Welcoming Hubdoc to the Xero family – business has never been so beautiful!

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We are excited to let you know that today Hubdoc joins the Xero family. This means we’ll be able to accelerate delivering Xero’s vision for code-free accounting. We want to help accountants and bookkeepers focus their efforts on making sense of a small business’ financial data – not collecting it.

Many of our accountant and bookkeeper partners are already using Hubdoc to streamline administrative tasks such as financial document collection and data entry so that they can run their practices more efficiently. The key benefits of the existing integration between Xero and Hubdoc are:

Streamlined data capture: Hubdoc complements Xero’s “Financial Web” strategy by auto-fetching financial documents from over 700 utilities, telecom providers, and online vendors, extracting the key financial data, and then seamlessly syncing the data into Xero
Real-time financial data: Xero can automatically match data imported from Hubdoc with bank feed transactions, so that accountants and their clients have an always up-to-date set of books, and can make more informed, timely business decisions
Organised and verified data: Hubdoc provides accountants and their clients with confidence that their financial documents are organised, secure, and always available. All data is “verified” with the source document, and easily searchable on any device

The Hubdoc team will continue to operate on a stand-alone basis as we work to identify the best way to integrate our product roadmaps. Over the longer-term, customers can expect to see a deeper, more powerful integration between the Xero and Hubdoc platforms. While we’re excited about this integration, it’s also important to note that Xero will always be an open ecosystem. That means that customers have the choice to use the apps that best meet their individual needs.

In addition to being a perfect product fit, Hubdoc is an ideal cultural match for Xero. Both companies share a vision for delivering innovative solutions that make it is easier for accountants, bookkeepers and small businesses to share data, uncover insights, and plan for the future. Some of the specific things our teams will focus on are:

Further enhancing Xero’s AI and Machine Learning features: Hubdoc processes tens of millions of financial documents a month, and uses that data to build machine learning models to accurately extract data from financial documents in real-time
Advancing our “financial web” strategy: Hubdoc uses secure, industry standard technology to gather data from telcos, utilities, banks and other online portals. Hubdoc will specifically enhance our ability to serve customers where direct data connections are not possible
Boosting our presence in Canada: Toronto-based Hubdoc will allow Xero to expand its presence in Canada, and attract new tech talent. Xero’s Toronto-based Canadian team, officially launched in May. Hubdoc also has employees who will join the Xero family in Australia and the UK

Bringing Hubdoc into the Xero family will enable us to take the next step in delivering a platform that seamlessly connects small businesses with their financial data and their accountants and bookkeepers. We’re excited to have the opportunity to accelerate our ability to deliver on our mission to rewire the global small business economy!

Hubdoc is currently available in Australia, the UK, Canada and the US. We’re eager to get to work on expanding to other markets, including New Zealand and Asia.

To learn more about Hubdoc, click here.

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