Advisory Services news and trends

How Big Data Guides The Accountant’s Evolution
B2B Payments // January 15, 2020

Technology continues to initiate change in the role of accountants from number-crunchers to strategic advisors. With client requirements in flux, and with regulations becoming more complex, accountants have an opportunity to wield automation technologies that can free up time for more strategic initiatives. In the...

Overcoming The Pre-Accounting Hurdle Of Data
B2B Payments // January 09, 2020

Following anxieties that robots would replace their jobs, small business (SMB) accountants are now on a path to potentially become more strategic partners with their SMB clients. Many industry players are touting the ability to use analytics and automation technology to handle mundane, time-consuming tasks,...

Challenging The Truths Of Small Business Banking
B2B Payments // February 21, 2019

The small business (SMB) banking sector continues to endure seismic disruption from many angles. In the U.K., regulators are cracking down on big bank misconduct against small firms, while simultaneously exploring ways to inject competition into the sector via initiatives like the RBS fund. At...

Why One-Size POS Does Not Fit All SMBs
SMBs // January 15, 2019

From hardware to software, from cash registers to digital wallets, the way commerce is done at smaller firms (SMBs) is changing, especially as mobile makes inroads into the way we pay. In an interview that springboarded the findings of the Retail Innovation Readiness Index, published...

Interviews & Exclusives
Why One-Size POS Does Not Fit All SMBs

January 15, 2019
From hardware to software, from cash registers to digital wallets, the way commerce is done at smaller firms (SMBs) is changing, especially as mobile makes inroads into the way we pay. In an interview that springboarded the findings of the Retail Innovation Readiness Index, published late last year, Nicky Koopman, vice president of content and […]