April 26, 2026 · 5 min read
Convert an HSBC Statement to Excel (UK, Hong Kong & Global)
How to download an HSBC PDF statement and convert it to Excel — works for UK current accounts, Hong Kong PremierPlus, and HSBC Global Money.
HSBC's statement format varies by country — UK current accounts look different from Hong Kong PremierPlus or HSBC US. The good news: our converter handles them all. Here's the process for the most common variants.
Download from HSBC
- Sign in to HSBC online banking → Statements
- Choose account → period → format PDF
- Some HSBC apps email a password-protected PDF — see our password-protected PDF guide
HSBC UK and HSBC Hong Kong serve native PDFs with a real text layer. HSBC US occasionally serves scanned statements for older periods, which trigger OCR automatically.
Convert to Excel
Drop on our HSBC converter or the general PDF to Excel page. You'll get:
- ISO dates (YYYY-MM-DD) regardless of source locale
- Multi-currency support — the converter detects GBP, USD, HKD, EUR, etc. and tags each transaction with its currency
- Separate Debit / Credit columns
- Statement metadata on a second sheet
HSBC quirks
- HSBC UK current accounts. Standing-order references and BACS payment IDs are kept in a separate Reference column so they don't pollute the Description.
- HSBC Hong Kong PremierPlus. Multi-currency accounts list each currency on its own sub-statement; we keep them on separate sheets in the output.
- HSBC Global Money. Cross-currency transfers print the FX rate on a second line — we capture it as a separate column.
- Combined statements. Current + Savings + Credit Card under one cover page → one sheet per account.
Downstream
- For QuickBooks: PDF to QBO. Multi-currency? QBO embeds the currency code per transaction.
- For Xero: PDF to Xero CSV. See Import a bank statement into Xero.
- For Quicken: PDF to QFX.
- For SAP / treasury / corporate finance: PDF to MT940 or PDF to CAMT.053.
- Other UK banks: Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander UK, Monzo, Revolut, Starling.