When you import Banco de Corrientes statement into Xero, you turn a monthly Argentine bank document into transactions Xero can match, categorize, and reconcile. Banco de Corrientes serves customers in Corrientes province and across Argentina, and its statements download as PDFs that read well on screen but cannot be imported into accounting software as they are. A careful PDF-to-CSV conversion followed by a clean Xero import fixes that, and it removes the hour of manual typing that usually comes with month-end close.
The work is not hard, but the details matter. Argentine statements use day-first dates, peso amounts with comma decimals, and Spanish labels for balances and movements. If those details survive conversion intact, Xero reconciliation becomes a short review. If they get mangled, you spend longer fixing the import than you would have spent typing. This guide walks through the full workflow, from downloading the right statement to checking the reconciled balance in Xero.
Download the full Banco de Corrientes statement PDF
Start in Banco de Corrientes online banking and open the account you want to reconcile. Look for the statements or documents section, pick the account and the statement period, and download the PDF version of the statement rather than printing the web page or saving a screenshot. The PDF carries the complete transaction table, including the opening balance, every posted transaction, fees, interest, and the closing balance. A partial view from the activity screen often drops pending items or cuts descriptions short, which creates gaps later.
Before converting, open the PDF and confirm it covers the full cycle. Check that the first transaction follows the previous statement's closing balance and that the last page ends with the closing balance for the period. Spanish labels help here: the opening balance is usually shown as saldo anterior, movements as movimientos, and the closing balance as saldo final. If your business holds more than one Banco de Corrientes account, download each account separately and name the files clearly, for example corrientes-operating-october-2026.pdf. Mixing two accounts into one import is the most common cause of duplicate or misclassified transactions in Xero. For background on the bank, see our Banco de Corrientes bank page.
Convert the PDF to a Xero-ready CSV
Upload the PDF to a converter and check the output column by column before you touch Xero. A Xero-ready CSV needs at least three columns: Date, Description, and Amount, with debits and credits handled consistently. Some converters use one Amount column with negatives for money out, while others split Debit and Credit into separate columns. Either format works in Xero, but you must know which one you have before you map the columns on import, or every transaction will land backwards.
Pay special attention to two Argentine formatting traps. First, dates are day-first: 05/10/2026 means October 5, not May 10. If your converter outputs dates in another order, fix them in a spreadsheet before importing, and sort the rows by date so the running balance reads in order. Second, peso amounts use a comma for decimals and often a dot for thousands, so 1.250,50 means one thousand two hundred fifty pesos and fifty centavos. A converter that reads the comma as a thousands separator will shrink every amount by a factor of one hundred. Open the CSV, spot-check five amounts against the PDF, and fix the number format in the spreadsheet if needed. For the general conversion method, see our guide on how to convert a bank statement PDF to Excel.
Import the CSV into Xero step by step
In Xero, open Accounting, then Bank Accounts, and find the bank account that matches the statement. If the account does not exist yet, create it first and set its currency to Argentine pesos (ARS), because Xero will not let you import a peso statement into a US dollar account and reconcile it cleanly. From the account menu, choose Import a Bank Statement and upload the CSV file you prepared.
Xero will ask you to map the columns. Point the date column at Date, the description column at Payee or Description, and the amount column at Amount, or the two separate columns at Withdrawals and Deposits. Then review the preview screen carefully. Xero shows the first rows of the import before it commits anything, and this is the moment to catch a flipped sign, a wrong date order, or a truncated description. If the preview looks wrong, cancel, fix the CSV, and import again. It is far easier to fix a CSV than to delete dozens of wrongly imported transactions later.
Reconcile in Xero and fix common problems
Once the import lands, open the bank reconciliation screen for the account. Xero will try to match imported transactions against invoices, bills, and manual entries you already recorded. Match what you can, then work through the leftovers one by one. A transaction that will not match usually has one of three causes: a date that shifted by a day because of a timezone or format issue, a description that differs from the invoice payee name, or a duplicate row created by overlapping statement periods.
Check the reconciled balance against the PDF closing balance before you call the month done. If the difference is a round number, look for a missing or doubled transaction of that size. If the difference is small and odd, check fees and interest rows, which are easy to overlook. If a transaction appears twice, delete the duplicate import row rather than creating a correcting entry, and note the overlap so you do not repeat it next month. For a deeper walkthrough of the matching process, see our guide on how to reconcile a bank statement. When the balances agree, the month is closed, and next month's import will take minutes rather than an evening.
Frequently asked questions
Can Xero import a Banco de Corrientes PDF directly?
No. Xero imports bank statement files such as CSV, OFX, and QIF, not PDFs. Convert the PDF to CSV first, then import the CSV through the bank account menu in Xero.
What currency should the Xero bank account use?
Argentine pesos (ARS) for a peso statement. Importing a peso statement into a dollar account creates conversion differences on every row and makes reconciliation painful.
Why do my dates look swapped after import?
Argentine statements use day-first dates. If Xero reads 05/10 as May 10, the CSV date format needs fixing before import. Use an unambiguous format such as YYYY-MM-DD in the CSV to remove all doubt.
Is converting a statement the same as connecting a bank feed?
No. A bank feed syncs automatically, while a CSV import is a manual file upload you control. The file route is useful when a direct feed is unavailable for your bank, and it gives you a chance to review every row before it enters your books.
Start with one month, check the closing balance, and the routine will feel routine from the second month on. If you convert statements in volume, check pricing for plans that cover more pages, and begin from the ConvertStatement home page.