Supported Banks

Which South African bank statements our accounting engine reads automatically, and exactly what to send us.

The short version

Our engine does not depend on your bank — it reads the columns in your statement file. Any export containing a date, a description and an amount is processed automatically, whichever bank it came from. Where a file cannot be read, nothing is guessed: it is flagged for manual review and a person handles it.

Bank by bank

Bank	Status	How to export
ABSA	Verified	CSV export from Absa Online or the Absa app.
FNB / RMB Private Bank	Supported	Online Banking → Statements → Download as CSV.
Standard Bank	Supported	Internet Banking → Transaction history → Export CSV.
Nedbank	Supported	Online Banking → Account history → Download CSV.
Capitec	Supported	Capitec app or Internet Banking → Statements → CSV.
TymeBank	Supported	Internet Banking → Transaction history → Export.
Investec	Supported	Online Banking → Transactions → Download CSV.
Discovery Bank	Supported	App or Online Banking → Transactions → Export CSV.
African Bank	Supported	Online Banking → Statements → CSV.
Bank Zero	Supported	App → Statements → Export.
Bidvest Bank	Supported	Internet Banking → Transaction history → Export.
Old Mutual Money Account	Supported	App or Online Banking → Transactions → Export.
Any other South African bank	Manual review	Send what your bank gives you. We check it by hand and confirm.

Verified means we have processed real statements from that bank end to end. Supported means the export format matches what the engine reads and is processed automatically. Manual review means a person checks the file before it is loaded.

What your file must contain

DateAny common format — 2026/03/14, 14-03-2026 or 14 Mar 2026.

DescriptionThe narrative or reference exactly as your bank supplies it.

AmountOne signed column, or separate debit and credit columns.

BalanceOptional, but include it — it lets us reconcile your closing cash.

File requirements

CSV is best. It is the format we read most reliably and the one every SA bank offers.
PDF is accepted. Where a PDF cannot be read cleanly it is routed to manual review rather than processed on a guess.
Keep the header row. Do not delete the row naming the columns — that is what the engine looks for.
One account per file, covering the full month.
Up to 5MB per upload. Larger files can be emailed to admin@lightbizhub.co.za.
Do not edit the figures. Send the export untouched — edits break the reconciliation.

If your statement cannot be read automatically. You are told, not left waiting. The file is marked for manual review, we load it by hand, and your report is issued as normal. Your bank does not have to be on the list above for us to take you on as a client.

Cash and non-bank income

Deposits we cannot match to an invoice or an expected receipt are not silently absorbed into your income. They are quarantined and listed in your monthly report as unconfirmed receipts, for you to confirm or reclassify.

How we produce these numbers. Every financial figure is calculated by deterministic accounting engines. AI only explains the results. Reports are reproducible from the same transaction data.