Most businesses don’t fail because of bad strategy. They fail because money becomes unclear and this tends to happen quietly.  Expenses spread across personal cards and platforms.  Receipts exist, but not in one system.  Last year’s numbers are “mostly done,” but not final.  By March, when the business accelerates, this uncertainty becomes expensive. Your decisions start to feel cautious and forecasts feels like guesswork. This

Happy holidays from everyone at Swipey! As we close out 2025, we want to share how we’ve been working to solve the everyday hassles that slow finance teams down. This year wasn’t about cramming in more features. It was about removing the friction that shows up in your day-to-day: the

Many businesses today work with vendors, freelancers, and suppliers from all over the world. As your business grows, so does the need for smarter expense tracking. But managing global payments can get complicated—fast.  It might start with a few transfers and currency conversions. Then suddenly, you’re buried in spreadsheets, juggling

Month-end. These words alone are enough to make most finance teams cower in fear at the thought of impending doom (drowning in financial paperwork). It’s the same cycle every month, but it rarely gets better until modern processes—like automated expense management software—are put into place to replace legacy processes.  Teams

Imagine this: It’s 6pm on a Friday and you were just about to shut your laptop off, but your finance team messages you. Someone’s reimbursement is missing, a report has a duplicate entry, and you realised a client’s invoice is delayed… again. Now your finance team is scrambling through hundreds

The businesses on global stage are more connected than ever. Especially when there’s an upward trend of finding vendors and talent internationally that can help in growing the business.   Cross-border payments are at the heart of global business and how you manage them directly impacts your business expenses, cash flow,

Ever spent hours planning the perfect budget, only to watch it crumble by the end of the month? It happens more often than you think. Even the most detailed plans can fall apart when spending runs wild. One swipe here, one charge there, and suddenly your team’s treating the company

As businesses grow, so do their expenses. However, those expenses, if left unchecked, can eat into profits. A small purchase here, an unexpected charge there, and it can mess up your numbers during month-end reconciliation. That’s where merchant control (also known as spend control) comes in.   Swipey has this built

Bookkeepers tend to wear many hats (depending on the size of the company) and they’re an integral part of keeping business operations going. But what do they actually do, and how can smart tools like Swipey make their lives easier? This article will lay it out for you.  What is

The way you store business receipts can make or break your finance team’s monthly closing. Where do you usually store them? In a file or a specially allocated drawer? Or do you scan pages of receipts manually and upload them to Google Drive or Dropbox? The examples above are a