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Converting bank statement PDFs to Excel is straightforward with Statement Converter. Here's how it works:

1. Upload your PDF - drag-and-drop or browse. We accept files up to 500 MB on Enterprise plans.
2. Automatic detection - our engine figures out if the PDF is text-based (digital) or image-based (scanned) and picks the right extraction method.
3. OCR for scanned PDFs - scanned statements go through OCR and table-structure detection to recover rows and columns.
4. Download your Excel - the result has two sheets: Raw_Statement (exactly as extracted) and Normalized_Transactions (standardized columns for pivot tables).

Text PDFs usually take 10-30 seconds. Scanned documents take 1-3 minutes.

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1. Pivot tables - select your transaction data and insert a PivotTable to summarize spending by category or month.
2. SUMIFS for totals - use =SUMIFS(Withdrawal_Amount, Description, "*UPI*") to sum all UPI debits.
3. Conditional formatting - highlight large withdrawals or deposits with color scales to spot outliers quickly.
4. Text-to-Columns - if a description field has multiple details separated by slashes, split them into separate columns.
5. Freeze panes - freeze the header row (View > Freeze Panes) so column names stay visible when scrolling.

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Bank statements contain sensitive information. Here's how Statement Converter protects you:

• Limited retention - uploaded PDFs are deleted after conversion unless you explicitly retain one for feedback. Result files are auto-deleted within the configured download window.
• HTTPS everywhere - all data in transit is encrypted with TLS.
• Controlled temporary storage - temporary files and generated results are cleaned up automatically.
• Isolated processing - each conversion runs in its own container with no shared state between users.

We use transaction data only to produce your conversion result and do not keep it outside the stated retention windows. Read our full Privacy Policy.

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Text-based PDFs are generated digitally by your bank's online portal. The text is embedded in the PDF and can be copied. These convert the fastest and most accurately.

Scanned PDFs are photographs of printed statements. The PDF contains images, not text. These need OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to extract the data, which takes longer but still gives accurate results.

How to tell the difference: open the PDF and try to select text with your cursor. If you can highlight individual words, it's text-based. If the entire page selects as one image, it's scanned.

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Which banks are supported?
Statement Converter is built for tabular bank statement PDFs, text-based or scanned. It includes profile hints for known formats and a universal fallback for other layouts.

What's the maximum file size?
Free plan: 20 MB. Pro: 100 MB. Enterprise: 500 MB. For large files (80+ pages), our engine splits them into chunks automatically.

Is my data safe?
Files are processed with short retention windows. PDFs are deleted after processing unless you explicitly retain one for feedback. See our Privacy Policy.

What if the conversion result is wrong?
Use the feedback button after conversion to let us know. You can also share the PDF so we can improve the parser for that format.

Can I convert password-protected PDFs?
Not yet. This is on our roadmap. For now, please remove the password before uploading.

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