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Bank Statement Converter — PDF bank statements to Excel/CSV (micro‑SaaS)
Web app that converts PDF bank statements into downloadable spreadsheets so people can analyze multi‑year transactions.
Summary
A single-purpose SaaS that ingests PDF bank statements, parses transactions, and exports structured CSV/XLSX for personal finance analysis. Launched quickly as an MVP, monetized with recurring billing (MRR via Stripe), and grown primarily via organic search.
Problem
Banks often only provide transaction history as PDF statements, making multi‑year analysis and spreadsheet work difficult.
Target customer
People who need transaction data from PDF bank statements to analyze spending (individuals who uploaded bank statements).
Solution
A simple web UI where users upload PDF bank statements and receive cleaned, categorized CSV/XLSX exports they can open in Excel.
Business model
recurring subscription (monthly mrr via stripe)free trial / freemium with limits on pages or monthsone‑time export credits or pay‑per‑export
Distribution
google search ads (initial acquisition)organic search / seo for relevant keywords (credit card statement to csv, bank statement to excel)
Required skills
pdf parsing (text extraction / ocr)backend development (file processing, parsing pipelines)frontend (simple upload ui)payments integration (stripe)hosting / deployment (ec2, serverless, netlify)