WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Financial Technology Association (FTA) welcomes Xero, the global small business platform, as its newest member. Xero serves millions of small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers around the world, offering a single platform that automates routine tasks and delivers timely insights across a full stack of financial operations, including accounting, payroll, payments, and invoicing.
“We are excited to welcome Xero to our community of innovative, digitally native firms helping consumers, small businesses, and startups thrive,” said Penny Lee, President and CEO of the Financial Technology Association. “As Xero deepens its U.S. footprint, we look forward to working with its team to shape a policy landscape that supports small businesses, innovation, and an open, competitive financial system.”
“Joining FTA reflects our commitment to being an active voice in U.S. fintech policy at a pivotal moment,” said Matan Bar, US CEO, Xero. “Small businesses deserve financial tools that are simple, connected, and built for how they actually operate. We look forward to working with FTA and its members to advance policies that make that possible.”
Xero is a unified, AI-powered system of action and decision-making for customers that modernizes workflows and helps businesses run their entire daily operations with greater ease. The company is focused on its U.S. growth opportunity, including its recent acquisition of Melio, a B2B payments platform, which will help it serve more small businesses nationwide.
Xero’s membership strengthens FTA’s ecosystem of industry leaders working to advance payments modernization, promote competition in financial services, and expand access to financial services. Xero joins FTA’s growing roster of member companies spanning payments, lending, banking, investing, and financial infrastructure.
ABOUT FTA
The Financial Technology Association (FTA) is a network of fintech industry leaders shaping the future of finance. We champion financial innovation and advocate for policies that expand competition, access, and opportunity. Learn more at FTAssociation.org.
ABOUT XERO
Xero is a global small business platform that helps customers supercharge their business by bringing together the most important small business tools, including accounting, payroll and payments — on one platform. Xero’s powerful platform helps customers automate routine tasks, get timely insights, and connect them with their data, their apps, and their accountant or bookkeeper so they can focus on what really matters. Trusted by millions of small businesses and accountants and bookkeepers globally, Xero makes life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. For further information, please visit xero.com.