PDF to QBO Converter
Turn any PDF bank statement into a QBO (QuickBooks Web Connect) file you can import straight into QuickBooks. Works with 1,000+ banks, including scanned statements via built-in OCR. Your PDF is opened on your device, so the file itself is never uploaded.
Free preview, no sign-up · QBO export included in the one-time statement unlock
How to convert a PDF statement to QBO
Drop your PDF bank statement onto PivotBank. It is opened on your device, so the file itself is never uploaded
Review every extracted transaction against the running balance in the preview grid
Unlock the statement (one-time payment, no subscription) to enable accounting exports
Download the .qbo file and import it in QuickBooks via Banking, then Bank Feeds, then Import Web Connect
Try the import first: download a sample .qbo file made from our demo statement.
Built for a clean QuickBooks import
- Standard OFX 1.02 structure with QuickBooks INTU.BID identifiers, the format QuickBooks expects from a bank
- Unambiguous YYYYMMDD dates, no US/UK date confusion on import
- Signed amounts: money out negative, money in positive, mapped from your statement automatically
- Stable FITIDs so re-importing the same file never duplicates transactions
- Works with QuickBooks Desktop (Web Connect) and QuickBooks Online
- Scanned or photographed statements handled by OCR
- Also exports Excel, CSV, OFX for Xero, QIF, and JSON from the same statement
Why not just import the CSV?
QuickBooks CSV import is fragile: columns must be mapped by hand every time, dates are easy to get wrong, and QuickBooks Desktop does not accept CSV bank imports at all without extra tooling. A QBO Web Connect file is the format QuickBooks was built to ingest from banks, so transactions arrive typed, dated, and deduplicated.
PivotBank generates that QBO file from the PDF statement itself, so it works even when the bank offers no export, the account is closed, or the statement is a scan a client emailed you.
Which banks convert to QBO?
All of them. The parser reads the layout of a statement rather than looking your bank up, so a bank with no guide of its own converts the same way. These are the guides people ask for most, each covering how to download that bank’s statement and what the converter extracts:
PDF to QBO questions
Does the QBO file work with QuickBooks Desktop?
Yes. The file is a standard Web Connect (.qbo) file. In QuickBooks Desktop use File, then Utilities, then Import, then Web Connect Files. In QuickBooks Online upload it under Transactions, then Banking, then Upload from file.
Is my bank statement uploaded to your servers?
No. The PDF is opened on your device and the QBO file is written there; a scanned page is the exception, rendered on your device and sent as an image to be read. Only statements you explicitly unlock and save to an account are stored, and only as extracted transaction data, never the PDF.
How much does it cost?
Previewing is free: the first 5 rows of any statement, checked against the balance. QBO export is part of the one-time statement unlock, around $2.99 per statement with no subscription. High volumes are covered by the Pro plan and batch converter.
Which banks are supported?
Over 1,000 banks worldwide, including Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, Monzo, Revolut, Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. If a statement does not parse, support usually ships a fix within a few working days.
Get your statement into QuickBooks now
Free to try, no sign-up required. Convert the PDF, check every transaction, then download the QBO file.
Guides for this workflow
- Guide4 min read
How to Import a Bank Statement Into QuickBooks Online (2026 Guide)
How to get a PDF bank statement into QuickBooks Online: which file format to use, why QBO beats CSV, the exact upload steps, and how to avoid duplicating transactions.
- Engineering10 min read
The Running Balance Is a Free Oracle for a Bank Statement Parser
Parsing a bank statement is easy. Knowing you parsed it wrong is the hard part, and there is no test set to tell you. Every statement ships with its own answer key, and this is what we learned building a parser around it, including the two places it is blind.
- Engineering7 min read
A PDF’s Text Layer Has the Right Numbers in the Wrong Order
Reading a bank statement from its PDF text is exact about figures and unreliable about order. What we do with the pages that fail: draw them, read the picture, and let the text layer veto every digit. Plus the two bugs that taught us where the check was blind.