Chris Gaetano is the technology editor for Accounting Today. He brings with him more than a decade of experience covering the accounting profession as part of the NYSSCPA's Trusted Professional. Prior to that, he was a local news reporter at Greater Media Newspapers in New Jersey. He graduated from Rowan University, in Glassboro, NJ.
In this first installment of The Frontier's second series, experts explore why, despite automation freeing the profession from the routine drudge work, accountants seem to have less bandwidth than ever.
The payroll solutions company appointed John Gibson as its new president and CEO.
Plus, Bill.com changes branding to just 'Bill'; AltExchange releases Tax Center solution for alternative investments; and other news and updates from the accounting technology world.
Board staff believe the approach better aligns measurement of crypto assets with that of other assets used for investment purposes.
The e-commerce platform announced the launch of Shopify Tax.
The accounting software provider has acquired Spherics as part of its sustainability strategy.
Bittex has been fined tens of millions of dollars over multiple failures to identify and report particular types of customers.
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The Top 10 Firm announced the release of its new fraudrisk.x software, which uses a large library potential frauds to help professionals make risk determinations.
And Excel came in second when it comes to people searching for help information online.
Plus, Iris launches an Employee Self Service module for payroll; Replicon releases an automated time tracking solution; and other news from the accounting technology world.
Tassat Group announced the successful testing of its new blockchain-based payments network, which enables B2B payment processing among member banks.
The interbank transfer network has confirmed through experiments that its infrastructure can also move digital tokens, such as a Central Bank Digital Currency.
The inspector general said that the service was running inadequate security scans on its databases, which were not compliant with policies.
The payment solutions company is allowing a finer degree of control over workflows and spending.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said the IRS implemented several cloud services without having a fully implemented security control infrastructure in place.
Plus, Intuit announces new commerce accounting capacities for QuickBooks; Avii offers new core and enhanced versions of Avii Workspace; and other updates from the accounting technology world.
The business payments platform introduced new OCR features to its solutions, allowing for faster automated invoice data entry.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement with 16 Wall Street firms over failures to maintain and preserve electronic communications.
There's automation and then there's what BlackLine says is "hyperautomation," which is how they describe their newest product offering.