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What is Account Reconciliation?

The Finance Weekly

The idea is to compare two sets of records—your internal records (like your company’s general ledger) and external ones (like bank statements or vendor invoices). For example, if your internal records say your bank account has $10,000, but your bank statement shows $9,800, you’ve got a discrepancy.

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TravelBank, U.S. Bank Team On Virtual Cards, Expense Management

PYMNTS

Bank in order to integrate the former’s travel and expense management platform with the latter’s U.S. Bank Instant Card, in order to boost expense management for corporates, according to a press release. TravelBank will work with U.S. Tory Passons, vice president of Commercial Card at U.S.

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Crowe Launches Cash Management Solution For Hospitals

PYMNTS

Accounting, consultancy and technology firm Crowe is rolling out a new solution designed for hospitals to automate daily bank reconciliation processes and manage cash flow, the company said in a recent announcement. Hospitals can often struggle to manually reconcile cash flow coming from multiple sources.

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1047: Balancing Risk and Opportunity in a Changing Finance Landscape | John Gronen, CFO, Yooz

CFO Thought Leader

The AP clerk only needs to verify that the invoice is assigned to the correct department and has the correct GL (general ledger) code, eliminating the need for manual data entry. Fraud, such as fake vendors or altered bank account details, is a growing concern in accounts payable. Another key advantage is traceability.

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How APIs Help Banks Serve More, Faster

PYMNTS

Open banking shows no sign of diminishing in 2019. Several countries are already enacting open banking legislation, and the trend is even growing in the U.S. The integration aims to let payroll transaction data flow in real-time from the Paychex General Ledger Service into a company’s QuickBooks Online journal entry.

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Reconcile That Account! (Not Just Your Checking Account…)

CFO Simplified

The first question he asks them is, “When was the last time you reconciled your checking account at the bank?”. If you pull an inventory value report, does the amount of the inventory that’s on that report match what you’ve got in your general ledger?” To which most say proudly, “Well, we do that every month!”

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Nonprofit Audit Checklist (+ Free PDF Download)

The Charity CFO

Do your bank account and/or loan balances look accurate? Examine all bank reconciliations for outstanding transactions which could be erroneous. Examine the general ledger for expenses that should have been capitalized, income that should have been recorded as liabilities, or other unusual transactions.

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