Upload a Absa PDF statement, check the extracted transactions, and download them as Excel or CSV. The workflow handles fee rows and running balances.
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Drop the PDF into the uploader on this page. Scanned statements and phone photos work too. The extracted rows open next to the statement so you can check them.
Export the rows as an Excel workbook, a plain CSV file, or a CSV laid out for QuickBooks or Xero import.
One row per transaction, with separate debit, credit, and running balance columns. The rows below are made-up sample data, not a real statement.
| Date | Description | Debit | Credit | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 Salary - Example Employer Ltd | Salary - Example Employer Ltd | 2,500.00 | 3,500.00 | |
| 2026-01-05 Card payment - Sample Grocery Co | Card payment - Sample Grocery Co | 120.00 | 3,380.00 | |
| 2026-01-09 Rent - Placeholder Properties | Rent - Placeholder Properties | 1,200.00 | 2,180.00 | |
| 2026-01-14 Transfer from savings | Transfer from savings | 300.00 | 2,480.00 | |
| 2026-01-20 Utility bill - Demo Energy Co | Utility bill - Demo Energy Co | 80.00 | 2,400.00 | |
| 2026-01-27 Card payment - Fictional Coffee Co | Card payment - Fictional Coffee Co | 15.00 | 2,385.00 |
Supported input and export formats
Absa issues stamped statements and password-protected eStatements, and Online Banking keeps archived statements for the past two years. Statement PDFs also print a running balance beside every transaction and list bank fees as separate rows, so copy-paste into Excel merges amounts, balances, and descriptions.
| Date | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | DIGITAL PAYMENT DT VODACOM | −R399.00 |
| 2025-02-07 | ACB CREDIT ACME HOLDINGS SALARY | +R24,150.00 |
eStatement email attachment
Stamped statements
Transaction table
These extraction rules prepare rows for human review
Stamped statements add a bank stamp or verification block near the transaction …
Monthly account fees and transaction charges stay as their own rows so the bala…
Amounts printed with an R prefix, spaces, or commas as thousands separators are…
Output and review
Use the output as a review workspace before importing it anywhere. The source statement stays visible while you confirm fields and download the format your accounting workflow expects.
Compare manual copy-paste cleanup with structured extraction for Absa statements
Copy-paste from PDF
Depends on page count, layout, and review needs
Manual cleanup required
Descriptions split into rows
Typos, misaligned columns
No source verification
Reviewable extraction
Extraction starts after upload and returns reviewable rows
Standardized for review (YYYY-MM-DD)
Descriptions joined for review
Check amounts against the source statement
Source statement kept nearby
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Answers to common questions about bank statement PDF conversion
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