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Mid-market finance teams can now query company data in plain English as Intuit rolls out AI tools that automate close, reporting and payments.
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Edge partners Socure on early lender fraud screening
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Modern Treasury adds cheque payments to its unified API
Businesses can now issue cheques through the same workflow as instant payments, cutting out separate printing and reconciliation systems.
Airbyte launches migration service for Core to Cloud
Customers can now shift production pipelines to the managed platform without rebuilding connectors or reloading months of data.
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Rising AI usage is pushing firms to split tasks between devices and cloud services, cutting latency and easing privacy and cost pressures.
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Infios named a leader in IDC MarketScape assessments
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