Guides

Four short guides that cover the questions people run into most often when they turn a statement into spending totals.

• Getting a CSV of your transactions

  Where banks usually put the CSV export, what the columns tend to look like, and what to check before you open the file in StatementLens.

• Reading a statement without fooling yourself

  Dates, signs, running balances and the summary box: what each part of a statement means and the mistakes that most often distort spending totals.

• Transfers and duplicates: counting money once

  Why transfers between your own accounts and overlapping exports inflate spending totals, how StatementLens marks candidates, and how to decide on each one.

• PDF statements: what can be read reliably

  How StatementLens reads text from PDF statements in your browser, which layouts work, why scanned and password-protected files are refused, and how to check the result.