locked bank statments - WHY?

Why on earth is there no way to unlock a standard bank - statement. I cannot print it any more because that has a different password from the one on the statement, I cannot complete my tax returns properly because there is no way to unlock the supporting bank statements or home loan accounts. For the love of all that is reasonable, yes POPIA - but it is my data that I need to share with SARS. Why should i need to downlaod some dogy app- to unlock something which should be straight forward to do in 2024. Why must i print out 12 months of banks statements wasting time and money. then scan them back in. Its stupid.