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At Xerocon Brisbane 2025 (held on 3–4 September 2025), Xero unveiled a wave of powerful new tools and enhancements aimed at making accounting smarter, faster, and more intuitive. Here’s a breakdown of the major updates and how they can elevate small business operations in Malaysia.
1. Just Ask Xero (JAX) – Your AI Financial Superagent
- What’s new: JAX has evolved into an AI-powered financial superagent, embedded throughout Xero, with abilities to automate workflows, offer real-time insights, and better understand conversational prompts.
- Key capabilities include:
- Instant access to key metrics like cash flow, P&L, and balance sheets—with visual charts.
- Strategic guidance, such as improving cash flow or comparing loan interest rates, using both internal and external data.
- Automatic reconciliation of high-confidence bank transactions with a “Reconciled” page to review and adjust as needed.
- Conversational automation for invoices, quotes, and even drafting professional emails.
- Why it matters:
- Saves time: Automates daily financial tasks—perfect for solo entrepreneurs or small teams.
- Improves financial clarity: Ready-to-use data at your fingertips.
- AI-driven decisions: Useful in Malaysia’s dynamic business landscape where quick, informed choices matter.
3. Refreshed Navigation & Insight-Rich Homepage
- What’s new: A redesigned, more intuitive navigation and homepage with widgets that highlight tasks, outstanding invoices, bill priorities, and bank reconciliations.
- Rollout phase: Navigation begins rolling out now; homepage to launch later this year.
- Why it matters:
- Easier management: New users find functions more accessible.
- Prioritize effectively: Focus on urgent tasks like unpaid bills or unreconciled transactions.
4. Syft Analytics Embedded – Now Included at No Extra Cost
- What’s new: Syft Analytics, Xero’s advanced reporting platform, is now included with eligible Xero business plans in Australia, the UK, and the US—soon expanding further.
- Upcoming enhancements:
- Forecasting, multi-entity consolidation.
- Business health score visuals and integration with external data (e.g. website visits).
- Why it matters:
- Data storytelling made easy: Helps entrepreneurs communicate performance clearly.
- Informed decisions: Coupling financial with external metrics (like website traffic) yields better strategies.
5. Enhanced Payments & Invoicing Features
- What’s new:
- Progress payments (in beta): Supports milestone or deposit-style invoicing .
- Multiple invoices per payment: Merges payments on statements for smoother reconciliation.
- Customizable invoices: Add logos, brand colours, edit columns (US available now; AUS/NZ coming soon).
- Why it matters:
- Cashflow control: Progress payments align better with service-delivery models.
- Reconciliation ease: Reduces confusion when clients pay multiple invoices at once.
- Brand consistency: Professional branding fosters trust and enhances client experience.
Final Thoughts
For Malaysian small businesses, these updates are more than just bells and whistles—they represent real leaps in operational efficiency, smarter workflows, and enhanced financial insight:
- Time savings through AI-driven automation and unified tools.
- Better cash flow and decision-making with progress payments and strategic AI analytics.
- Deeper insights from Syft integration—built into Xero, no extra cost.
- Greater brand professionalism using enhanced invoicing tools tailored for mobile and digital use.
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- Why Xero Works for Small Businesses in Malaysia
- Xero Business Snapshot: Your Financial Dashboard
- Xero Security: Protecting Your Financial Data
- Xero Syft: Smarter Accounting for Malaysian SMEs
- Xero’s Watchlist feature
- Xero and LHDN E-Invoicing: Preparing for Malaysia’s Phase 4 in 2026