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U.K. software company Sage Group Plc has entered into an agreement to sell its Sage Pay business to Elavon Financial Services, in an all-cash deal worth about 232 million pounds ($300 million).

Xero has invested heavily in the past year to expand its small business products beyond their core accounting services to help small businesses manage staff, operate, and scale.

New features include a dashboard, which today has become indispensable for accounting software products.

The software, dubbed Advanced Revenue Cycle, uses artificial intelligence tools for analytics.

NCCPAP’s Stephen Mankowski shares the service’s plans on cyber awareness, implementing the Taxpayer First Act, new forms and more.

Nearly 87 percent of the most recent projects undertaken by financial executives failed to meet either their original timeline or scope, according to a new report.

QuickBooks Connect 2019 didn’t arrive with any big product releases or company news. Instead, Intuit discussed injecting artificial intelligence into its existing products, and adding capabilities to the QuickBooks suite.

The bookkeeping-on-demand service is proving popular with accountants, and creating new opportunities for Intuit.

Founder Kurt Avarell resigned as the company continued cutbacks.