Tech news: Certinia revamps partner program

February 21, 2025 10:49 AM

Certinia revamps and expands partner program; Lili announces international payment solution; Foxit debuts new versions of desktop, PDF conversion products; and other accounting tech updates.

Certinia revamps and expands partner program

Zoran Mircetic

Financial operations platform Certinia has expanded and enhanced its partner program based on partner feedback. Its aim is to provide partners with a greater level of clarity and understanding of where they fit into Certinia's strategy as well as to make it easier to do business with Certinia – particularly from a sales and marketing standpoint. Partners will gain access to referral fees, co-selling opportunities and sales enablement materials, with the option to work with Certinia's sales teams to drive deeper collaboration. The revamped Partner Hub will enable partners to access the latest product toolkits and enablement content. Certinia Academy will equip partners with extensive resources to learn about products, from technical capabilities to business value, and earn Certinia Certifications for specific solutions and features. The Partner Center of Excellence will offer partners templates, guidelines and resources to make their project implementations successful. Certinia has incorporated three distinct partner tracks into the program. Services Partners work directly with customers to implement Certinia solutions; Referral Partners source new sales opportunities in exchange for a referral fee; and Resell Partners market and resell Certinia solutions to end customers.

Lili announces international payment solution

Small business financial platform Lili launched international wire payments in 27 countries to help small business owners grow across borders. Lili's international wire payments solution will enable its small business customers to both receive and send international payments across Europe, Asia and North America. The solution offers unlimited inbound transfers, high outbound transaction limits, enhanced security and competitive pricing. Lili's small business customers have the option to pay and get paid via wire transfer as quickly as 24 hours later. Through Lili's integrated Bill Pay solution, international payment details are automatically organized through Lili's platform.

Foxit debuts new versions of desktop, PDF conversion products

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Foxit, a provider of PDF and e-signature products and services, launched Foxit PDF SDK for Desktop 10.1.0 and Foxit PDF Conversion SDK 2.1.0.

Foxit PDF SDK for Desktop 10.1.0 now offers functionality to ensure document compliance with PDF/E and PDF/X standards; along with improved conversion progress tracking, output log control and color conversion policies. Multi-threaded conversion capabilities for Linux are driven by a binary engine. Upgraded OCR features include skew correction, image denoising and multi-core processing. Improvements have been made to optimization and form file import speeds, along with the ability for developers to access regular expression search, advanced image processing, text processing and more. Flexible library initialization is driven by a binary engine. It also now supports retrieving and presetting 3D views, along with default view resets. There are separate transparency settings for border and fill colors, JavaScript-based sub-actions in link annotations, and retrieval of annotations by unique IDs. It offers regular expression support for TextSearch, and improved support for rendering PDF pages to 1 bit per pixel bitmap and Linux PDF print devices.

Foxit PDF Conversion SDK 2.1.0, meanwhile, now integrates with new features like outline conversion in Word2PDF and workbook conversion options in Excel2PDF. More conversion options include the ability to remove trailing spaces, insert page breaks and output images during conversion, as well as support for restricted PDF file conversion. ConvertCheckCallback allows for more flexible conversion checks. New APIs area available for handling PDF-to-Office conversions, such as PDF2Office, PDF2Word, PDF2Excel and PDF2PowerPoint.

Netgain announces shared transactions solution

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Accounting automation solutions provider Netgain released Shared Transactions, a NetSuite-native compliance solution for intercompany transactions. Users can make allocations and split transactions into separate classes, locations or subsidiaries within NetSuite in any proportion desired (e.g., 1:4:5:1). The allocation impact is automatically applied from the bill to the general ledger level including the proper journal entries. Users can also take advantage of templates with pre-determined allocation amounts and destinations, and can assign templates at the line level. The product also features full traceability of automated journal entries and allocation weights as well as the ability to automatically generate matching vendor bills as soon as someone creates an intercompany invoice.

Gusto launches compliance solution

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Payroll solutions provider Gusto announced the release of its new Gusto Compliance solution, which sorts through the maze of employment laws and regulations from multiple agencies, including state Departments of Labor, to help businesses stay on top of important compliance deadlines. The solution is centered around the product's new Compliance Hub, a centralized platform that offers a transparent dashboard. Through this dashboard, business owners can receive real-time updates and tailored alerts on new regulations or changes, access a personalized overview of their unique, specific compliance needs, take actionable steps with in-app guidance, and track compliance history and document what's been completed.

Ignition rolls out auto-pricing solution

Practice management solutions provider Ignition announced the release of AutoPricing, a suite of pricing automation capabilities that will help professional services businesses streamline price increases at scale. Users can automate price increases for multiple clients at once to simplify contract renewals, improve pricing consistency and grow profitability; edit or renew proposals in bulk, and select a percentage price increase to apply automatically across all clients or specific segments; opt to further adjust pricing for particular clients with an easy-to-use pricing wizard; and notify clients of price changes with pre-built email templates to avoid the awkward client conversations. The newest AutoPricing capabilities build upon an existing feature that automatically applies a percentage price increase to individual agreement renewals. Ignition will continue to invest in smart AutoPricing capabilities in the future, including leveraging AI to deliver real-time pricing intelligence and insights to empower service-based businesses to price their services confidently.

Partnerships and integrations

Tax solutions provider April has partnered with wealth management platform Compound to integrate tax planning capacities into its software. The new tax-filing options let clients manage their taxes directly from the Compound dashboard—whether they choose self-service or a guided digital experience through April, or full-service tax filing with a vetted CPA partner. Clients who opt for professional tax assistance can choose a guided experience that combines a modern digital platform with a tax professional filing on their behalf. Those needing more personalized support are matched with a vetted CPA partner based on their specific needs, with oversight from Compound's in-house tax and advisory teams. … Top 50 firm UHY announced a strategic alliance with ERP solutions provider Acumatica. Through this partnership, UHY and Acumatica will collaborate to deliver advanced cloud ERP solutions designed to streamline finance, accounting and back-office processes. By integrating Acumatica's platform with UHY's industry expertise, organizations will be able to access real-time visibility, data-driven insights and operational efficiency. … Accounting solutions platform FloQast announced a direct integration with small business platform Xero for customers in the Australia-Pacific region. The integration offers direct access to Xero, helping streamline their financial processes and enhance operational efficiency. The integration is also meant for accounting firms in the client accounting services segment that manage multiple clients on the Xero platform. … Crypto accounting solutions provider Ledgible announced a strategic partnership with tax compliance solutions provider Taina Technology to deliver a comprehensive end-to-end tax reporting solution for the crypto and digital asset industry. In response to the IRS's digital asset regulations, Ledgible and Taina's joint tax solution will assist digital asset platforms in fulfilling their reporting requirements.

Awards and honors

Accounting-centered cloud services provider Rightworks announced its OneSpace platform was awarded nine badges in G2's Winter 2025 Reports. The recognition marks Rightworks' 15th consecutive quarter being awarded top honors in G2's market reports. It earned recognition in the categories of: Leader; Leader — Small-Business; High Performer (for OneSpace Firm); High Performer; High Performer — Mid-Market; High Performer — Small-Business; Users Love Us; Best Support — Mid-Market; and Easiest To Do Business With. … Wolters Kluwer announced that its ELM Solutions business has been recognized as Business-to-Business Company of the Year by the 14th annual Best in Biz Awards. The program's independent panel of business journalists also celebrated ELM Solutions' innovative AI solutions and powerful approach to engaging customers.

Other news

Foxit, a provider of PDF and e-signature products and services announced the promotion of Andrew Travis to chief revenue officer. In this newly created position, Travis will report directly to Foxit CEO George Gao and be responsible for driving sustained revenue growth by aligning sales excellence with strategic business objectives. … AI-focused financial close solutions provider Stacks announced a $3 million pre-seed round led by EQT Ventures, followed by a $7 million seed round led by General Catalyst, with EQT Ventures doubling down on its investment. The rounds also saw participation from S16vc and prominent angel investors including Gusto CFO Mike Taylor and Taktile CFO Simone Rüschenberg.