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The Top 20 Firm is also taking an equity investment in Sequoia Financial, and the two plan to deliver services to each other's clients.

Plus Platform Business Advisors adds a firm that serves hotels in Texas.

Schellman forms new advisory board; New partnership lets Xero users send data to Caseware; Fortanix announces full disc encryption; and other accounting technology stories.

Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. is changing its name to reduce market confusion and better align its attest practice with CBIZ's non-attest services.

Greatland Corporation, the company behind Yearli, announced it has acquired Information Returns Inc.

EisnerAmper, a Top 25 Firm based in New York, is adding the partners and colleagues of Krost CPAs, a Top 100 Firm based in the Los Angeles area, in a combination expected to close in September.

The shortage of buyers of small practices is because the potential buyers are not qualified to handle a small practice.

Sage Intaact touts enhanced features for global market; Certinia's Summer 2024 release focuses on efficiency; Korean payments company SentBe goes global; and other accounting tech news.

Accountants play a crucial role in guiding our clients through some of their most stressful moments — the challenges of growth and the complexities of the acquisition process.

Advent International, a global private equity investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in Syspro, a provider of ERP systems.

Regional Leader Yeo & Yeo is growing in Southeast Michigan, while two firms in New Jersey have joined forces.

With the merger, the Regional Leader will add offices in Cedar Rapids and Coralville, Iowa.

Accounting tech space sees major acquisitions this week; Bitwave releases Data Fusion tool for digital assets; TaxValet gains B-corp status; and other accounting tech news.

Tax technology company Vertex announced its acquisition of European e-invoicing company Ecosio

Top 25 Firm Cherry Bekaert announced its acquisition of accounting tech provider Kerr Consulting, becoming one of the largest Sage providers in the U.S.

The Albuquerque-based firm joined CliftonLarsonAllen, effective Aug. 1.

CRI merges in ProSport CPA

Two huge firms are coming together in a $2.3 billion cash-and-stock deal, making the combined firm what is projected to become the seventh largest accounting firm in the U.S. with approximately $2.8 billion in annual revenue.

Wolters Kluwer has acquired a host of cloud-based financial workflow and data exchange solutions from Belgian fintech Isabel Group.