Financial Management stories

Elite rolls out AI-powered Validate checks to catch questionable legal billing before invoices go out, aiming to cut write-offs and speed payment.

Insight says UK firms are losing cloud spend to waste as AI and sovereignty demands drive up infrastructure costs.

FCA maps out plans to widen data sharing, helping UK borrowers and SMEs secure credit, compare deals and access more tailored financial services.

Workday's higher education software wins a second Gartner Leader nod as it rolls out student records tools to universities in Australia and New Zealand.

Cisco adds Deloitte veteran Pete Shimer to board, strengthening audit oversight as the networking giant pushes into AI-driven infrastructure.

Lumenia's Birmingham ERP HEADtoHEAD event attracts more than 180 attendees as buyers weigh AI, cloud migration and transformation risks.

Yoto's chief financial officer says Oracle NetSuite has given the children's audio firm a single platform to manage finance, stock and expansion.

Oracle and NetSuite unveil restaurant operations platform for chains, uniting inventory, scheduling and cash management with AI across 110 countries.

Visa rolls out enhanced Subscription Manager for issuers, letting banks offer in-app controls for recurring payments as subscription spending surges.

Oracle has woven new agentic AI tools into its core database and Fusion apps, promising secure, real-time automation on live enterprise data.

Netos picks Nebula as its first global services partner to scale FinOps-style network spend management for channel-led enterprise roll-outs.

Wasted cloud spend jumps to 29% as AI workloads surge, outpacing gains in FinOps maturity and sharpening focus on governance and risk.

Barclays and Sage are teaming up to link banking with cloud accounting, aiming to slash admin time for UK small firms as tax rules tighten.

Workday launches Sana, a conversational AI hub to search, act and automate workflows across its HR, finance tools and third-party apps.

Fairview selects Workday to overhaul HR, finance and supply chain in a multi-year move to a single AI-enabled operations platform.

Mastercard launches its Virtual C-Suite AI agents, starting with a Virtual CFO, to give small firms automated executive-style insights.

IMP Software has unveiled IMP Finance, a MAT-first unified platform aiming to streamline budgeting, purchasing, workforce planning and finance.

LivTech hires Ron Kozlin as CFO and Andrew Goode as VP of Development to steer its fast-growing senior care software business.

Routes Healthcare links Sage 200 and cloud systems via BPA tech to automate care, cut dev effort and strengthen continuity across the North.

One Identity appoints Michael Henricks as combined finance and operations chief to steer scaling identity security business growth.