Accounting Influencers

Episode 72. In today's news episode, we discuss "A Major Fintech Acquisition Implications for Accountants."Key takeaways from this episode include:➜ zooming in on Bright Group's recent acquisition of AccountancyManager in the UK and Ireland➜ why accountants and fintech people should care about this, both in the UK and internationally➜ observing the trend for fintech houses, software companies and accounting firms to join forces➜ asking who owns the client relationship - the accountants or (increasingly) the software vendors➜ shout out to the interview with Kevin McCallum of Accountancy Manager on the evolution of accounting software (link below)➜ asking who accountants and CPAs listen to and take notice of and who influences them➜ what mergers and acquisitions accelerate in the accounting and fintech world➜ why accountants need to observe what is happening in software and fintech to best advise their business clients➜ why fintech companies are done with waiting for accountants to properly handle and advise th