Solicitors + Bank Reconciliation: The Challenge
As solicitor, preparing bank statements for bank reconciliation is a common but time-consuming task. Monthly bank reconciliation requires matching every bank transaction against your accounting records. Working from PDF statements makes this slow and error-prone.
How BankScan AI Helps Solicitors with Bank Reconciliation
Convert client and third-party bank statements to searchable, sortable Excel spreadsheets for faster case analysis and evidence preparation. For bank reconciliation specifically, BankScan AI extracts Every transaction with date, description, and amount; opening and closing balanc automatically.
How Solicitors Handle Bank Reconciliation
When preparing bank statements for bank reconciliation, solicitors need to Solicitors receive bank statements as part of financial disclosure in family, fraud, or commercial litigation. They review statements to trace assets,. BankScan AI automates the data extraction step.
Key terms you'll encounter: financial disclosure, Form E, asset tracing, client account reconciliation.
How It Works
Upload bank statement PDFs
Supports all major banks. Upload Monthly, covering one calendar month per reconciliation cycle; year-end reconciliation covers the full 12-month period of statements for bank reconciliation.
AI extracts what you need
Our AI extracts Every transaction with date, description, and amount; openin — formatted for solicitors workflows.
Complete your bank reconciliation work
Download Excel files ready for bank reconciliation. Transactions in exact chronological order with running balance, matching the bank's own running total; amounts must reconcile to the penny against the nominal ledger
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Features for Solicitors — Bank Reconciliation
- Built for Solicitors — Saves 1-2 hours per case on financial disclosure analysis, with complex matrimonial cases saving up to 4 hours per set of statements
- Software compatible — Output works directly with Clio, LEAP Legal Software, PracticeEvolve
- Built for Bank Reconciliation — Convert bank statement PDFs to Excel for fast side-by-side reconciliation with your accounting records. Sort by date, filter by amount, and spot discrepancies instantly.
- Key data extracted — Every transaction with date, description, and amount; opening and closing balances; uncleared cheques, pending deposits, and timing differences
Compliance: Solicitors + Bank Reconciliation
When solicitors prepare bank statements for bank reconciliation, specific compliance requirements apply.
- SRA Accounts Rules require solicitors to reconcile client account bank statements within 5 weeks of the statement date. Failure to comply can result in regulatory action including fines or intervention. Anti-money laundering checks under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 also require scrutiny of client bank transactions.
- Legal basis: No specific statute, but FRS 102 and Companies Act 2006 require accurate financial records; auditors test bank reconciliations as a core audit procedure under ISA 500
Bank Reconciliation — Built for Solicitors
Best practice is to reconcile within 5 working days of month-end; delays compound and make year-end reconciliation significantly harder
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