B
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94% -- percentage of spreadsheet users struggling to meet reporting deadlines for payments businesses using spreadsheets (2025)
Among payments businesses relying on spreadsheet-based processes, 94% struggle to meet reporting deadlines.
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94%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Kani Payments
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Tier B
https://www.metafyed.com/blog/c0ryqhts4kwiru2jbh9s2ww7cu4qyw ↗
Source Article
The Paper Trail Is Over: How Blockchain Is Replacing Back-Office Finance in Asia — Metafyed
The Paper Trail Is Over:How Blockchain Is Replacing Back-Office Finance in Asia
In Asia, where cross-border transactions involve multiple currency zones, regulatory frameworks, and time-zone-bound cut-off windows, the friction compounds further. A deal executed in Singapore can take days to settle i…
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Kani Payments
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Kani Payments Reconciliation & Reporting Survey 2025, cited via Electro IQ
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Industryfinance
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payments businesses using spreadsheets: 94% percentage of spreadsheet users struggling to meet reporting deadlines. Source: Kani Payments (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/spreadsheet-users-missing-reporting-deadlines-2025
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