the file format you need.","\u002Fformats",{"id":21,"type":6,"title":22,"description":23,"path":24},"use-cases","Who uses a bank statement converter, and for what","How bookkeepers, accountants, small businesses, mortgage brokers, tax preparers and individuals use a bank statement converter, and the job it does.","\u002Fuse-cases",[26,27,33,38,39,45,50,56,65,70,78,83,90,98,105,112,119,124,129,134,139,140,148,156,164,169,177,185,190,197,205,213,221,229,234,242,249,257,262,269,276,283,290,298,303,308,313,318,323,328,333,338,343],{"id":5,"type":6,"title":7,"description":8,"path":9},{"id":28,"type":29,"title":30,"description":31,"path":32},"usecase-mortgage","usecase","Bank statement analysis for mortgage brokers and lenders","Turn 12–24 months of borrower bank statements into one categorized, balance-checked spreadsheet for income averages and large-deposit review.","\u002Fmortgage-brokers",{"id":34,"type":29,"title":35,"description":36,"path":37},"usecase-accountants","Bank statement conversion for accountants and bookkeepers","Turn a client's year of PDF statements, scans and photos into balance-checked transactions and import files for QuickBooks, Xero or Excel.","\u002Faccountants-and-bookkeepers",{"id":11,"type":6,"title":12,"description":13,"path":14},{"id":40,"type":41,"title":42,"description":43,"path":44},"guide-mortgage-statements","guide","Bank statements for a mortgage: what lenders ask for and how to prepare them","How many months of bank statements mortgage lenders ask for, what underwriters look for, how large deposits are explained and how to prepare a clean set.","\u002Fbank-statements-for-mortgage",{"id":46,"type":41,"title":47,"description":48,"path":49},"guide-expense-categories","Business expense categories: the list and how to use it","A practical list of business expense categories with bank transaction examples and Schedule C lines, plus how to categorize bank transactions for taxes.","\u002Fbusiness-expense-categories",{"id":51,"type":52,"title":53,"description":54,"path":55},"categorize-transactions","convert","Categorize bank transactions automatically","Categorize bank transactions automatically: upload any statement and get clean payee names, your own categories and rules that always win. Totals in Excel.","\u002Fcategorize-bank-transactions",{"id":57,"type":58,"title":59,"description":60,"path":61,"bank":62},"bank-bancolombia","bank","Convert a Bancolombia statement to Excel","Convert Bancolombia statements (extractos) to Excel or CSV: where to download PDF and XLS, how to open locked PDFs, and how to balance-check every row.","\u002Fbancolombia-statement-to-excel",{"name":63,"country":64},"Bancolombia","CO",{"id":66,"type":52,"title":67,"description":68,"path":69},"convert-csv","Convert a bank statement to CSV","Convert a bank statement PDF, scan or photo to CSV: one clean row per transaction, categorized and balance-checked. Comma or semicolon, any date format.","\u002Fbank-statement-to-csv",{"id":71,"type":58,"title":72,"description":73,"path":74,"bank":75},"bank-chase","Convert a Chase statement to Excel","Convert Chase bank and credit card statements to Excel, CSV or QuickBooks. Where to download Chase PDFs and CSVs, how far back, and how to check totals.","\u002Fchase-statement-to-excel",{"name":76,"country":77},"Chase","US",{"id":79,"type":52,"title":80,"description":81,"path":82},"convert-xero","Convert a PDF bank statement and import it into Xero","Import any PDF bank or credit card statement into Xero: convert it to a Xero statement CSV, check it balances, then import it in a few clicks.","\u002Fbank-statement-to-xero",{"id":84,"type":58,"title":85,"description":86,"path":87,"bank":88},"bank-american-express","Convert an American Express statement to Excel","Export American Express transactions to Excel or CSV, or convert older Amex PDF statements beyond the two-year window. Signs and card members explained.","\u002Famex-statement-to-excel",{"name":89,"country":77},"American Express",{"id":91,"type":58,"title":92,"description":93,"path":94,"bank":95},"bank-hdfc-bank","Convert an HDFC Bank statement to Excel","Convert HDFC Bank account and credit card statement PDFs to Excel or CSV. NetBanking download options, the Customer ID password and Tally tips explained.","\u002Fhdfc-bank-statement-to-excel",{"name":96,"country":97},"HDFC Bank","IN",{"id":99,"type":58,"title":100,"description":101,"path":102,"bank":103},"bank-icici-bank","Convert an ICICI Bank statement to Excel","Convert ICICI Bank account and credit card statement PDFs to Excel or CSV. How far back you can download, the card statement password and Tally tips.","\u002Ficici-bank-statement-to-excel",{"name":104,"country":97},"ICICI Bank",{"id":106,"type":58,"title":107,"description":108,"path":109,"bank":110},"bank-sbi","Convert an SBI bank statement PDF to Excel","Convert SBI bank statement PDFs to Excel or CSV, including password-protected e-statements. Where to get them, which password applies, and Tally tips.","\u002Fsbi-bank-statement-to-excel",{"name":111,"country":97},"State Bank of India (SBI)",{"id":113,"type":58,"title":114,"description":115,"path":116,"bank":117},"bank-bank-of-america","Convert Bank of America statements to Excel or QuickBooks","Convert Bank of America statements to Excel, CSV, QuickBooks (.qbo) or QIF — useful now that BofA's QFX Web Connect downloads have been discontinued.","\u002Fbank-of-america-statement-to-excel",{"name":118,"country":77},"Bank of America",{"id":120,"type":52,"title":121,"description":122,"path":123},"convert-quickbooks","Convert bank statements for QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop","Convert PDF bank statements to a QuickBooks Online CSV or a .qbo Web Connect file for QuickBooks Desktop — categorized and balance-checked first.","\u002Fbank-statement-to-quickbooks",{"id":125,"type":52,"title":126,"description":127,"path":128},"convert-excel","Convert bank statements to Excel","Convert any bank statement PDF, scan or photo to Excel in seconds. Every transaction categorized and checked against your balances. See it before you pay.","\u002Fbank-statement-to-excel",{"id":130,"type":52,"title":131,"description":132,"path":133},"convert-ofx","Convert bank statements to OFX files","Convert a bank statement PDF, scan or CSV to an OFX file for GnuCash, Xero, Wave, Sage and more. Every transaction is balance-checked before you import.","\u002Fbank-statement-to-ofx",{"id":135,"type":52,"title":136,"description":137,"path":138},"convert-qif","Convert bank statements to QIF for Quicken and other money apps","Convert a bank statement PDF, scan or CSV to a QIF file for Quicken, GnuCash or HomeBank, with clean payees, categories and a balance check before import.","\u002Fbank-statement-to-qif",{"id":16,"type":6,"title":17,"description":18,"path":19},{"id":141,"type":58,"title":142,"description":143,"path":144,"bank":145},"bank-barclays","Convert Barclays bank statements to Excel","Convert Barclays and Barclaycard PDF statements to Excel, CSV or Xero. Where to find seven years of statements online and how to check the balances.","\u002Fbarclays-statement-to-excel",{"name":146,"country":147},"Barclays","GB",{"id":149,"type":58,"title":150,"description":151,"path":152,"bank":153},"bank-bbva-mexico","Convert BBVA México statements (estado de cuenta) to Excel","Convert BBVA México estado de cuenta PDFs to Excel or CSV, including password-protected e-mailed PDFs. Every movement categorized and balance-checked.","\u002Fbbva-mexico-statement-to-excel",{"name":154,"country":155},"BBVA México","MX",{"id":157,"type":58,"title":158,"description":159,"path":160,"bank":161},"bank-caixabank","Convert CaixaBank statements to Excel","Convert CaixaBank PDF extractos to Excel or CSV. Where to find movements and statements in CaixaBankNow, what each file holds, and a balance check.","\u002Fcaixabank-statement-to-excel",{"name":162,"country":163},"CaixaBank","ES",{"id":165,"type":52,"title":166,"description":167,"path":168},"convert-camt053","Convert CAMT.053 files to Excel","Convert camt.053 bank statement XML to Excel or CSV: one row per entry with signed amounts, payee and category, checked against the file's balances.","\u002Fcamt-053-to-excel",{"id":170,"type":58,"title":171,"description":172,"path":173,"bank":174},"bank-commbank","Convert CommBank statements to Excel, Xero, OFX or QIF","Convert Commonwealth Bank statements to Excel, CSV, Xero, OFX or QIF — now that NetBank only exports CSV. Works with PDFs up to seven years back.","\u002Fcommbank-statement-to-excel",{"name":175,"country":176},"Commonwealth Bank (CommBank)","AU",{"id":178,"type":58,"title":179,"description":180,"path":181,"bank":182},"bank-credit-agricole","Convert Crédit Agricole statements to Excel","Convert Crédit Agricole e-relevés to Excel, CSV or OFX. Where to download operations, why history stops at 12 months, and how to convert older PDFs.","\u002Fcredit-agricole-statement-to-excel",{"name":183,"country":184},"Crédit Agricole","FR",{"id":186,"type":52,"title":187,"description":188,"path":189},"convert-credit-card","Convert credit card statements to Excel","Convert credit card statement PDFs to Excel, CSV, QuickBooks or Xero. Charges and payments are signed consistently and checked against the new balance.","\u002Fcredit-card-statement-to-excel",{"id":191,"type":58,"title":192,"description":193,"path":194,"bank":195},"bank-hsbc-uk","Convert HSBC UK bank statements to Excel","Convert HSBC UK bank statements to Excel, CSV or Xero: how to download HSBC PDFs and transaction files, and what the payment codes mean.","\u002Fhsbc-statement-to-excel",{"name":196,"country":147},"HSBC UK",{"id":198,"type":58,"title":199,"description":200,"path":201,"bank":202},"bank-ing-deutschland","Convert ING Germany Kontoauszüge to Excel and CSV","Convert ING Germany (ING-DiBa) PDF Kontoauszüge to Excel or CSV, including transactions older than the 390 days online banking shows. Balance-checked.","\u002Fing-germany-statement-to-excel",{"name":203,"country":204},"ING Deutschland","DE",{"id":206,"type":58,"title":207,"description":208,"path":209,"bank":210},"bank-intesa-sanpaolo","Convert Intesa Sanpaolo statements to Excel","Intesa Sanpaolo exports movements to Excel for only 13 months. Convert older PDF estratti conto to Excel or CSV, balance-checked and categorized.","\u002Fintesa-sanpaolo-statement-to-excel",{"name":211,"country":212},"Intesa Sanpaolo","IT",{"id":214,"type":58,"title":215,"description":216,"path":217,"bank":218},"bank-japan-post-bank","Convert Japan Post Bank passbooks and statements to Excel","Turn ゆうちょ passbook photos and Yucho Direct CSV files into a categorized, balance-checked Excel or CSV file. Download steps, limits and quirks.","\u002Fjapan-post-bank-passbook-to-excel",{"name":219,"country":220},"Japan Post Bank (ゆうちょ銀行)","JP",{"id":222,"type":58,"title":223,"description":224,"path":225,"bank":226},"bank-mbank","Convert mBank statements to Excel","Convert mBank statements to Excel or CSV. Where to export history, why the operation list isn't an accounting record, and how to open a Secure PDF.","\u002Fmbank-statement-to-excel",{"name":227,"country":228},"mBank","PL",{"id":230,"type":52,"title":231,"description":232,"path":233},"convert-mt940","Convert MT940 files to Excel","Convert MT940 statement files (.sta, .mt940) to Excel or CSV: :61: and :86: decoded into dates, signed amounts, payees and categories. Balance-checked.","\u002Fmt940-to-excel",{"id":235,"type":58,"title":236,"description":237,"path":238,"bank":239},"bank-nubank","Convert Nubank statements and faturas to Excel","Turn a Nubank extrato (OFX or PDF) or credit card fatura into Excel or CSV with every transaction categorized and checked against the balances.","\u002Fnubank-statement-to-excel",{"name":240,"country":241},"Nubank","BR",{"id":243,"type":58,"title":244,"description":245,"path":246,"bank":247},"bank-pko-bp","Convert PKO Bank Polski statements to Excel","Convert PKO BP PDF wyciągi to Excel or CSV. Where iPKO keeps statements, what MT940 and camt.053 reports cover, and how to convert older periods.","\u002Fpko-bp-statement-to-excel",{"name":248,"country":228},"PKO Bank Polski",{"id":250,"type":58,"title":251,"description":252,"path":253,"bank":254},"bank-rbc","Convert RBC Royal Bank statements to Excel","Convert RBC Royal Bank eStatements and credit card statements to Excel, CSV or QuickBooks. Where to find them and what happens when an account closes.","\u002Frbc-statement-to-excel",{"name":255,"country":256},"RBC Royal Bank","CA",{"id":258,"type":52,"title":259,"description":260,"path":261},"convert-scanned","Convert scanned bank statements and photos to Excel","Convert scanned bank statements, faxes and phone photos to Excel. Every row is checked against the statement's balances, so a misread digit gets caught.","\u002Fscanned-bank-statement-to-excel",{"id":263,"type":58,"title":264,"description":265,"path":266,"bank":267},"bank-smbc","Convert SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui) statements and passbooks to Excel","Download SMBC Direct transactions as CSV, or convert older passbook pages and PDFs into a categorized, balance-checked Excel file. Limits explained.","\u002Fsmbc-statement-to-excel",{"name":268,"country":220},"Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (三井住友銀行)",{"id":270,"type":58,"title":271,"description":272,"path":273,"bank":274},"bank-sparkasse","Convert Sparkasse statements (Kontoauszüge) to Excel","Convert Sparkasse Kontoauszug PDFs to Excel or CSV, or upload CSV-CAMT and CAMT exports. Every transaction categorized and balance-checked.","\u002Fsparkasse-statement-to-excel",{"name":275,"country":204},"Sparkasse",{"id":277,"type":58,"title":278,"description":279,"path":280,"bank":281},"bank-unicredit","Convert UniCredit statements and movement lists to Excel","Download UniCredit movements as Excel, or convert PDF estratto conto, card statements and client PDFs to Excel or CSV — balance-checked and categorized.","\u002Funicredit-statement-to-excel",{"name":282,"country":212},"UniCredit",{"id":284,"type":58,"title":285,"description":286,"path":287,"bank":288},"bank-wells-fargo","Convert Wells Fargo statements to Excel","Convert Wells Fargo bank and credit card statements to Excel, CSV or QuickBooks, beyond the 18-month and 90-day download limits. Balance-checked.","\u002Fwells-fargo-statement-to-excel",{"name":289,"country":77},"Wells Fargo",{"id":291,"type":58,"title":292,"description":293,"path":294,"bank":295},"bank-ziraat-bankasi","Convert Ziraat Bankası statements to Excel","Convert Ziraat Bankası ekstre PDFs, scans and MT940 files to Excel or CSV. Where to find statements online, MT940 for companies, and a balance check.","\u002Fziraat-bank-statement-to-excel",{"name":296,"country":297},"Ziraat Bankası","TR",{"id":299,"type":41,"title":300,"description":301,"path":302},"guide-pdf-to-excel","How to convert a bank statement PDF to Excel","Seven ways to convert a bank statement PDF to Excel, from a free bank download and Excel's Get Data to Adobe, ChatGPT and converters — with pros and cons.","\u002Fhow-to-convert-bank-statement-pdf-to-excel",{"id":304,"type":41,"title":305,"description":306,"path":307},"guide-reconciliation","How to do a bank reconciliation in Excel","How to do a bank reconciliation in Excel: the step-by-step method, a template layout, the formulas to match transactions and a worked example.","\u002Fbank-reconciliation-in-excel",{"id":309,"type":41,"title":310,"description":311,"path":312},"guide-quickbooks-online","How to import a bank statement into QuickBooks Online","How to upload a bank statement to QuickBooks Online: menu path, the 3- or 4-column CSV format, 350 KB and 1,000-line limits, and fixes for failed uploads.","\u002Fimport-bank-statements-into-quickbooks-online",{"id":314,"type":41,"title":315,"description":316,"path":317},"guide-tally","How to import a bank statement into TallyPrime","How to import a bank statement into TallyPrime with Alt+O → Bank Statement, which formats Tally accepts, and what to do when you only have a PDF statement.","\u002Fimport-bank-statement-into-tally-prime",{"id":319,"type":41,"title":320,"description":321,"path":322},"guide-password-pdf","How to remove the password from your bank statement PDF","Remove the password from your own bank statement PDF with Chrome, Preview, Acrobat or qpdf, find your bank's password rule, and convert the statement.","\u002Fremove-password-from-bank-statement-pdf",{"id":324,"type":29,"title":325,"description":326,"path":327},"usecase-tax-preparation","Organize your bank statements for tax preparation","Turn a year of bank and card statements into categorized income and expenses, matched to Schedule C lines, with totals your tax preparer can use.","\u002Ftax-preparation",{"id":329,"type":29,"title":330,"description":331,"path":332},"usecase-small-business","Simple bookkeeping from your bank statements","Turn your business bank and card statements into simple books: every transaction categorized, totals by category and month, ready for your accountant.","\u002Fsmall-business",{"id":334,"type":29,"title":335,"description":336,"path":337},"usecase-personal-finance","Track your spending from bank statements","See where your money goes: turn past bank and credit card statements into a spreadsheet of spending by category and month. No bank login needed.","\u002Fpersonal-finance",{"id":339,"type":41,"title":340,"description":341,"path":342},"guide-ofx-files","What is an OFX file, and how is it different from QFX, QBO and QIF?","What an OFX file is, what's inside it, how it differs from QFX, QBO and QIF, how to open one in Excel, and how to make an OFX file from a PDF statement.","\u002Fwhat-is-an-ofx-file",{"id":21,"type":6,"title":22,"description":23,"path":24},{"id":258,"locale":345,"type":52,"slug":346,"title":347,"description":260,"h1":259,"lead":348,"updated":349,"hub":16,"steps":350,"blocks":363,"faq":457,"related":476,"alternates":477,"path":261,"hubPage":485,"relatedPages":486,"listing":492},"en","scanned-bank-statement-to-excel","Scanned Bank Statement to Excel: OCR With a Balance Check","Upload a scanned PDF, a faxed statement or a phone photo of a paper statement and download an Excel file with one row per transaction. Every row is checked against the statement's own balances, so a misread digit doesn't slip through: it is flagged with its page number.","2026-10-28",[351,354,357,360],{"title":352,"body":353},"Scan or photograph the statement","Scan the pages to a PDF, or take one photo per page. PDFs up to 25 MB and JPG, PNG or WebP photos up to about 3.5 MB work, and you can upload many files at once.",{"title":355,"body":356},"Let it read and check every row","Each transaction is read, given a clean payee and a category, and checked: opening balance + money in − money out must equal the closing balance, and the running balance must agree on every row.",{"title":358,"body":359},"Look at flagged rows","If something doesn't add up, the rows to look at are highlighted with their page number. Compare them with the paper, fix the amount, and the check runs again.",{"title":361,"body":362},"Export to Excel","Choose **Export → Excel** for an .xlsx file with real dates and numbers, or export CSV, QuickBooks, Xero, OFX or QIF instead.",[364,389,395,408,442,447,452],{"h2":365,"p":366,"table":368,"note":388},"What you can upload",[367],"Anything that shows a statement page as an image is read the same way as a digital PDF. Statements can be in any language and from any bank; there are no templates to wait for.",{"head":369,"rows":372},[370,371],"Source","How to upload it",[373,376,379,382,385],[374,375],"Paper statements in a scanner","Scan to one PDF per statement (up to 25 MB)",[377,378],"Paper statements, no scanner","One phone photo per page, or a phone scanner app that saves a PDF",[380,381],"Faxed or photocopied statements","Upload the PDF or image as it is; low resolution is usually fine if the digits are legible",[383,384],"Screenshots of online banking","PNG or JPG, one screen per image",[386,387],"Password-protected scanned PDFs","Enter the password once; it is used to open the file and never stored","Handwriting isn't read. Typed and printed statements work; handwritten ledgers, notes in the margin and hand-filled passbook entries don't.",{"h2":390,"p":391},"Why a balance check beats plain bank statement OCR",[392,393,394],"Generic OCR turns pixels into characters. It can't tell that an 8 was read as a 3, that a minus sign was lost in a smudge, or that a line disappeared at the bottom of a page. The output looks complete, and the error only shows up later when the books don't reconcile.","A bank statement carries its own proof: an opening balance, a closing balance and, on most statements, a running balance on every row. We use all three. A misread digit makes the running balance on that row disagree with the previous balance plus the amount, so the row is flagged with its page number instead of silently passing.","The same arithmetic fixes common mistakes. If an amount was read as money in but the running balance shows it was money out, the sign is corrected and the row is marked **Sign corrected**. Rows repeated at a page break, such as a line printed at the bottom of one page and the top of the next, are removed.",{"h2":396,"p":397,"ul":399,"note":407},"Photo and scan tips that get it right first time",[398],"Most problems with photographed statements come from the photo, not the statement. A few habits help:",[400,401,402,403,404,405,406],"**One page per photo**, with all four edges of the page in the frame. A cropped edge can cut off the amount or balance column.","**Flat and straight.** Put the page on a table, hold the phone parallel to it, and avoid folds and curled corners.","**Even light, no glare.** Daylight from a window works well; the flash often leaves a bright spot right over the numbers.","**Sharp digits.** Tap to focus and hold still. If you can't read a digit when you zoom in, it can't be read reliably either.","**Scanners: 300 dpi** in grayscale or color is plenty. Higher resolution makes bigger files without better results.","**Keep a multi-page statement in one PDF.** Then the opening balance on page 1 and the closing balance on the last page are checked together. Separate photos are read as separate files.","**iPhone photos:** HEIC photos aren't supported. Upload a JPG or a PDF, or set **Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible** so the camera saves JPG.","Phone scanner apps flatten, crop and combine pages into one PDF. On Android, the Google Drive app has one built in: see [Google's guide to scanning documents](https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.google.com\u002Fdrive\u002Fanswer\u002F3145835). On iPhone, the Notes and Files apps can scan documents too.",{"h2":409,"p":410,"table":412,"note":441},"What the Excel file looks like",[411],"You get the same columns whether the statement was a crisp PDF or a photo taken on a kitchen table, so a scanned statement and a digital one can sit in the same workbook.",{"head":413,"rows":416},[414,415],"Column","What's in it",[417,420,423,426,429,432,435,438],[418,419],"Date","A real Excel date, in the format you choose",[421,422],"Description","The full text of the line as printed",[424,425],"Payee","A clean name, e.g. **Shell** instead of CARD PURCHASE SHELL 0123 LEEDS",[427,428],"Category","One of your categories, e.g. Fuel, Groceries, Rent",[430,431],"Amount, Money in, Money out","Real numbers: one signed amount, plus separate in and out columns",[433,434],"Balance","The running balance printed on the statement, where there is one",[436,437],"Page","The page the row was read from, so you can find it on the scan",[439,440],"Note","**Check against statement** for rows that didn't add up, **Sign corrected** where the sign was fixed from the running balance","The Summary sheet shows the balance check result for the statement: **Balanced ✓**, **Does not balance — review flagged rows**, or **No balances to check** when the page shows no balances at all.",{"h2":443,"p":444},"When a scan doesn't balance",[445,446],"A statement that doesn't balance isn't a dead end. Open it, go to the flagged rows, and compare each one with the page shown next to it. Usually one amount is off by a digit or a row is unreadable. Edit the date, description or amount, save, and the balance check runs again.","Statements that don't balance don't use pages (up to 30 pages a month), and you see the transaction count, the balance check result and the first rows before you pay anything. See [pricing](\u002Fpricing).",{"h2":448,"p":449},"Paper archives, old statements and client shoeboxes",[450,451],"Scanned statements usually turn up when someone needs history the bank no longer shows online: years of paper statements for a tax return, a client who kept everything in a folder, or old statements for a loan or mortgage application. Scan them in one batch, upload them together and export one workbook with every transaction in date order, optionally limited to a date range.","Bookkeepers catching up a client can export straight to the format their software imports. See [how accountants and bookkeepers use it](\u002Faccountants-and-bookkeepers), or the step-by-step guide to [converting a bank statement PDF to Excel](\u002Fhow-to-convert-bank-statement-pdf-to-excel).",{"h2":453,"p":454},"Scanned PDF or digital PDF?",[455,456],"If you can still download the statement from online banking, do that: a digital PDF is sharper than any scan. If the bank also offers CSV or OFX downloads, upload those instead; structured files use no pages. See [bank statement to CSV](\u002Fbank-statement-to-csv).","For everything else, such as paper-only statements, closed accounts and faxed copies from a branch, scanning is the way in, and the balance check tells you whether the result is complete. For digital statements, see [bank statement PDF to Excel](\u002Fbank-statement-to-excel).",[458,461,464,467,470,473],{"q":459,"a":460},"Can a scanned or photographed bank statement be converted accurately?","Yes, if the digits are legible. Every row is checked against the statement's opening, closing and running balances, so you know whether the result is complete instead of hoping it is.",{"q":462,"a":463},"How do I know a digit wasn't misread?","A misread digit breaks the balance check. The row where the running balance stops adding up is flagged with its page number, and the statement is marked as not balanced until you fix it.",{"q":465,"a":466},"What photo quality is enough?","If you can read every digit when you zoom in on the photo, it's enough. Take one page per photo, flat, in even light and without flash glare. For scanners, 300 dpi is plenty.",{"q":468,"a":469},"Does it handle multi-page scans?","Yes. Scan all pages into one PDF of up to 25 MB, so the opening balance on the first page and the closing balance on the last are checked together. Duplicate rows at page breaks are removed.",{"q":471,"a":472},"Can it read handwritten statements?","No. Printed and typed statements work, including scans, faxes and photos, but handwriting isn't read.",{"q":474,"a":475},"Can I take the photo on my phone?","Yes. 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