Bumper app news this week - join John, Ryan and Indi to hear the latest headlines.
- Adrian Blair breaks silence since leaving Dext, thanks staff and talks about success - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adrianblair_dext-is-rated-excellent-with-47-5-on-activity-6924763917176995840-XjqK?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
- N26 closes more than 100 accounts automatically – https://www-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.businessinsider.com/n26-bank-europe-customers-account-closures-access-savings-2022-4?amp
- Turbotax to pay $141m to settle claims it scammed millions - https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/04/intuit_turbotax_settlement/
- Plaid accuses Stripe of dishonestly obtaining valuable information - https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/40192/plaid-accuses-stripe-of-underhanded-tactics-over-new-open-banking-product
- Funding Circle Founder and ex-CEO launched new payments fintech Altfi - https://www.altfi.com/article/9126_funding-circle-founder-and-ex-ceo-launches-new-payments-fintech
- Procore partners with Capitalise to fund construction projects - https://www.business-money.com/announcements/procore-partners-with-capitalise-to-connect-construction-projects-with-funding/
- Zahara powered by Comma - https://www.zaharasoftware.com/zahara-x-comma-the-purchase-to-pay-solution-to-help-you-gain-control-of-business-spend/
- VRPS to supercharge open banking - https://www.altfi.com/article/9034_why-vrps-will-supercharge-open-banking-adoption
- Natwest launch VRP with Truelayer, Gocardless and Crezco - https://bit.ly/3LJNKPU
- IFederal reserve to grant master accounts more quickly - https://www.pymnts.com/bank-regulation/2022/fed-master-accounts-give-fintechs-firepower-to-meet-and-beat-banks-on-their-own-payments-turf/
- US open banking rule held up by privacy laws - https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/exclusive-us-open-banking-rule-bogged-down-by-privacy-concerns-sources-2022-05-04/
- Onfolk HR and payroll platform £8pmpe hit Xero Appstore –XeroAPI on Twitter: "🇬🇧 Welcome to the @Xero App Store @onfolkhr 👏 Finally, #HR and #payroll in one place. With Onfolk you get a modern people system with time-off, pensions, HR, payroll, onboarding, and a suite of integrations. For more info visit: https://t.co/yRagbT5Qxs https://t.co/RYdOSDIo9Y" / Twitter
- ILisa Miles-Heal becomes CEO of Silverfin - https://www.accountancyage.com/2022/04/27/accounting-and-audit-tech-update-xero-quickbooks-and-more/
- Xero launch ultimate pricing plan - https://xero.dsmn8.com/Q6B23XvcJN
- Sage rebrands - https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/tech-news/2022/04/new-look-sage-symbol-change-refreshed-service-range-announced
- Freeagent for landlords - https://www.freeagent.com/blog/introducing-freeagent-for-landlords/
- Xero releases – more reporting (management reports), bank rec now prompts more fields filled in - https://www.xero.com/blog/2022/05/product-news-may-2022/
- Xero and PKF for global alliance - https://www.xero.com/blog/2022/04/xero-welcomes-global-partner-pkf/
- Unleashed on new Xero app store, free trial and subs through xero- https://www.unleashedsoftware.com/blog/unleashed-joins-the-new-xero-app-store
- QBO announces spreadsheet sync – (Datadear) – https://investors.intuit.com/news/news-details/2022/QuickBooks-Introduces-Spreadsheet-Sync-to-Address-Pain-Point-for-Small--Medium-Sized-Businesses/default.aspx
- Freeagent benchmarking – now similar businesses - https://www.freeagent.com/blog/performance-benchmarking-report-similar-businesses/
- Futrli predict adds customer and supplier trends
- Mayday recharger launches
- 9spokes no longer free – now $19pm for new users – free for existing – also connected to Sage
- Xero change how they work with partners - https://www.xero.com/blog/2022/04/helping-our-uk-accounting-community/
- Re-leased obtain £15m funding - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samcaulton_jll-spark-leads-re-leaseds-15m-funding-activity-6925765753761628160-IDw3?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=android_app