{"id":31383,"date":"2026-07-20T17:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/?p=31383"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:31:08","slug":"what-embedded-accounting-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/what-embedded-accounting-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Your\u00a0customers need more from their business banking experience\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--standard\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/category\/technology-innovation\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Technology &amp; Innovation<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYour customers need more from their business banking experience \t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYour SME customers are managing their finances across multiple apps and losing hours every week to admin. Here\u2019s how embedded accounting changes that, and what it means for you.  \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-8 col-lg-4 entry-header__image\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"entry-header__thumbnail js-hero-section\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1327127856-1440x810.jpg\" class=\"entry-header__thumbnail-image\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1327127856-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1327127856-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1327127856-684x384.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1327127856-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1327127856-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \">Published <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-07-20T17:02:46+01:00\">20 July, 2026<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Your\u00a0customers need more from their business banking experience\u00a0\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/what-embedded-accounting-means\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/author\/ashleyhindsmansage\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/02\/Ashley-Thompson-350x350.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"Ashley Thompson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/02\/Ashley-Thompson-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/02\/Ashley-Thompson.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Ashley Thompson<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most&nbsp;small business&nbsp;owners have their&nbsp;routine.&nbsp;They&nbsp;check&nbsp;their&nbsp;bank account, then&nbsp;their&nbsp;accounting software. Then&nbsp;they&nbsp;try to remember which transactions&nbsp;they\u2019ve&nbsp;categorised, which invoices still need raising, and whether that VAT return is&nbsp;actually due&nbsp;when&nbsp;they&nbsp;think it is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your customers are going through this right now and if your&nbsp;product isn\u2019t solving it, they\u2019ll move to one that is. Because the solution exists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their bank has the&nbsp;transaction&nbsp;info, receipts&nbsp;may&nbsp;live in a shoebox, and financial data&nbsp;spreads&nbsp;across&nbsp;spreadsheets that&nbsp;are updated manually.&nbsp;They&nbsp;have tools and systems, but&nbsp;they&nbsp;haven\u2019t&nbsp;been talking to each other in any meaningful way,&nbsp;leaving&nbsp;the work of connecting them&nbsp;to&nbsp;the SMB.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s&nbsp;changed\u2014and it&#8217;s what we discuss in this article, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><ul><li><a href=\"#h-what-embedded-accounting-means\" data-level=\"2\">What embedded accounting means<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-why-it-matters-right-now\" data-level=\"2\">Why it matters right now<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-what-nbsp-your-platform-should-be-delivering-nbsp\" data-level=\"2\">What&nbsp;your platform should be delivering &nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-bigger-picture-nbsp\" data-level=\"2\">The bigger picture &nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-final-thoughts\" data-level=\"2\">Final thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-embedded-accounting-means-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What embedded accounting means<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/why-embedded-accounting-is-moving-up-the-agenda-for-banks-and-fintechs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Embedded accounting<\/a> is what it sounds like: accounting capability built directly into a platform&nbsp;your customer&nbsp;already uses. In this instance, we\u2019re talking about&nbsp;their&nbsp;business bank account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than exporting data, importing it elsewhere, and manually reconciling the difference,&nbsp;transactions are categorised automatically&nbsp;with&nbsp;books updated&nbsp;in real time&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;SMB\u2019s&nbsp;tax position visible whenever&nbsp;it<s>\u2019<\/s>s&nbsp;needed. The accounting happens in the background, as a function of&nbsp;normal&nbsp;banking activity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&nbsp;completely&nbsp;removes a layer of admin that most business owners have&nbsp;reluctantly&nbsp;accepted as part of the job,&nbsp;but it doesn\u2019t have to be that way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not a concept or a roadmap&nbsp;item;&nbsp;customers are using it right now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-why-it-matters-right-now-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why it matters right now&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s a regulatory reason this is particularly timely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/why-mtd-is-the-next-big-opportunity-for-uk-banks-fintechs-and-saas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Making Tax Digital for Income Tax<\/a>,&nbsp;HMRC&#8217;s requirement for sole traders and landlords earning over \u00a350,000 to submit quarterly digital tax updates,&nbsp;came into effect in April 2026. The threshold drops to \u00a330,000 in April 2027, pulling in hundreds of thousands more&nbsp;people. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icaew.com\/insights\/tax-news\/2025\/aug-2025\/up-to-3-million-individuals-may-need-to-comply-with-mtd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HMRC actually estimates just over 1 million<\/a>&nbsp;in 2027 and a further 975k in 2028 when it drops again to \u00a320,000.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For anyone affected, this isn&#8217;t just an admin change but a fundamental shift in how&nbsp;small business owners will&nbsp;interact with HMRC and the tools&nbsp;they\u2019ll&nbsp;use to do so and remain compliant.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who&nbsp;embed&nbsp;accounting&nbsp;into their banking experience are&nbsp;positioned to win here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With embedded accounting,&nbsp;data&nbsp;flows in,&nbsp;SMB&nbsp;records&nbsp;stay&nbsp;current, and the submission process becomes far less stressful&nbsp;because&nbsp;an SME\u2019s&nbsp;books are&nbsp;up to date&nbsp;by default rather than in a&nbsp;last-minute&nbsp;scramble for the deadline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If&nbsp;your platform&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;MTD-ready,&nbsp;your customers will go looking for one that is.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-nbsp-your-platform-should-be-delivering-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What&nbsp;your platform should be delivering<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Embedded accounting is still a relatively new capability, and not all implementations are equal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But here&#8217;s what good looks like and&nbsp;what your customers will increasingly expect:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Real-time transaction categorisation.<\/strong>&nbsp;Transactions should be automatically organised as they happen.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Invoicing and cash flow in one place.<\/strong>&nbsp;Raising invoices and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/what-are-embedded-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seeing their impact on cash position<\/a> shouldn&#8217;t require leaving your&nbsp;platform.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tax-ready records.<\/strong>&nbsp;MTD-compliant by design, not an afterthought.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No double-entry.<\/strong>&nbsp;If the same piece of information exists in&nbsp;the&nbsp;bank and&nbsp;the&nbsp;accounting&nbsp;record,&nbsp;it&nbsp;should only&nbsp;be entered&nbsp;once.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-bigger-picture-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The bigger picture<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have the opportunity to own&nbsp;a version of business banking that functions as genuinely useful infrastructure for&nbsp;an SME owner running their business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re in a world where&nbsp;their bank&nbsp;should be far more than just a place where money sits.&nbsp;Both you and your customer&nbsp;should understand&nbsp;their&nbsp;financial position in real time, see potential&nbsp;issues before they become problems, and&nbsp;they should be seeing you as the support that&nbsp;removes&nbsp;the compliance anxiety that comes with tax season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s not a distant future. It&#8217;s what embedded accounting is beginning to deliver&nbsp;now, and it&#8217;s what the best business banking experiences will be built around&nbsp;in the immediate future and beyond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-final-thoughts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question worth asking of yourself&nbsp;is a simple one:&nbsp;are you&nbsp;helping&nbsp;your customers&nbsp;run&nbsp;their&nbsp;business, or just recording that&nbsp;they&nbsp;did?&nbsp;One builds loyalty, the other encourages churn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/sage-embedded-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more about embedded accounting and what it can do for you here.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner on-scroll-highlight__target\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Enhance your product with embedded accounting<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Help your platform lead the charge on compliance for MTD for Income Tax. 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