Bank reconciliation

Bank reconciliation helps you reconcile Stripe payouts with the deposits in your bank account, so you can keep track of all the funds received from Stripe and connect your revenue with cash in your bank. To enable the reconciliation, link your bank account to Stripe and approve access for reconciliation.

After you provide access to your bank statement, Stripe automatically reconciles the Stripe payouts with the corresponding deposit in your bank account to determine the amount received and any outstanding balance. You can then access the details of each Stripe payout, the bank deposit, and the corresponding reconciliation statuses from the Dashboard. We prepare the summaries based on your Stripe account’s time zone and UTC.

Link your bank account

If you already have a linked bank account with Stripe, you can skip this step. To link your bank account (or relink and inactive account):

1. Click Link bank account from the bank reconciliation page.
2. Review and consent to Stripe’s privacy policy, linked account terms, and the details of the bank account where your Stripe payouts are being deposited.
3. Select your bank either from the list of the most frequently chosen banks shown in the tiles or by searching for it.
4. Sign in to your banking portal and select the account where your Stripe payouts are being deposited.

After a few minutes, a successful link displays a confirmation page.

The Dashboard summary offers an overview of activities affecting your Stripe balance and the related payouts to your bank account. It breaks down your activity by reporting categories, linking it with Stripe’s payouts and the funds received in your bank. It helps you understand the Stripe payment amounts and corresponding cash reconciled with your bank each month. This aids in creating a revenue-to-cash breakdown necessary for your monthly close process.

The following example shows 8 days of activity for a Stripe account with daily automatic payouts and a payout speed of 2 business days. The account accepted a payment of 10 USD on 28 January and the funds became available on 30 January, triggering the first payout to the bank account.

For simplicity, assume no fees or other debits on the example transactions.

Given the above account activity, the bank reconciliation summary on 4 February shows the following data:

The reconciliation example shows transactions totalling 160 USD and 270 USD were processed in January and February respectively.

In January:

• Stripe disbursed the entire 160 USD.
• Your bank processed 40 USD of the total in the same month as the transaction (January)
• Your bank processed 120 USD of the total in the following months (February).

In February:

• Stripe disbursed 160 USD of the 270 USD transaction total.
• 110 USD from 3 February hasn’t met the 2-day payout speed as of 4 February, so is Pending.
• Your bank processed 60 USD of the paid out total in the same month as the transaction (February).
• Your bank hasn’t processed 100 USD paid on Sunday, 4 February, which is Unreconciled.

The Cash realised in bank section shows you the total amount received from Stripe in your bank account during a calendar month. This helps you monitor your monthly cash inflow from Stripe. We capture this information from your bank statement and you can use it to update your cash accounts during the close process for the month.

Using the preceding example of account activity, the Cash realised in bank section has the following data:

The total amount reconciled with the bank (220 USD) matches the sum of the amounts received in your bank account over the two months. Moreover, the sum of the amount reconciled from January’s subsequent months and the amount reconciled within the same month from February (120 USD + 60 USD = 180 USD) equals the total cash realised from Stripe in February (180 USD).

The Payouts section provides a list of all the payouts made by Stripe, the bank deposits, and their corresponding reconciliation and payout statuses. You can filter and view this data based on payout date, method, payout status, and reconciliation status.

In the account activity example, the payouts have the following data:

Payouts report

The Bank reconciliation report uses your Stripe transactions and Financial Connections accounts to provide you with bank reconciliation services. You can control which Stripe products receive and use your financial accounts data from the Link external account settings page.