What is he best way to speed up bank reconciliation?

sFTP your bank statement and have your NS transactions matching 1:1 to those on your bank statement

using the bank connectivity and statement parsers bundles?

@Joseph - yes if you can; alternatively just download and upload the statements; set up your financial institution(s) first

Can i use these tools to reconcile accounts, or does it limit me to bank transactions?

no feature to reconcile accounts 😞 this is just for bank accounts

So to do accounts the only way to reconcile is with the Reconcile Bank Statement page?

not sure I follow - this Reconcile Bank Stmt page is for bank accounts reconciliation when bank stmt is no uploaded into NS