KPMG INKS ALLIANCE WITH BLACKLINE
Los Angeles -- Financial software provider BlackLine Systems has established an alliance with KPMG to bring BlackLine's software and the firm's professional services to clients. KPMG will provide advisory and implementation services for account reconciliations, data matching, close cycle management and other related finance transformation projects, while BlackLine will enable these efforts through its BlackLine Financial Close Software Suite. KPMG has over 70 consultants worldwide certified by BlackLine.
XERO PARTNERS WITH ABUKAI
San Francisco -- Cloud accounting service Xero Inc. has signed a partnership with business productivity product maker Abukai Inc. to offer direct integration between Abukai's cloud-based expense report offering, Abukai Expenses, and Xero's accounting and bookkeeping abilities.
Abukai Expenses users can take pictures of expense receipts with their smart phones and then submit them for processing. The product reads the receipt images, converts the data, and automatically enters the correct information into an expense report, organized in the appropriate accounts within Xero.
