Import bank statements

nullish reads your bank statements from a camt.053 file, the standard XML format every Swiss bank offers in its e-banking.

Import a statement

1. In your e-banking, download the statement as camt.053. It's an .xml file.

2. In nullish, open the bank account and choose Upload bank file.

3. Select the file and choose Upload bank file.

nullish tells you how many movements came in, then takes you straight to reconciliation.

Overlapping statements

Don't worry about importing the same period twice. nullish skips statements it already knows, and movements that appear in two overlapping files are only imported once.

When an import fails

If you see The statements could not be imported., check that:

• the file is a camt.053, not a camt.054, a CSV or a PDF;
• it belongs to this bank account: its IBAN and currency must match;
• it's no bigger than 2 MB. A monthly statement is usually well below 1 MB.

Note

nullish also checks that the statement adds up: the opening balance plus the movements must equal the closing balance. A file that doesn't is rejected rather than imported half-right.

Movements

Every line of your statement becomes a movement, with its date, amount, counterparty, reference and communication. Money in is positive, money out is negative.

A movement is either To reconcile, Reconciled or Ignored. Filter the list by status to see what's left to do.