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What is Reconciliation in Payments

Clearly Payments

In payments and finance, one of the most important activities that businesses perform is reconciliation. While it may sound like a complex term, reconciliation is simply the process of making sure that two sets of financial records match. What is Reconciliation? At its core, reconciliation is a comparison process.

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Decoding the FCA’s Safeguarding reforms: Practical steps for payments and E-money firms

The Payments Association

Central to these changes are new statutory trust requirements, more prescriptive record-keeping, reconciliation standards, and the mandate for external safeguarding audits. Safeguarding audits: Firms are required to arrange safeguarding audits to assess compliance with the rules.

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Aviva Partners with AutoRek for its Automated Reconciliation Solution

Finovate

UK-based, multinational insurance company Aviva has teamed up with automated reconciliations solution provider AutoRek. Aviva will deploy AutoRek’s platform to provide a fully audited, rules-based reconciliation process that reduces the risks associated with manual processing. Gordon McHarg is CEO.

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Revolutionizing Recs: Inside the Exciting New Updates to FloQast Reconciliation Management

FloQast

This is, of course, precisely why reconciliations are so core to the accounting function. A few weeks ago, we looked at the specific challenges surrounding the reconciliation process. Reconciliations Then vs. Now If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at last week’s post, I’ll do you a solid. Let’s take a look.

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Finance Teams: Stop Wasting Time on Manual Account Reconciliation & Automate

The Finance Weekly

Account reconciliation is the matching and validating of balances in the general ledger (GL) to internal and external sources or other independent calculations to accurately close month-ends and year-ends. Defining Account Reconciliation The basic steps involved in reconciliation transactions include the following: 1.

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How FloQast AI Transaction Matching Simplifies Reconciliation for Modern Accountants

FloQast

Efficient account reconciliations is a cornerstone of modern accounting practices, demanding precision and speed to keep pace with today’s financial landscape. The Challenges Financial Complexity: Managing transactions across various platforms can lead to inconsistencies, making reconciliation a complex task.

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Streamlining Reconciliation Management: Navigating Challenges and Embracing Automation

FloQast

In the world of accounting, the reconciliation process stands as a critical linchpin, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data. As companies navigate complex financial landscapes, the need for streamlined reconciliation processes has never been more pronounced.