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With NZ banks not setting any speed records with their plans for a payee verification service, Netsafe New Zealand is teaming with Akahu and Dolla - who have the wherewithal to match names with account numbers (with a couple of limitations in our un-open banking environment; see article). Dolla can also filter text scams. Netsafe is also partnering with CYBERA, a specialist in fraud recovery support and intelligence sharing, including local and international banks and crypto exchanges https://lnkd.in/gSuS-pgt

Friends, I'm not one for a LinkedIn announcement but I need your help. Nick and I are building a product, Prosaic, to magic away the toil of claiming home-office deductions every tax season. The idea is simple: you connect your bank accounts — securely, thanks to Akahu — and we automatically find and surface all the expenses you can claim back. Accountants love it because they don't have to chase their clients for spreadsheets. Sole-traders and small businesses are stoked they can get some relief from their home expenses without having to trawl through a million transactions to find them. We've got a few spots left in our early adopter program so if you know of any forward-thinking accountants or bookkeepers in New Zealand that might be interested, please put us in touch: hello@prosaic.works (Or tag 'em here and send them to our website: https://lnkd.in/gR2v_4sG) Thanks! 🙏

To my friends in accounting (or small business), my co-founder Rowan Oulton and I would like your help 🙏 If you love getting clients a good tax return, but hate chasing them for all those random claimable expenses (like home office, rates, donations etc) you require to complete year end or GST, then our new venture Prosaic might be for you. With Prosaic, clients can securely and automatically share with you personal bank, card and mortgage data, using AI to help categorise, find and calculate common tax and GST deductions, ready for import into accounting software. Currently in beta, we've just opened up 10 spots for accounting partners in our early adopter program. We have a few spaces still available, so if you are a (or know any) forward thinking accountants or bookkeepers who might be interested, please: + get in touch hello@prosaic.works, or + tag them in the comments, or + visit our website https://lnkd.in/gaWqHuVn