Grab the Amount, Sender, and Deposit Status from Any Interac e-Transfer Screenshot
Log incoming Interac e-Transfers without retyping them. This tool pulls the amount, sender name, and deposit status from any Canadian bank's confirmation screen, and each screenshot becomes one spreadsheet row in 5-10 seconds.
5-10s per screenshot · Up to 99% accuracy on printed text
What an Interac e-Transfer Confirmation Reveals
Skip retyping amounts and sender names out of your banking app. Type the fields you want once, and the AI finds each value on the confirmation screen no matter which Canadian bank rendered it. No two banks lay out this screen the same way.
The dollar figure the transfer is built around, usually the largest text on the screen. It reads cleanly, though some banks drop the cents on whole-dollar amounts and show "$50" instead of "$50.00".
The sender's legal name as registered with their financial institution, shown on the recipient's confirmation. This is the name you want for expense reports and client records, not a nickname or app alias.
Whether the transfer is Pending, Deposited, Expired, or Cancelled, and whether it arrived by Auto-deposit or after a security question. Uncollected transfers expire after 30 days, so the status tells you whether the money actually landed. This distinction is unique to Interac e-Transfer.
A unique number created for every Interac e-Transfer. It appears in the confirmation email and in many banks' e-Transfer history, and it is the number to quote when you trace or dispute a payment.
The optional note the sender attached, often an invoice number, payment reason, or personal context. Its position varies dramatically between bank apps.
A Security Model No Other Payment System Uses
Interac e-Transfer doesn't live in one app. It runs inside 250+ Canadian financial institutions, each rendering the confirmation its own way, and every transfer follows one of two paths. Traditional extraction tools assume a fixed layout and a single flow. Interac has neither.
250+ Institutions, Zero Shared Layout
An Interac confirmation inside TD's app looks nothing like the same transfer inside RBC, Scotiabank, or Tangerine. The amount could be centered, left-aligned, inside a card, or floating. Template-based OCR needs a separate configuration per institution, which is impractical at scale.
Auto-deposit or Security Question, Two Different Screens
If the recipient is registered for Autodeposit, the money lands with no security question and the screen says the funds were deposited automatically. Otherwise the recipient answers a security question first, and the confirmation reads differently. A screenshot shows one path or the other.
No Native Export for Confirmation Data
Canadian banks don't offer a "download confirmation history" button. Small business owners on r/SmallBusinessCanada ask: "Is it truly just a manual process to track and invoice?" The only way to log incoming e-Transfers is to screenshot each one and copy the fields by hand.
One Set of Column Names for Every Institution
Define Amount, Sender Name, Deposit Status. The AI reads each field by its meaning, the dollar figure with a "$" prefix, the name shown as the sender, the status word, regardless of whether the screenshot came from TD or Tangerine. One set of columns for all 250+ institutions.
Reads the Deposit Status Automatically
The AI reads the confirmation's status language. If the screen says the funds were deposited automatically, it flags the transfer as Auto-deposit. If it references a security question or shows the deposit prompt, it registers the Standard path. This distinction, unique to Interac, becomes a column in your output without any manual tagging.
Screenshots Replace the Missing Export
When there's no "download all" button, screenshots are the only record. The tool takes each confirmation screenshot, whether from a phone or web banking, and extracts the fields into a single spreadsheet row. One screenshot per transfer, one clean log, no manual copying.
One Interac Confirmation, One Spreadsheet Row
If you're logging incoming Interac e-Transfers for freelance income tracking, month-end reconciliation, or year-end tax prep, here's what happens when you drop a confirmation screenshot into the tool.
Upload the Confirmation Screenshot
Drop an Interac e-Transfer confirmation screenshot from any Canadian bank app or web banking, whether the transfer arrived via Auto-deposit or after a security question. The tool accepts JPG, PNG, or WebP. No need to sort by bank or by deposit path before uploading.
Name the Columns You Need
Define your column headers: Amount, Sender Name, Deposit Status, Reference Number, Message. The AI reads each screenshot independently, so it doesn't need to know which bank generated the confirmation. The column names you type become the headers of your output table.
Export One Clean Row per Transfer
Processing takes 5-10 seconds per screenshot. The output is a single spreadsheet with one row per confirmation and exactly the columns you named. Export to Excel or CSV, or push directly into Google Sheets via the add-on. What used to be "open screenshot, type amount, type sender, type note" becomes one upload and one export.
When Interac e-Transfer Extraction Works Best, and When It Doesn't
When It Works Best
Direct in-app confirmation screenshots. Full-resolution screenshots captured from your bank's mobile app or web banking produce the most reliable results, with high-contrast machine-rendered text that the AI handles at up to 99% accuracy.
Batch processing across multiple banks. The same column definitions process TD, RBC, Scotiabank, BMO, and Tangerine confirmations in one batch, and every screenshot becomes a row in the same spreadsheet regardless of the source bank.
Freelance and small-business income logging. If you receive 10-50 e-Transfers per month as a freelancer or contractor, processing all confirmation screenshots in one batch replaces hours of manual transcription.
When to Be Cautious
Forwarded or compressed screenshots. If a confirmation image was forwarded through email or messaging apps, compression artifacts may reduce accuracy. The AI still outperforms traditional OCR, but you should spot-check extracted amounts from forwarded copies.
The security question answer is never readable. The tool extracts the Deposit Status (Auto-deposit vs the security-question path) but cannot reveal a masked security answer, which is intentionally hidden on every screen by design.
Email or text notifications vs the in-app record. The notification tells you a transfer was sent and shows the sender's name and amount, but the in-app or online-banking confirmation is the fuller record, including the reference number and transfer status. For complete records, screenshot the confirmation inside your bank rather than the notification.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I extract the security question and answer from an Interac e-Transfer screenshot?
The AI reads whatever is visible on the screen. On a sender's confirmation, the security question appears in full, but the answer is masked, and that masking is deliberate, so the tool cannot reveal it. What it can extract is the Deposit Status: whether the transfer went through Auto-deposit, which asks no question, or through the Standard path, which requires one. For your records, that tells you whether the recipient had to authenticate before the money moved.
Why does the extracted Amount sometimes read "$50" and other times "$50.00" from different screenshots?
Canadian banks format whole-dollar amounts differently. One institution shows "$50.00" with trailing zeros, and another strips them to "$50". The AI extracts exactly what the screenshot displays, and it does not infer or correct decimal places. If the Amount field shows no cents and the exact value matters for reconciliation, check it against your bank statement. The tool reads what is visible rather than normalizing the formatting.
Can I batch Interac e-Transfer screenshots with Venmo, PayPal, or Zelle screenshots in the same export?
Yes. Define one set of column names, such as Amount, Sender Name, and Date, and the AI processes Interac confirmations alongside Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, and Cash App screenshots in a single batch. Each screenshot becomes one row in the output spreadsheet, regardless of which payment system generated it. See the payment screenshots overview for the full cross-platform capability.
Does it work with both the Interac notification email screenshot and the in-app bank confirmation?
Both work, but they produce different results. The email or text notification tells you a transfer was sent and shows the sender's name and amount; if you receive by Autodeposit, it also confirms the money was deposited automatically. The in-app or online-banking confirmation carries the fuller record, including the reference number and transfer status. For complete records, screenshot the confirmation inside your banking app.
Can I extract the Reference Number from an Interac e-Transfer screenshot?
Yes. Interac creates a unique reference number for every transfer, and it appears in the confirmation email and in many banks' e-Transfer history. If the reference number is visible on your screenshot, define a Reference Number column and the AI pulls it into its own column. It is the number to quote if you ever need to trace or dispute a payment.
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