Certified Bank Statement Translation

A Mexican statement header carries two identifiers that are not account numbers: the 18-digit CLABE used for interbank transfers, and the account holder’s RFC tax number. Both are transcribed digit for digit and labeled, never merged into one "account" line.

Value-added tax on bank fees prints as its own debit row rather than being folded into the fee. We translate the row and leave the tax acronym as the bank writes it, with the English expansion on first appearance.

Amounts stay in pesos. Where a statement shows both MXN and USD columns, each keeps its own currency label so a reviewer can tell which figure is which.

Mexico is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, which matters when a non-U.S. authority asks for legalization after the translation is done.

Colombian statements carry a small recurring debit for the financial-transactions tax, charged at four pesos per thousand moved. It looks like a rounding artifact next to the transfer it follows, and it is a real charge that stays in the translation.

Account numbers appear beside a separate product or office code, and the two are not interchangeable. We keep them on separate labeled lines so the receiving office reads the account it was given.

Statements downloaded from a bank portal often arrive without any stamp or signature. That is normal for an electronic statement, and we describe the format in a translator’s note rather than leaving a reviewer to guess.

Balances stay in Colombian pesos, where the large digit groups make the thousands separator worth checking twice — we transcribe the number as printed.

Panamanian transaction lines are mostly bank-internal shorthand, and much of it is not in any dictionary. On a statement we delivered in May 2026, almost every description line was an abbreviation: the movable-goods-and-services tax, a channel code the legend never explained, and a two-letter code for a returned transfer.

We expand each code into English, keep the original beside it, and add a translator’s note for anything the bank uses privately. Guessing a code changes what the row says happened.

Accounts are held in U.S. dollars, so figures need no conversion — but Spanish month abbreviations in the date column do need care. We spell the month out in English so a date cannot be read two ways.

A holder living abroad may have a foreign address printed on a Panamanian statement. It is kept exactly as issued, because the mismatch is information a reviewer is entitled to see.

A Brazilian statement identifies the account by a branch number and account number together, and identifies the holder by their CPF taxpayer registration. Dropping either one leaves a receiving office unable to verify the record.

Instant-transfer rows carry the counterparty name and a transaction key rather than a description. We translate the labels, keep the key untouched, and preserve the order the entries were posted in.

Amounts stay in reais, written with a decimal comma and a thousands point. Reformatting them into U.S. punctuation would change the number a reviewer reconciles against the original.

Brazil is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so an apostille is the usual legalization route when a non-U.S. authority asks for one.

Chinese banks issue a transaction statement printed at the branch and closed with a red institutional seal. The seal is part of the document, so it is described and translated rather than passed over as decoration.

Transaction descriptions use short settlement and channel categories that repeat down the page. Each is rendered the same way every time, because inconsistent wording across months is what makes a reviewer re-read.

Names are romanized to match the spelling on the passport in the same packet, not re-romanized independently. A statement that spells the holder differently from the filing is the mismatch that gets questioned.

Figures stay in renminbi with the currency named. We do not restate a balance in another currency, because the converted figure is not one the bank certified.

Indian statements identify the branch by an 11-character IFSC code, and the transaction narration usually names the rail that moved the money — NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, or UPI. We keep the codes verbatim and translate the words around them.

Large amounts are grouped in the Indian numbering system, so a balance can read 12,34,567.89 rather than 1,234,567.89. It is transcribed exactly as printed; regrouping the digits would change how the figure scans.

Many Indian statements are issued in English already, sometimes with only a header or a stamp in another language. Send the file and we will tell you whether it needs a full translation or none at all.

Where entries do appear in a regional language, the same term is used across every month so a multi-month packet reads as one record.

Ukrainian statements often arrive as a PDF exported from a banking app, with no stamp and no signature anywhere on the page. That is the normal form of the document, and a translator’s note saying so is more useful than a missing-seal marker.

Transaction rows name the counterparty and the payment purpose in full sentences rather than codes, which makes completeness the thing to watch — every row is translated, including small recurring fees.

Balances stay in hryvnia. Where a statement runs several currencies in parallel columns, each column keeps its own label so no figure is read against the wrong currency.

Ukraine is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, which is the route to follow if a non-U.S. authority asks for legalization.

Most Philippine bank statements are issued in English already, which often means no translation is needed at all. Upload the file before ordering and we will say so plainly rather than bill you for a page that does not need us.

Where a statement does carry local-language entries, they usually sit in the branch name, a stamp, or a footer note rather than the transaction table.

Amounts stay in pesos with the currency named, so a reviewer converting for their own purposes starts from the figure the bank issued.

The Philippines joined the Hague Apostille Convention in 2019, so an apostille replaced consular legalization for documents going to other member countries.