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Convert Commonwealth Bank of Australia statements to Excel

Drop in a CBA PDF and download a clean Excel file in seconds. Built for Australian bookkeepers and accountants.

About CBA statements

Commonwealth Bank is Australia's largest financial institution, serving roughly 17 million customers and processing more small-business transaction accounts than any other Australian bank. CBA's NetBank platform exports monthly statements as PDF documents with a distinctive layout: an account header block at the top, a transaction table with Date, Description, Debit, Credit, and Balance columns, and a summary footer. The statements are generally well-structured for automated parsing, though the description field frequently merges merchant names, BPAY reference numbers, and transaction types into a single string that requires careful extraction. Most Australian bookkeepers handle CBA statements for clients running Smart Access, Business Transaction, Streamline, or Daily Banking accounts — each with subtle formatting differences. Converting these PDFs into Xero or MYOB-compatible files manually takes 15-30 minutes per statement, and the risk of typos when handling GST-coded transactions makes automation essential at BAS time. Our converter extracts every CBA transaction line, preserves the original descriptions for accurate Xero reconciliation, formats dates to your accounting software's required convention, and flags transactions where GST is likely included. Drop in your CBA NetBank PDF, choose your export format, and download a clean spreadsheet in seconds.

Frequently asked questions

How do I download my Commonwealth Bank statement as a PDF?

Log in to NetBank, select the account, click "Statements" in the left menu, choose your date range, and click "Download as PDF". Statements are available for the last seven years.

Can I import a CBA statement directly into Xero?

Yes. Convert your CBA PDF to a Xero-compatible CSV using our tool, then in Xero go to Accounting > Bank Accounts > Manage Account > Import a Statement. The file follows Xero's exact statement import schema.

Does this work for CBA business accounts?

Yes — Business Transaction Accounts, Business Online Savers, and Streamline business accounts all use the same NetBank PDF format and are fully supported.

My CBA statement has 40+ pages. Will it still work?

Yes. Large CBA statements with hundreds of transactions across many pages are processed in one upload. Maximum file size is 15 MB.

Can I convert multiple CBA statements at once?

Yes — batch upload is available on the Business plan. Upload up to 12 CBA PDFs in one go (15 MB each, one bank per batch) and get a separate converted file for each statement, with a reconciliation check per file.