Accounting/page/3 news and trends

Collective Raises $100 Million to Free Solo Owners From Being Their Own CFO

October 29, 2026
AI back office Collective
Ramp Courts $150 Billion Accounting Sector With New AI System
Artificial Intelligence // June 03, 2026

Financial operations platform Ramp has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) system designed for accounting firms. Ramp Stack marks the company’s entry into the $150 billion accounting sector at a time when more than 300,000 CPAs have the industry and accounting degrees are at a 20-year low, Ramp...

Tether Taps Big Four Accounting Firm for Inaugural Audit
Cryptocurrency // March 25, 2026

Stablecoin issuer Tether says it has engaged a “Big Four” accounting firm for its inaugural audit. The company’s “first full independent financial statement audit” is “slated to be the biggest ever inaugural audit in the history of financial markets,” Tether said in a Tuesday (March 25) news release....

Basis Raises $100 Million to Build Up AI in Accounting
Investments // February 24, 2026

Accounting-focused artificial intelligence (AI) startup Basis has raised $100 million in new funding. The company’s Series B round, announced Tuesday (Feb. 24), was led by Accel and Google Ventures and values Basis at $1.15 billion. “Accounting is structured, high-stakes, and essential to every business on...

Goldman Sachs Lets AI Agents Do Accounting and Compliance Work
Artificial Intelligence // February 06, 2026

Goldman Sachs is deploying autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents built with Anthropic’s Claude model to automate core accounting, compliance and operational finance functions, according to a Friday (Feb. 6) report from CNBC. The initiative reflects the rapid adoption of agentic AI and the broader trends...

Interviews & Exclusives
Collective Raises $100 Million to Free Solo Owners From Being Their Own CFO

October 29, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Collective’s Hooman Radfar Hooman Radfar is building Collective for business owners who are also the people doing the work. A consultant might be the company’s only employee, responsible for finding clients, managing those relationships and delivering every project. That same person has to keep the books, deal with taxes […]

Safebooks CEO Says AI Agents Solve CFO’s Data Plumbing Problem

December 22, 2025
Watch more: The Digital Shift: Safebooks’ Ahikam Kaufman Corporate finance has a paradox problem. Businesses move faster than ever, yet the teams responsible for tracking, validating and reporting the money...

Tax Compliance Process Changes With Electronic Invoicing

March 19, 2024
Steve Sprague, chief strategy and product officer at Sovos, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that tax compliance is changing — from an intermittent activity to a continuous one. In...

Closing the Books on the Global Challenge of X-Border Accounting

February 06, 2024
One of the biggest challenges to account for in cross-border payments is, well, the accounting. It’s a silent but often deadly snarl that can tangle up business’ plans to tap...

Quick Reads
Ramp Courts $150 Billion Accounting Sector With New AI System

June 03, 2026
Financial operations platform Ramp has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) system designed for accounting firms. Ramp Stack marks the company’s entry into the $150 billion accounting sector at a time when more than 300,000 CPAs have the industry and accounting degrees are at a 20-year low, Ramp said in its announcement Wednesday (June 3). “Accounting firms are under more […]

Tether Taps Big Four Accounting Firm for Inaugural Audit

March 25, 2026
Stablecoin issuer Tether says it has engaged a “Big Four” accounting firm for its inaugural audit. The company’s “first full independent financial statement audit” is “slated to be the biggest ever inaugural...

Basis Raises $100 Million to Build Up AI in Accounting

February 24, 2026
Accounting-focused artificial intelligence (AI) startup Basis has raised $100 million in new funding. The company’s Series B round, announced Tuesday (Feb. 24), was led by Accel and Google Ventures and...

Workday Teams With Zuora to Streamline B2C Billing

August 27, 2025
Monetization platform Zuora is teaming with human resources/finance platform Workday. This collaboration combines Zuora’s order-to-cash automation with Workday Financial Management to give business to consumer (B2C) companies a simpler way to handle complex...