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Bank statements

Import the statement your bank sends you: React Box recognizes the account, the period, the balances and every single transaction, with no re-keying.

Updated on August 14, 2026

What an imported statement is for

A bank statement is the official view of what actually went through an account over a period. Once imported into React Box, it becomes a usable document: its transactions are readable line by line, its totals can be checked against your balances, and your accounting firm reaches it in the same place as your other accounting records.

Two ways to import

Depending on what your bank provides, the import takes a different route.

  • PDF or image

    The statement exactly as you receive it. The automatic analysis reads it and extracts the account, the period, the balances and the transactions.

  • CSV or Excel

    The export your bank offers. The date, label, debit, credit and amount columns are recognized automatically; you simply point to the account concerned.

Importing a statement

Four steps, from picking the file to a confirmed statement.

  1. 1

    Choose the file type

    The "PDF / Image" tab for a statement as-is, the "CSV / Excel" tab for a tabular export.

  2. 2

    Drop the file

    Drag the document in or browse your files. The maximum size is 20 MB per file.

  3. 3

    Let the analysis run

    Reading the document, extracting the data, matching the account and then reading the transactions: the page updates as it progresses.

  4. 4

    Check, correct, confirm

    Adjust whatever needs it — a misread balance, a missing transaction — then confirm the statement.

Note

If the analysis fails, nothing is lost: you can run it again or enter the information by hand. The imported file stays attached to the statement either way.

What the recognition extracts

All of this stays editable as long as the statement has not been confirmed.

  • Detected IBAN — used to attach the statement automatically to the right treasury account.
  • Holder and bank — the name read on the statement, useful when the IBAN is partly masked.
  • Period and statement date — the start and end boundaries covered by the document.
  • Opening and closing balances — the two amounts that bracket the account's movement over the period.
  • Transactions — every line of the statement, with its date, label, reference and direction.
  • Currency — the currency the account is held in.

Draft, then confirmed

A statement goes through two states only.

  • Draft

    The statement has just been imported. Recognized data is editable, transactions can be added or removed, and the statement can be deleted entirely.

  • Confirmed

    You validated the content: the statement is considered faithful to the document received and serves as the reference for the period covered.

Warning

A statement cannot be confirmed while it is not attached to a bank account. If the IBAN was not recognized, pick the account yourself before confirming.

The transactions

Every movement on the account is captured as one line.

  • Transaction date — the date the movement was posted to the account.
  • Label — the text shown on the statement, which identifies the nature of the movement.
  • Reference — the document or transfer number, when present.
  • Debit — an amount leaving the account.
  • Credit — an amount coming into the account.

Tip

The statement detail shows the debit and credit totals computed from the lines. Compare them with the gap between opening and closing balance: if they do not match, a transaction was probably misread.