Automation platform Quadient announced the acquisition of Serensia, a French electronic invoicing platform provider accredited by the French government as a Partner Dematerialization Platform. With ownership of a Peppol access point—a secure gateway for document exchange—Quadient can now offer a compliant, end-to-end e-invoicing solution to the millions of companies across Europe that will be required to transition to electronic invoicing under upcoming regulatory mandates. … Accounting solutions provider Sage announced a partnership with CPA.com, which licenses select AICPA resources to train Sage Copilot, its generative AI assistant designed to support accountants and finance teams with authoritative, context-aware guidance. The announcement was made at Sage Future, the company’s flagship global customer event, held this week in Atlanta. … Small business accounting platform Xero announced that users who have an account with payments company Stripe can now use Tap To Pay on iPhone, enabling Xero customers in the U.S. with a Stripe account to accept in-person contactless payments with their iPhone and the Xero Accounting app. No additional hardware or payment terminal are needed. Tap to Pay on iPhone enables businesses to accept all forms of contactless payments, including contactless credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, and other digital wallets. … Trust and security compliance automation solutions provider Scytale acquired AudITech, a provider of Sarbanes Oxley IT general controls automation solutions, which integrate with a company’s IT general control system and audits all controls and populations daily. This acquisition will enable Scytale to offer security, privacy and AI compliance automation for standards like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and now SOX ITGC in one platform. … Business aviation solutions provider MySky is acquiring the State Tax Guide from Jet Support Services Inc , significantly expanding the capabilities of its MySky Tax solution. This acquisition offers users up-to-date U.S. state aviation tax information, which will soon be embedded within the platform. … Accounting firm-focused payments solutions provider CPACharge announced a new partnership with SafeSend, part of Thomson Reuters. This new partnership will enable tax and accounting firms to get paid as clients receive their tax returns, as well as allow firms to embed CPACharge directly into the workflow for SafeSend One, SafeSend’s flagship product.
