Digi-Tools In Accrual World
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Ryan Pearcy, John Toon and Indi Tatla
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Xero Stretches Up, Trims Down | Be In The Loop
In this episode of Digi-Tools in a Cruel World, host Indi is joined by global accounting-tech heavyweights Heather Smith (dialling in from a beautiful corner of the UK Cotswolds) and Kendrick Hair (live from the US). Together, the team tears down the massive wave of announcements out of Xerocon Lond...
Xerocon London special: Are accountants and the ecosystem still important to Xero?
Recorded live from day two of Xerocon London. Xero opened the show with two solid hours of announcements. Xero Force, the Ultra plan, smart data capture, JAX and a big push on the rise of the builder. Most of it is in beta and lands later in the year. So we spent two days in the hall asking the peop...
What HMRC's timely payments plan, Peppol e-invoicing and AI audit tools mean for your firm || In the Loop
John Toon is joined by Alastair Barlow and Vipul Sheth of Advancetrack for the accounting tech and fintech news that actually matters. They open on Cortea, the Berlin audit AI startup that has raised over £10m from Dawn Capital, with Larry Bradley, the former global head of audit at KPMG, in as an a...
Would You Hand Your Client's Card to an AI?
Ryan Pearcy is joined by Lara Manton of LJ Bookkeeping and Robbie from Forbes Mazars for a run through the accounting tech news that actually matters this month, with plenty of disagreement along the way. The big one close to home: The Loop has acquired the Early Adopters Hub, the community that vet...
We Bought the Bridge | Robots Beat the Humans (?!) | Be in the Loop.
John Toon is joined by guest presenters Billie McLoughlin and Kendrick Hair to work through the month’s accounting tech and fintech news, with plenty of disagreement along the way. The headline story is Digits, which published a benchmark claiming its bookkeeping agent hit 97.8% accuracy against 79....
Practice management, data privacy and why the Maple Review matters for accountants
ohn Toon, Eriona Bajrakurtaj, and Leigh Stallard cover FYI’s first AI features, two separate Xero conversations, BrightPay Oscar, Sodium, Record OS and the Maple Review. FYI has added its first AI features, built around the existing automation layer rather than added on top as a chatbot. Firms that ...
What the AI adoption numbers actually mean for your practice
Indi and Ryan are joined by Kevin Fitzgerald covering VAT workflow improvements, AI payroll onboarding, the month-end close race, and a blunt conversation about why most accounting professionals still are not using AI at all. FreeAgent has shipped VAT return improvements timed to the April 2026 MTD ...
Starling Says 'Job Done.' The Accountants Disagree.
Ryan Pearcy and Indi Tatla cover a big week in accounting tech, from Starling’s contested MTD launch to Intuit cutting 3,000 jobs and Xero’s push to own the workflow layer. Starling Bank launched Accounting Essentials in March, a free bookkeeping and MTD submission tool for sole traders and landlord...