Claude Code combed credit card statements and saved hours
Possible business expenses were buried in a stack of credit card statements. Claude Code went through every statement, flagged the charges that might need reimbursing and put them in an Excel sheet.
Done withClaude CodeSpotted· by Katie Fifer· Oct 21, 2026
Time saved
Hours
Result
Next planned: cancel unused subscriptions too
“This is something I did with Claude last week and it saved me hours.”
Spotted: found in the wild. Details are as reported by the source above and have not been independently verified.
What they did
They put all their credit card statements in one folder and ran Claude Code against it, asking it to go through every statement and identify charges that might be business expenses needing reimbursement. They had a conversation with it about the first statements so it could learn their patterns and clarify anything it was unsure on. At the end, they had it put all the relevant expenses into an Excel sheet in the same folder.
How it went
They said this saved them hours compared to doing it by hand.
Try it yourself with Claude Code
Put all your credit card statements in one folder and run a coding agent like Claude Code there. Ask it to go through every statement and identify charges that look like reimbursable business expenses, checking in with you on the first statement or two to learn your patterns and clarify anything unclear. Have it put the relevant expenses into an Excel sheet in the same folder, then review the sheet yourself before filing any reimbursement claim.
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