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People's Bank statement converter

People's Bank is a bank based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Its account statements are issued as PDFs through online and mobile banking. Convert People's Bank statement PDFs to Excel, CSV or an accounting format — with a reconciliation check on every conversion.

Drag & drop statement PDFs hereor tap to choose files — multiple PDFs for batch mode

Privacy: uploaded files and generated exports are stored only briefly to complete your download and are automatically deleted within 15 minutes. Files are never used for any other purpose.

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People's Bank statement to Excel

For reviewing, sorting and analysing the statement outside your accounting software.

People's Bank statement to CSV

For bulk processing, where hundreds of statements convert into one pipeline.

People's Bank statement to OFX

For older bookkeeping tools whose statement import predates CSV uploads.

People's Bank statement to QuickBooks

For accounts with no connected feed, or a feed that missed a period.

Every conversion is checked against the statement itself: where the statement prints opening and closing (or running) balances, the extracted transactions must add up to them, or the conversion is flagged and the mismatched rows are marked. A statement whose layout the reader cannot parse is reported honestly — never passed off as converted.

Trust in the output comes from the statement's own arithmetic. People's Bank prints balances that its transaction list must sum to; the converter repeats that sum independently on the extracted data. A dropped row, a duplicated row or a misread digit breaks the chain and is flagged at the row where it breaks, with the expected and printed balances shown side by side.

Before converting, spend thirty seconds on the People's Bank document itself: confirm the period matches the month you are closing, note the opening and closing balances, and scan for the period's largest transactions. Second, glance at the statement's own subtotals before converting: section totals for deposits, withdrawals and fees are free checkpoints that tell you where a flagged difference is likely to live.

In Sri Lanka, bookkeepers commonly work in QuickBooks and Xero; the Excel and CSV exports from this converter are the files those tools import, and the QuickBooks export is laid out for direct import where the tool accepts it.

Catching up a year of People's Bank books

Download all twelve periods first and convert them as one batch, then work through the reconciliation results month by month in order. Fix flagged months before importing anything: it is far easier to resolve a difference against twelve tidy statements than inside a year of mixed postings.

One statement, several useful shapes

The People's Bank PDF is a document; each export is a tool. Excel is for looking — pivoting, filtering, checking. CSV is for moving — the neutral shape every system accepts. The QuickBooks and Xero files are for filing straight into the ledger, and OFX is for software that speaks in structured bank files. Downloading two formats for the same statement is normal practice, not duplication: one for the working papers, one for the books.

How to download a statement PDF from People's Bank

  1. Sign in to People's Bank online banking. People's Bank customers with several accounts should download from each account separately — statements are issued per account.
  2. Pick the account and the month. Look for Statements, Documents, Mailbox or eStatements in the account menu; the label differs by bank and changes over time.
  3. Choose the statement period. Download each period as its own file. The reconciliation check proves one statement at a time, which is what makes a long catch-up provable.
  4. Download the PDF version. A downloaded PDF carries the text layer the converter reads. If the portal only offers a print view, print to PDF instead of taking a picture.
  5. Convert it on this page. Drop the file into the converter above. Batch mode accepts the whole set of periods in one upload.

These are the general steps most banks follow for statement downloads; exact menu labels vary by bank and change over time.

Tip: download statements as the periods close rather than in a year-end scramble; portals sometimes archive older periods behind request forms.

Questions and answers

How do I convert a People's Bank statement to Excel?

Get the PDF from People's Bank's statements area, upload it here, and download the converted an Excel (.xlsx) workbook. The converter reads the transactions, standardizes the columns and verifies the totals against the statement before the file is ready.

What date and number formats do People's Bank statements use?

Expect the order printed on the statement itself dates and amounts with the grouping printed on the statement itself on a People's Bank statement. The reader is locale-aware, so those conventions are handled rather than misread, and the output columns come out in the standard layout regardless.

What does the reconciliation check do?

Where the statement prints opening and closing (or running) balances, the converter adds up the extracted transactions and compares the result with the statement itself. If the numbers do not tie, the conversion is flagged and the mismatched rows are marked — a failed check is never shown as a success.

Can I convert statements for several People's Bank accounts?

Yes — convert each account's statements separately so each one reconciles against its own balances, then combine the exports in your software if you need a single view.

What if People's Bank only offers paper statements?

Scan the statement as flat and straight as you can and upload the scan. OCR reads it, and the reconciliation check verifies the read against the printed balances; rows it cannot verify are flagged for a manual look.

How far back can I get People's Bank statements?

That depends on the bank's portal — most keep at least a year of PDFs online, and older periods can usually be requested. However far back you go, download each period as its own PDF.

Is the converted file ready to import into my accounting software?

The QuickBooks and Xero exports are laid out in the column order those tools import. The plain CSV and Excel exports suit everything else, including spreadsheet review before import.

My People's Bank statement has a running balance column. Is it used?

Yes — it is one of the strongest checks available. The converter walks the extracted amounts against the printed running balance row by row, so a single dropped or duplicated transaction is pinpointed instead of merely suspected.

Are my statement files kept?

No. Uploaded files and generated exports are stored only briefly to complete the download and are automatically deleted within 15 minutes.

Bank statements in. Clean books out.

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