Guide

PDF Bank Statement vs Bank CSV Export

Use a complete bank CSV when you have one. Use PDF-to-XLS conversion when the statement PDF is the source you actually have.

Short answer

A complete bank CSV is usually the cleanest source. Convert the PDF when CSV is unavailable, incomplete or outside the needed date range.

Use this workflow

  1. Upload the original PDF statement.
  2. Check that only transaction rows were extracted.
  3. Review dates, descriptions, amounts and balances against the PDF.
  4. Download the XLS file and keep the original PDF as the source record.