diff --git a/apps/api/src/bank-transactions-file/bank-transactions-file.controller.ts b/apps/api/src/bank-transactions-file/bank-transactions-file.controller.ts
index a30cbb7d7..563f8b759 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/bank-transactions-file/bank-transactions-file.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/bank-transactions-file/bank-transactions-file.controller.ts
@@ -53,15 +53,18 @@ export class BankTransactionsFileController {
       throw new NotFoundException('No person record with keycloak ID: ' + keycloakId)
     }
 
-    const allMovementsFromAllFiles: { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string }[][] =
-      []
-    let accountMovementsFromFile: { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string }[] = []
+    const allMovementsFromAllFiles: { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string }[] = []
+    const allMovementsWithErrors: { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string, refError?: string }[] = []
 
     //parse files and save them to S3
     const promises = await Promise.all(
       files.map((file, key) => {
-        accountMovementsFromFile = parseBankTransactionsFile(file.buffer)
-        allMovementsFromAllFiles.push(accountMovementsFromFile)
+        let accountMovementsFromFile: { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string, refError?: string }[] = parseBankTransactionsFile(file.buffer)
+        const validMovements = accountMovementsFromFile.filter(m => !m.refError)
+        const invalidMovements = accountMovementsFromFile.filter(m => m.refError)
+
+        allMovementsFromAllFiles.push(...validMovements)
+        allMovementsWithErrors.push(...invalidMovements);
         const filesType = body.types
         return this.bankTransactionsFileService.create(
           Array.isArray(filesType) ? filesType[key] : filesType,
@@ -76,25 +79,25 @@ export class BankTransactionsFileController {
 
     //now import the parsed donations
     const donations: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto[] = []
-    for (const fileOfBankMovements of allMovementsFromAllFiles) {
-      for await (const movement of fileOfBankMovements) {
-        const campaign = await this.campaignService.getCampaignByPaymentReference(
-          movement.paymentRef,
-        )
-
-        if (!campaign) {
-          Logger.warn('No campaign with payment reference: ' + movement.paymentRef)
-          throw new NotFoundException('No campaign with payment reference: ' + movement.paymentRef)
-        }
+    for (const movement of allMovementsFromAllFiles) {
+      let campaign = await this.campaignService.getCampaignByPaymentReference(movement.paymentRef)
+      if (!campaign) {
+        campaign = await this.campaignService.getCampaignBySlug(movement.paymentRef)
+      }
 
-        const vault = await this.vaultService.findByCampaignId(campaign.id)
-        movement.payment.extPaymentMethodId = 'imported bank payment'
-        movement.payment.targetVaultId = vault[0].id
-        movement.payment.type = DonationType.donation
-        movement.payment.status = DonationStatus.succeeded
-        movement.payment.provider = PaymentProvider.bank
-        donations.push(movement.payment)
+      if (!campaign) {
+        Logger.warn('No campaign with payment reference: ' + movement.paymentRef)
+        allMovementsWithErrors.push({...movement, refError: `No campaign with payment reference: ${movement.paymentRef}`})
+        continue;
       }
+
+      const vault = await this.vaultService.findByCampaignId(campaign.id)
+      movement.payment.extPaymentMethodId = 'imported bank payment'
+      movement.payment.targetVaultId = vault[0].id
+      movement.payment.type = DonationType.donation
+      movement.payment.status = DonationStatus.succeeded
+      movement.payment.provider = PaymentProvider.bank
+      donations.push(movement.payment)
     }
     await this.donationsService.createManyBankPayments(donations)
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/bank-transactions-file/helpers/parser.ts b/apps/api/src/bank-transactions-file/helpers/parser.ts
index 154c71d95..bbd7cc6b5 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/bank-transactions-file/helpers/parser.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/bank-transactions-file/helpers/parser.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import { CreateManyBankPaymentsDto } from '../../donations/dto/create-many-bank-
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 export const parseString = require('xml2js').parseString
 
-const regexPaymentRef = /\b[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}\b/g
+const uuidPaymentRefRegex = /\b[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}\b/g
+const slugPaymentRefRegex = /[*#]{1}(.*)[*#]{1}/g
 
 export function parseBankTransactionsFile(
   fileBuffer,
-): { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string }[] {
-  const accountMovements: { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string }[] = []
+): { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string, refError?: string }[] {
+  const accountMovements: { payment: CreateManyBankPaymentsDto; paymentRef: string, refError?: string }[] = []
   parseString(fileBuffer, function (err, items) {
     for (const item in items) {
       for (const movement in items[item].AccountMovement) {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export function parseBankTransactionsFile(
           items[item].AccountMovement[movement].Status[0].Context[0] === 'success'
         ) {
           const payment = new CreateManyBankPaymentsDto()
-          const paymentRef = items[item].AccountMovement[movement].NarrativeI02[0]
+          const paymentRef: string = items[item].AccountMovement[movement].NarrativeI02[0]
           payment.amount = Number(items[item].AccountMovement[movement].Amount[0]) * 100
           payment.currency = items[item].AccountMovement[movement].CCY[0]
           payment.extCustomerId = items[item].AccountMovement[movement].OppositeSideAccount[0]
@@ -26,10 +27,19 @@ export function parseBankTransactionsFile(
           payment.createdAt = new Date(items[item].AccountMovement[movement].PaymentDateTime[0])
           payment.billingName = items[item].AccountMovement[movement].OppositeSideName[0]
 
-          const matchedRef = paymentRef.replace(/[ _]+/g, '-').match(regexPaymentRef)
-          if (matchedRef) {
-            accountMovements.push({ payment, paymentRef: matchedRef[0] })
+          const matchedUUIDRef = paymentRef.replace(/[ _]+/g, '-').match(uuidPaymentRefRegex) // leaving it for backwards-compatibility
+          const matchedSlugRef = paymentRef.match(slugPaymentRefRegex)
+          let validRef = ""
+          if (matchedUUIDRef) {
+            validRef = matchedUUIDRef[0]
+          } else if (matchedSlugRef) {
+            validRef = matchedSlugRef[0]
+          }
+
+          if (validRef) {
+            accountMovements.push({ payment, paymentRef: validRef })
           } else {
+            accountMovements.push({ payment, paymentRef: paymentRef, refError: 'cannot recognize paymentRef' })
             Logger.warn('cannot recognize paymentRef from NarrativeI02 field: ' + paymentRef)
           }
         }