Tagged: xero

January 16, 2026 @ 7:46 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Xero, a small business platform, this week announced the global launch of its new AI-powered analytics capabilities, setting a new standard for small business intelligence. Millions of business owners now have the ability to access leading analytics, insights, and reporting, and get instant answers to… Read More

January 14, 2026 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a landscape where small businesses form the backbone of the UK economy (and most other global economies of the 21st century), a pervasive lack of financial savvy is emerging as a major barrier to growth and innovation. Recent research highlights how low confidence in… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from global small business platform Xero reveals a significant problem facing small business owners: many acknowledge the potential of targeted promotional strategies, but are being held back from taking part in these initiatives primarily due to lack of adequate financial resources. A Xero research… Read More

July 16, 2025 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, a global small business platform, has announced a partnership with Plaid, which seeks to eventually triple the number of high-quality bank feeds available to customers in the United States. For many small businesses, access to community-focused finance providers is crucial, given the vast number of… Read More

June 30, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Xero Limited has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Melio, an SMB bill pay platform. The acquisition is expected to be funded through a mix of cash and equity. The upfront consideration will be $2.5 billion in cash and equity consideration. Additional contingent consideration,… Read More

June 9, 2025 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, released its US State of the Industry Report for accounting and bookkeeping (AB) practices in 2025, revealing an optimistic outlook driven by “evolving service offerings and strong performance metrics year-over-year.” The report highlights a significant upswing in the industry,… Read More

May 31, 2025 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, announced an integration with Tallyfor, the modern platform for business tax engagements, to deliver a solution designed to streamline tax preparation and boost efficiency for accounting firms. Accounting firms today face “capacity shortages, recruitment and retention difficulties, and the… Read More

February 16, 2025 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, the banking platform that serves as the financial operating system for startups and small businesses, announced an ongoing partnership with  small business accounting platform, Xero. Through this collab, Bluevine customers can sync their banking data with Xero, providing small businesses and their accountants with… Read More

October 9, 2024 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from global cloud-based small business platform Xero reveals a notable gap in financial literacy among U.S. small business owners. Despite 55% of small business owners rating their financial literacy as ‘high’, half (50%) actively face fiscal challenges in their business due to a lack… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from cloud-based small business platform Xero reveals a notable gap in financial literacy among Canadian small business owners. Although 47% or nearly half of small business owners rating their financial literacy as ‘high’, nearly half (43%) actively deal with fiscal challenges in their business… Read More

April 12, 2024 @ 4:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, released a Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report which shows New Zealand small business labor productivity remains below pre-pandemic levels, putting additional pressure on small businesses. The report, Small business productivity: Trends, implications and strategies, is based on anonymized… Read More

December 19, 2023 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, today announced it is partnering with Flinks, a key player focused on open banking, to give small businesses in Canada and the United States secure access to more than 20 direct bank connections and high quality transaction data. The… Read More

November 27, 2023 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, has released a new report revealing Singapore’s accounting and bookkeeping sector is undergoing significant transformation, “driven by technology innovation and shifting client expectations.” Xero’s State of the industry report “surveyed 300 accountants and bookkeepers working in Singaporean practices to… Read More

November 26, 2023 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crezco, a UK fintech company using open banking to make B2B invoice and bill payments as convenient as B2C card payments, has achieved several major business milestones through securing funding and integrating its technology into global small business platform Xero. Crezco has secured $12m in… Read More

November 23, 2023 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, has launched several updates to its practice tools at UK Roadshow, including “a new tax manager feature in Xero HQ, an important feature in its plan to more seamlessly connect Xero Practice Manager (XPM), Xero HQ and Xero Tax.”… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 11:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ongoing economic challenges have caused two in five (41%) small business owners to sacrifice their salaries, and one in three (34%) to use their personal funds, “to keep their businesses running,” according to new research from global small business platform Xero. The Money Matters report… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore small business owners are dipping into their personal savings, increasing their prices, and not paying themselves to mitigate rising costs and make a profit, according to a new report from global small business platform Xero. The report titled “Money matters: navigating the impact of… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s smallest companies could generate £77.3bn of extra revenue and create 885,000 new jobs if they “all digitalized at the rate of the top 20% of tech adopters.” This is according to new research from Xero, the global small business platform, and economics consultant,… Read More

September 28, 2023 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, announced the release of its State of the Industry Report for Canada, which found that the country’s accounting and bookkeeping firms have experienced widespread revenue and profit growth, “linked to the adoption of new operating models and cloud solutions.”… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A survey from Xero, the global small business platform, has revealed that over half (53%) of small businesses in Canada “cited inflation as impacting their cash flow management in the last six months.” Some businesses have been so heavily impacted “that nearly one-third (31%) of… Read More