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I bet loads of you already do this, but sometimes I'm a bit slow on the uptake. 
I'm sure I'm not the only one to have a situation where you get a bank statement & you don't recognise the company that's been paid. Today I looked at my latest online statement, & exactly that situation arose - who have I paid £50 to? Then I hit upon a solution. As you can't download their statements as PDF or Excel files, I've been taking screenshots of them & saving them with the relevant date. My image editor allows me to edit the saved picture & add text to it, so once I remembered who the payment was for I just added a bit of text with the company name next to the relevant entry! :j You can do the same thing if you bought something from eg Currys but need to remember what it was - just slot the name of the item next to it. I think it would be a handy back-up if you've got any queries with your purchases later on.
It only took me a few moments to remember who the payment was for today because I did it very recently, plus I haven't spent much money. If I was looking online or at a paper statement weeks down the line, it could have been a different story.
I'm sure I'm not the only one to have a situation where you get a bank statement & you don't recognise the company that's been paid. Today I looked at my latest online statement, & exactly that situation arose - who have I paid £50 to? Then I hit upon a solution. As you can't download their statements as PDF or Excel files, I've been taking screenshots of them & saving them with the relevant date. My image editor allows me to edit the saved picture & add text to it, so once I remembered who the payment was for I just added a bit of text with the company name next to the relevant entry! :j You can do the same thing if you bought something from eg Currys but need to remember what it was - just slot the name of the item next to it. I think it would be a handy back-up if you've got any queries with your purchases later on.
It only took me a few moments to remember who the payment was for today because I did it very recently, plus I haven't spent much money. If I was looking online or at a paper statement weeks down the line, it could have been a different story.
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