Accounting
Russian War Moves Shake World Commodities Markets
As tougher U.S. and European sanctions threaten to partly cut Russia off from the global financial system, disruptions to shipments of raw materials from palladium to wheat mounted. Buyers also paused purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas as they ...
Practice Ignition Drops ‘Practice’ and Enhances Client Engagement and Commerce Platform
Practice Ignition, aclient engagement and commerce platform for the professional services industry, has become Ignition to reflect growth from its core proposal and payment automation solution to a broader client engagement platform ...
Accounting Firm BKD Acquires CRM Consulting Firm Longview Partners
BKD CPAs & Advisors has announced the addition of Ledgeview Partners to BKD, effective March 1. Ledgeview’s 40-plus professionals will become part of the BKD Technologies team. Founded in 2007, Ledgeview Partners is a business and technology consulting organization focused on providing professional services to help grow clients’ revenues by advancing sales, marketing and service […]
MACPA CEO Jackie Brown Announces Retirement
Brown joined the MACPA in 1981 as a member of the association’s public relations team. She rose steadily through the ranks as part of the MACPA’s membership and CPE teams, and eventually was named chief operating officer when Tom Hood joined the staff ...
10 Companies Chosen for AICPA Startup Accelerator
The Startup Accelerator supports the growth of early-stage technology companies throughout the accounting and finance ecosystem. It also provides the AICPA and CPA.com more visibility into disruptive trends from emerging technologies that are ...
Internal Auditors Say Pandemic Makes Fraud Prevention More Difficult
Respondents said remote working has made it more difficult for 43 percent – and somewhat more difficult for 46 percent – to prevent fraud within their organization. With more than 70 percent of those surveyed sharing that the ...
Chargebee Acquires numberz, Launches Receivables Platform
Subscription businesses will now be able to smartly automate their entire receivables process from purchase to payment, in addition to managing subscription products and invoices, leading to better data collections and insights for more confident ...
Tipalti Sees 100%+ Growth in Digital Payments in 2021
Tipalti announced announced more than 100 percent year-over-year growth, to more than $36 billion in 2021. Coming on the heels of a $270 million series F funding round, Tipalti quadrupled its valuation to $8.3 billion. With a total funding of just over $5