Embedded Finance Special Series: Embedded Accounting, the Next Big Fintech Product with Justin Meretab, Layer | Episode 527 - Leaders In Payments

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QuickBooks and spreadsheets aren’t failing because small business owners don’t care. They fail because owners are busy running the business, and “keeping the books” becomes a second job with high stakes. I sit down with Justin Meretab, co-founder and CEO of Layer, to dig into why embedded accounting is emerging as one of the most practical, high-ROI moves in embedded finance for vertical SaaS platforms. We unpack the difference between accounting software and bookkeeping, then get specific about why accounting belongs in the embedded finance roadmap right alongside payments, banking, and lending. When your platform already owns the operational workflow and the payments flow, you have the richest possible data to automate reconciliation, reflect refunds and fees correctly, and generate a clean profit and loss statement without the painful setup that comes with horizontal accounting tools. Justin also shares what “good fit” looks like for embedded accounting, especially for businesses doing roughly $50K to $5M+ in revenue that need clarity without hiring a full in-house finance team.

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