2025 Accounting Tech Predictions

Welcome to the future, tech enthusiasts! Start 2025 on the right foot with our mystic meg themed episode, as John and Ryan reveal their predictions for 2025.   Wondering if Access will keep us guessing with their acquisitions, or if Sage open their war chest again?   Curious about the AI renaissance, open banking's comeback, and the dawn of Cloud 3.0?   Plus, who else thinks a new finance ledger player (Hammer with a Z, anyone?) will drop this year? And the boldest call of all: could Xero go private?!   Tune in for laughs, crazy forecasts, and the inevitable man flu outbreak. Don't miss the first Digi-Tools in Accrual World podcast of 2025!   00:00 Coming Up 01:19 Intro   2025 Predictions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 03:33 Acquisition Sprees 05:12 New OCR hitting its stride 08:15 Open Banking v2 10:51 AI Agents 15:19 Cloud 3.0 17:56 Digital Transformation Agencies 20:03 Wildcard predictions   24:12 Join us in 2025!