Ask HN: How do you save your bank statements?

I cant seem to find a convenient tool to automatically save my bank statements from various banks and credit cards. What do you all use for this?

3 points | by elchin 1312 days ago

2 comments

  • fiftyacorn 1312 days ago
    I download the statements once a year and also export as a spreadsheet, and store on a laptop and cloud

    I wish organisations had a annual batch download for this stuff to make it quicker. I keep thinking ill write a script - but then its quicker to just download one at a time

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    • iop 1312 days ago
      Unfortunately some banks only have transaction history going back 6 months or so.

      PDF statements are available for longer but they are rather worthless because they are hard to parse.

    • psyklic 1312 days ago
      It's not a bank, but Amazon lets you download very detailed purchase history as a CSV file (over any time period).
  • Spooky23 1312 days ago
    Scanning paper copies is the easiest IMO.
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    • rzzzwilson 1312 days ago
      If your bank insists on sending you paper find another bank.
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      • Spooky23 1311 days ago
        What I’m saying it that is easier to scan paper than to deal with scraping bank websites.
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        • st1x7 1311 days ago
          If your bank doesn't give you a convenient way to download your data, find another bank.