# Automatic statements

> Automatic statements bring bank files into Invunion without anyone uploading them. Support sets up the SFTP delivery with you, either your bank drops files on Invunion or Invunion fetches them from the bank. Invunion then reads each camt, MT940 or ZIP file, adds the transactions, and runs matching. A list shows the recent imports.

Source: https://www.invunion.com/knowledge-base/automatic-statements/
Last updated: 2026-10-22

**Developer > Import data > Automatic statements.** Bank files arrive in Invunion by themselves. Invunion reads each file, adds its transactions, and runs matching, with no manual upload.

Delivery is over **SFTP**, a secure file transfer that most banks and ERP systems already support. It is set up with Invunion, not by yourself: you ask, and the team configures it with you.

<img src="/images/knowledge-base/automatic-statements.png" alt="The Automatic statements page: an Automatic bank statements card saying that automatic delivery over SFTP is set up on request, with a Contact support button and two greyed Sync now and Sync invoices now buttons, then a Recent statement imports card that says no statement imports yet" style="width: 90%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;" />

## How it works

1. Select **Contact support** and tell us which bank, or which system, will send the files.
2. Invunion creates the SFTP connection for your Entity. Either your bank or integrator **deposits** the files on Invunion, or Invunion **fetches** them from your bank's SFTP server.
3. Each new file is read, its transactions are added to the right company account, and matching runs on them.
4. The result appears under **Recent statement imports**.

If you prefer to bring a file yourself, import it by hand instead. See [Transactions](https://www.invunion.com/knowledge-base/transactions/).

## What can arrive

| Files | Formats |
| --- | --- |
| Bank statements | camt.052, camt.053, camt.054, MT940, BAI2, or a ZIP of them |
| Issued invoices | UBL or CII XML, or a ZIP of them |

How a statement is read, and to which account it goes, is saved in [Transaction import](https://www.invunion.com/knowledge-base/transaction-import/). How an invoice file is read is saved in [Invoice import](https://www.invunion.com/knowledge-base/invoice-import/).

## The buttons

| Button | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Contact support** | Opens a request so Invunion can set up or change the SFTP delivery. |
| **Sync now** | Looks for new bank statement files right away, instead of waiting. |
| **Sync invoices now** | Does the same for invoice files. |

Both sync buttons are greyed out until a connection exists, as in the screenshot above.

## Recent statement imports

This card lists the latest bank statement imports of the Entity: the file, its status, the number of rows, and when it started. It reads **No statement imports yet** until the first file arrives. Use it to check that a file was received, and how many rows it contained.

## Limits to keep in mind

- SFTP delivery is set up on request. There is nothing to configure on this page by yourself.
- Only the formats above are read. Excel workbooks and PDF statements are not accepted. Export to CSV and import it by hand.
- A file whose name does not match the **SFTP file prefix** of a mapping may be ignored, or go to an account only when it can be told apart. See [Transaction import](https://www.invunion.com/knowledge-base/transaction-import/).
- The same Entity setup applies to the sandbox and production Entities separately.