And Excel came in second when it comes to people searching for help information online.

Banks and other financial institutions are starting to look at "embedded tax" to give people more control over their taxes.

Partners will get access to the company's compete portfolio of compliance solutions, training, sales and marketing tools, and a self-service portal, as well as its regulatory and tax expertise.

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.

In a hard market, accountants need to protect themselves.

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 Internal Revenue Service is updating its login procedures for several of its online applications to improve their security.

Chicago-based Top 10 firm Grant Thornton found that finance leaders, who were already concerned about inflation, grew even more pessimistic about the road ahead. 

Deloitte and the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business have collaborated to debut the Deloitte Initiative for AI and Learning, an AI research initiative set to improve educational and advancement opportunities for students and faculty. 

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.

A recent analysis has found that the United States suffers more ransomware attacks than any other country.

Aaron Doucet, a partner success manager with Xero, warns professionals against getting too complacent.