Monopoly is a Python library & CLI that converts bank statement PDFs to CSV.
Supported banks:
| Bank | Credit Statement | Debit Statement |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of America | ✅ | ✅ |
| Bank of Montreal (BMO) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Canadian Tire Bank | ✅ | ❌ |
| Capital One Canada | ✅ | ❌ |
| Chase | ✅ | ❌ |
| Citibank | ✅ | ❌ |
| DBS/POSB | ✅ | ✅ |
| HSBC | ✅ | ❌ |
| Maybank | ✅ | ✅ |
| OCBC | ✅ | ✅ |
| Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Schwab Bank | N/A | ✅ |
| Scotiabank | ✅ | ✅ |
| Standard Chartered | ✅ | ❌ |
| TD Canada Trust | ✅ | ✅ |
| Trust | ✅ | ❌ |
| UOB | ✅ | ✅ |
| US Bank | ✅ | ❌ |
| Zürcher Kantonalbank | ❌ | ✅ |
Install
Monopoly is a pip-installable Python package on PyPI under the name monopoly-core.
Since Monopoly uses pdftotext, you'll need to install additional dependencies:
apt-get install build-essential libpoppler-cpp-dev pkg-config ocrmypdf
or
brew install gcc@11 pkg-config poppler ocrmypdf
Then install with pipx:
pipx install monopoly-core
For additional OCR support:
pipx install 'monopoly-core[ocr]'
Usage
Monopoly runs in your terminal, allowing you to extract, transform and write bank statements to a CSV file.
To list commands and options:
monopoly --help
You can run it on a single statement
monopoly src/monopoly/examples/example_statement.pdf
or multiple statements
monopoly ./statements
To keep the output filename the same as the input (with a .csv extension), pass:
monopoly path/to/file.pdf --output ./out --preserve-filename
By default Monopoly writes a 4-column CSV. Pass --format json for a richer,
versioned schema (schema_version, statement metadata, payment summary, and a
stable per-transaction id):
monopoly path/to/file.pdf --output ./out --format json
Each transaction also carries currency (the statement's settlement currency),
posting_date, a normalized direction ("credit"/"debit"), and a nullable
account slot. Per-transaction FX/original-currency and account last-4 extraction
are a planned follow-up (currently null).
If you need to run monopoly on a password protected file, ensure that passwords are set in the .env file:
cp .env.template .env
PDF_PASSWORDS=["password1","password2"]
Monopoly can also be run as a Python library:
python3 src/monopoly/examples/single_statement.py
Features
- Parses PDFs using predefined configuration classes per bank.
- Handles locked PDFs with credentials passed via environment variables.
- Supports adding OCR for image-based bank statements.
- Provides a generic parser that can be used without any predefined configuration (caveat emptor).
- Includes a safety check (enabled by default) that validates totals for debit or credit statements.
Development
Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/benjamin-awd/monopoly.git
Install dependencies using Homebrew
brew install make
make setup
brew bundle
Metadata
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