Sage + Mortgage Brokers: Faster Bank Import
Mortgage brokers need to verify income and spending from bank statements when assessing affordability for lender applications. If you use Sage for your accounting, you need a fast way to get bank statement data into the system.
BankScan AI for Mortgage Brokers Using Sage
BankScan AI converts any bank statement PDF to CSV formatted for direct import into Sage. Instantly convert applicant bank statements to Excel to verify income, identify regular commitments, and prepare affordability summaries.
The Mortgage Brokers + Sage Workflow
Mortgage brokers request 3-6 months of bank statements from applicants, review them for regular income deposits, identify committed expenditure such as loans and subscriptions, flag gambling transactions or payday loans, and prepare affordability summaries for lender submission. Each application typically involves reviewing statements from multiple accounts.
Key terms you'll encounter: affordability assessment, committed expenditure, income verification, debt-to-income ratio.
How It Works
Upload any bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Saves 30-45 minutes per mortgage application on statement review, which adds up to 5+ hours per week during busy periods with 8-10 applications in progress
AI formats for Sage
Output as CSV with Date, Details/Reference, Paid in, Paid out — Sage requires separate debit and credit columns rather than a single signed amount — dates in DD/MM/YYYY.
Import and reconcile
In Sage Accounting, go to Banking > select your bank account > Import statement. Upload the CSV, confirm column mapping (Date, Details, Paid in, Paid out), and import. Sage's bank reconciliation remembers previous matching rules, so repeat transactions from the same payee are auto-suggested for the same nominal code.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Sage Features for Mortgage Brokers
- Sage ready — Output formatted as CSV matching Sage's expected column structure
- Smart integration — Sage's bank reconciliation remembers previous matching rules, so repeat transactions from the same payee are auto-suggested for the same nominal code.
- Built for Mortgage Brokers — Saves 30-45 minutes per mortgage application on statement review, which adds up to 5+ hours per week during busy periods with 8-10 applications in progress
- Software compatible — Output works directly with Mortgage Brain, Twenty7Tec, Excel
Import Steps for Mortgage Brokers Using Sage
As mortgage broker, here's how to get bank data into Sage:
- In Sage Accounting, go to Banking > select your bank account > Import statement
- Upload the CSV, confirm column mapping (Date, Details, Paid in, Paid out), and import
Common Import Issues
Sage requires separate Paid in/Paid out columns — a single Amount column will fail. Also rejects imports where the date column contains time stamps.
Sage Import — Built for Mortgage Brokers
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