Crunch Online Accounting

[vadhert]

Thanks for pointing this out JonNorris but I dont think its ideal as you have to wait 3 days for a PDF conversion to occur on a quarterly document only to log back in 3 days later to reconcile the account and crunch. Not forgetting there is a £5.50 + VAT charge for this. I may as well do it myself manually.

[JonNorris@Crunch]

Thanks for pointing this out JonNorris but I dont think its ideal as you have to wait 3 days for a PDF conversion to occur on a quarterly document only to log back in 3 days later to reconcile the account and crunch. Not forgetting there is a £5.50 + VAT charge for this. I may as well do it myself manually.

It's far from ideal, I agree. One day a bank will decide to build a proper API.

[vadhert]

It's far from ideal, I agree. One day a bank will decide to build a proper API.

FreeAgent seem to have nailed it

Bank Feeds - Barclays Business Accounts - FreeAgent

[JonNorris@Crunch]

FreeAgent seem to have nailed it

To clarify - an API that doesn't require a very close working relationship or a suitcase of cash to get access to

But for what it's worth Barclays Data Services is the best effort from a major bank so far - baby steps I guess.

[saptastic]

Ahh fair point - Snap is a white-labelled version of Receipt Bank. The web app is all our own work though! If you want to DM me your company name I'll see if I can get a better answer for you on that.

No idea what their exact qualifications are (we're AAT & ACCA approved if that helps), but we have 19 accountants at the moment, running the gamut from apprentice to fully qualified.

Thats a bit vague... does that mean 18 apprentices and 1 qualified? Also contradicting... an apprentice isn't an accountant !

[vadhert]

To clarify - an API that doesn't require a very close working relationship or a suitcase of cash to get access to

But for what it's worth Barclays Data Services is the best effort from a major bank so far - baby steps I guess.

So will Crunch be doing something similar?

Will Crunch provide a mechanism for those with Barclays accounts to reconcile automatically as FreeAgent do?

[JonNorris@Crunch]

So will Crunch be doing something similar?

Improving bank feeds is a huge ongoing project for us. We're not happy with the industry standard (Yodlee) from a security point of view so we've developed a few of our own, which we're hoping to build on. So long-term, yes - as to when, couldn't tell you unfortunately.

Thats a bit vague... does that mean 18 apprentices and 1 qualified?

Fairly even spread of qualifications as far as I know - we have a rolling training thing so it's changing all the time, and we do a new intake of Apprentices every 6-12 months.

[saptastic]

Improving bank feeds is a huge ongoing project for us. We're not happy with the industry standard (Yodlee) from a security point of view so we've developed a few of our own, which we're hoping to build on. So long-term, yes - as to when, couldn't tell you unfortunately.

Fairly even spread of qualifications as far as I know - we have a rolling training thing so it's changing all the time, and we do a new intake of Apprentices every 6-12 months.

Thanks that clarifies it

And you keep saying "we" but looks like you are a freelancer ?

[JonNorris@Crunch]

Thanks that clarifies it

And you keep saying "we" but looks like you are a freelancer ?

Being as specific as I can be without touring the office with a pad of paper asking for everyone's qualifications. They're all on LinkedIn if you're desperate to find out.

I'm both - day job is at Crunch and I also freelance for various people.

[Waldorf]

Fairly even spread of qualifications as far as I know - we have a rolling training thing so it's changing all the time, and we do a new intake of Apprentices every 6-12 months.

Strange that you don't know, as the 'spokesman' for Crunch I would have thought you would know. I would guess that you actually employ very few qualified accountants, i.e. who have finished and passed all their exams and been accepted as a member of a recognised accountants body, not one of the Mickey Mouse, pretend bodies.