As companies grow, financial operations often become fragmented. Cards live in one system, expenses in another, bill pay somewhere else, and accounting struggles to keep up. Brex was built to solve that problem by offering a unified financial platform designed for speed, visibility, and control. Today, Brex supports tens of thousands of companies worldwide, helping […]
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Amalgam’s approach has always been simple:give accounting and finance teams clean, connected data without changing the way they already work. Now, we’re highlighting two new additions to the Amalgam ecosystem: Maxio and Square. Both platforms are widely used across growing businesses, but historically, each comes with data challenges that slow down analysis and the monthly
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QuickBooks Online (QBO) is the default choice for most U.S. small and mid-sized businesses. Outside the U.S., especially in the U.K., Australia/NZ, and parts of Europe, Xero often leads. This isn’t just brand preference, it’s a mix of banking infrastructure, tax/regulatory needs, partner ecosystems, and product philosophy. Below, we break down why each platform dominates
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For many businesses, Shopify and Stripe are essential tools, one powers eCommerce, the other manages all kinds of payments. But when it comes to accounting, there’s one persistent challenge: neither integrates cleanly with QuickBooks Online (QBO). That disconnect causes massive friction for finance teams trying to maintain accurate books and clear financial visibility in an
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Simplify payroll reporting and accounting with seamless automation. Amalgam connects directly with Gusto to bring your payroll and benefits data into your financial workflows, no exports, no manual entry, no hassle. How It Works Why Use Gusto with Amalgam Getting Started with Gusto in Amalgam
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If you’ve ever worked in accounting, you know the drill:Downloading reports, pulling numbers into spreadsheets, plugging formulas, double-checking totals, and then manually keying in journal entries into Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, or another ERP. It’s “plug and chug” accounting at its finest—tedious, error-prone, and time-consuming. For too long, finance teams have treated these workflows as inevitable.
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When it comes to improving productivity, we often look for the big fix. It’s the new tool, the major overhaul, the sweeping restructure. But in reality, sustainable performance rarely comes from massive one-time changes. It comes from small, continuous improvements made every day by the people closest to the work. That’s the principle behind kaizen,
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Let’s be honest: we’ve all done it. Open the portal.Navigate the website.Enter the parameters.Run the report.Download the CSV.Find the file.Open in Excel.Copy. Paste. Clean. Repeat. This is the quiet reality behind what many accounting and finance professionals jokingly call “copy and paste” data management. It gets the job done, but it comes at a cost:
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If you’ve spent any time online lately, you’ve probably heard the buzz: AI agents are the future. Tech CEOs are talking about them. Tools are being rebranded around them. And headlines are throwing around terms like “autonomous workflows” and “self-driving back offices.” But what is an AI agent, really? And what does it mean for
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