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With Xerocon South having been and gone, I’ve been reminiscing about this great event and how far the Xerocon experience has come from its first foray into accounting and small business conferences.

Access your organisation’s faster with search Search organisations in Xero for Android  For those of you with multiple Xero organisations, we’ve introduced the ability to now quickly find an org without wearing your fingers out.

When it comes to crafting an accounting ecosystem, what works for one vertical may not necessarily be a good fit for another. Creative entrepreneurs tend to be very passionate about their work, but not so passionate about accounting.

Two-step authentication (2SA) support for Xero for iOS is here following the release for Android in June. On the back of Apple’s announcements last week, Two-Step Authentication for Xero for iOS verifies the identity of a customer logging into the Xero dashboard by requiring them to use their existing password and a second, unique code randomly generated by the Google Authenticator app on their smartphone.

In light of Global Bookkeeping Week, at Xero we are putting the spotlight on some of our bookkeeping and accounting partners whose tireless work enables small businesses to thrive.  Cloud accounting is helping accountants and bookkeepers alike get their groove back; enabling them to tick things off the bucket list like move to Bali or travel the world.

The heart drives blood flow in our bodies, effectively enabling our arms, legs and other extremities to fulfill their purpose – and keep us alive. Our limbs and organs all have a different purposes and function, and these enable us to survive, or thrive.

In light of Global Bookkeeping Week, at Xero we are putting the spotlight on some of our bookkeeping and accounting partners whose tireless work enables small businesses to thrive.  Nick Pasquarosa has always been a numbers guy.

Xero CEO Rod Drury recently told a few thousand people at Xerocon that the accounting industry is at an inflection point. As Seth Fineberg, AccountingWeb Editor found out in the videos below, technologists and accountants agree that the biggest challenge to the industry is the vast technological change coming from cloud technology, machine learning, data and AI.

In accounting, the driving shift to cloud technology as well as the emergence of the now largest generation in the workforce is disrupting the profession in more ways than one. In the lead up to my AICPA webinar titled, ‘Are You Equipped for the Future of the Accounting Profession?’, I spoke with Jay Kimelman and Blake Oliver for a podcast featured on the AICPA website.