Every company has tons of data, but it is hidden in PDF files or your employees' email attachments. Successful companies make data-driven decisions, and that is possible because of data extraction and analysis tools. This article examines the top 10 data extraction tools and their pros and cons. By the end, you will…

Seven Best Practices for Effective Account Reconciliations From Mesopotamia's rudimentary ledgers tracking livestock and crops to the second-century BCE Indian treatise "Arthashastra", accounting has been a cornerstone of economic management in any civilized society. Today, amidst burgeoning global commerce and rapidly expanding business operations, the importance of accounting operations endures. At the core of accounts…

Accounts receivable reconciliation is a crucial process within accounting and financial management practices undertaken regularly by a business. As transactions with customers and clients occur, businesses generate accounts receivable, which represent amounts owed to them for goods and services sold or rendered. Reconciling accounts receivable involves comparing the balances in the accounts receivable ledger with…

For over 5 decades now, optical character recognition or OCR software has most commonly been used to digitize files and paper documents. OCR applications can convert non-editable document formats such as PDFs or images to machine-readable formats that are both editable & searchable.  With advancements in AI and machine learning, some of the best OCR…