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Finance Teams: Stop Wasting Time on Manual Account Reconciliation & Automate

The Finance Weekly

Account reconciliation is the matching and validating of balances in the general ledger (GL) to internal and external sources or other independent calculations to accurately close month-ends and year-ends. Defining Account Reconciliation The basic steps involved in reconciliation transactions include the following: 1.

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Why Accounts Receivable Is Warming Up To Digital Currency

PYMNTS

In many ways, the rise of crypto and digital currencies like Bitcoin aims to address some of these issues, empowering payers and payees with a way of bypassing the “middleman” of the inter-banking system for faster transaction speeds. .” Choice, he said, is key to guiding corporates toward a digital currency ecosystem.

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Bitcoin Daily: Austrian A1 Telekom Now Accepts Crypto Payments; Data Shows Spike; Italian Banks Use Corda For Interbank Reconciliation

PYMNTS

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dash are among the new crypto options for A1 Payment users, and they can be converted into euros in real time at the cash desk, according to the release, with no exchange rate or currency risk present. She said the Corda process has shortened that down to just one day to complete a reconciliation.

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Airwallex, Xero Collab On X-Border SMB Payments, Reconciliation

PYMNTS

This is even more imperative when it concerns their multi-currency financial reporting as there is no room for errors.”. “An As more small businesses enter overseas markets, it’s important that their multi-currency payments flow seamlessly in Xero and are automatically reconciled,” said Ian Boyd, financial industry director at Xero.

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Funding Options, Caxton FX Pair Up On Multi-Currency SMB Card

PYMNTS

marketplace lending company Funding Options is teaming up with Caxton FX to introduce a prepaid multi-currency payment card for small businesses (SMBs). “SMBs could be exposed to significant sterling fluctuation,” said Western Union Senior Currency Strategist Nawaz Ali in a statement sent to PYMNTS in December.

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Finance transformation: BlackLine adds capabilities for faster financial close

Future CFO

Since BlackLine, we have seen 100% on-time completion rates for all month-end reconciliations. With BlackLine Task Management, managers and employees know what needs to be done and on what timeline.

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Goldman Sachs Adds Global Payments To SAP Ariba

PYMNTS

Buyers will be able to pay suppliers in their own countries’ currencies with ease, according to the release. In addition, the deal will allow better reconciliation of payments with the matching invoices. It will also allow real-time payment tracking along with less inquiries about payment-related issues for suppliers.

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