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Everything you need to know about finance automation, country-specific compliance, and the digital transformation of the back-office.

Finance transformation, in their words

How leading companies rebuilt their back-office with Cedalio.

Private Equity Case Study Private Equity

Finance control across 10 newly-merged companies in 30 days

A private equity fund got complete spend visibility across 10 acquired companies without disrupting local operations. It enabled consolidated cost analysis, synergy identification, and cross-entity tax planning.

10 Companies integrated
30 days Time to visibility
$340K Synergies identified
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Retail Chile Case Study Retail — Chile

USD 42,000 recovered by validating electricity tariffs

A Chilean retail chain discovered it was being billed incorrect rates across multiple branches. Cedalio automatically validated invoices against the regulator's official tariff tables and detected systematic overcharges.

$42K Recovered
23 Affected branches
18 months Of wrong billing
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Insurance ESG Case Study Insurance — Argentina

Single source of truth for sustainability (ESG) reporting

An insurance company unified all its energy consumption data in Cedalio to generate accurate sustainability reports. It automated per-branch carbon footprint calculation and simplified audits.

100% Data centralized
85% Less time on reports
0 Audit errors
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Multinational LATAM Case Study Multinational — LATAM

From Excel to automated 3-way matching across 6 countries

A company that handled everything with spreadsheets rolled out automated matching between invoices, purchase orders, and receipts across 6 countries using workflows that query their legacy systems.

6 Countries integrated
95% Auto-match rate
70% Error reduction
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3-Way Matching Case Study Manufacturing — Argentina

Automated 3-way matching: from 40 minutes to 30 seconds per invoice

A manufacturing company with 300+ suppliers automated matching across purchase orders, invoices, and receipts, removing duplicate payments and cutting the AP cycle by 85%.

97% Automatic match
85% AP cycle reduction
4,200 Invoices/month
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Featured articles

AP Automation Complete guide

Accounts Payable Automation: The Definitive 2026 Guide

Everything you need to know about AP automation: benefits, implementation, ROI, and best practices for LATAM enterprises.

Jan 15, 2026 12 min read
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2-Way vs 3-Way Matching Best practices

2-Way vs 3-Way vs 4-Way Matching: A Complete AP Guide

Understand the differences, workflows, and when to use 2-way, 3-way, or 4-way invoice matching in your finance operation.

Sep 9, 2026 8 min read
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Utilities Management Utilities

How to cut utility costs 30% with smart billing management

Proven strategies to optimize electricity, gas, and water bills across multi-branch enterprises.

Jan 10, 2026 8 min read
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AI in Finance Technology

AI in Finance: From traditional OCR to AI Agents

The evolution of data extraction — why AI agents outperform OCR in both accuracy and context.

Jan 5, 2026 10 min read
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3-Way Matching Best practices

3-Way Matching: What it is and how to automate it with AI

How to deploy automated matching between invoices, purchase orders, and receipts.

Dec 20, 2025 6 min read
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Multi-currency Multi-country

Multi-currency financial consolidation: challenges and solutions

How to unify reporting across subsidiaries in different countries and currencies without losing precision.

Dec 12, 2025 9 min read
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Due Diligence M&A M&A

Financial Due Diligence: accelerate post-acquisition visibility

Strategies to integrate acquired companies' finance ops at record speed.

Dec 5, 2025 7 min read
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Agentic AI Agentic AI

AI agents in accounts payable: a CFO guide for LATAM 2026

72% of CFOs see AP as the entry point for agentic AI. What an agent does, what it does not, and how to measure it.

Jun 10, 2026 9 min read
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Comparison Comparison

Best AI invoice processing tools for Latin America

Top AI invoice platforms for LATAM enterprises: features, pricing, compliance coverage and real results.

Jun 10, 2026 11 min read
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Comparison Comparison

The 10 best AP automation tools for LATAM

Accounts payable platforms with regional tax coverage, compared side by side.

Jun 10, 2026 10 min read
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Country-by-country fiscal compliance

Argentina AFIP
Argentina

AFIP 2026: The new electronic invoicing regime

Regulatory changes, ARCA, and how to automate compliance.

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Chile SII
Chile

SII: Complete guide to Electronic Tax Documents (DTE)

DTE, boletas, and electronic invoices with Chile's tax authority.

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Chile e-invoicing 2026
Chile · 2026

E-invoicing in Chile 2026: SII changes and Anti-Evasion Law

XSD 2.5 schemas, dispatch guides, and Anti-Evasion Law updates to prepare for.

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Uruguay DGI
Uruguay

DGI: CFE and electronic fiscal documents

Everything about e-Factura, e-Ticket, and DGI Uruguay compliance.

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Brazil NF-e
Brazil

NF-e, NFS-e, and CT-e: navigating Brazilian fiscal complexity

SPED, electronic invoices, and multi-state compliance in Brazil.

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Mexico SAT
Mexico

SAT and CFDI 4.0: the new era of invoicing in Mexico

Payment complements, carta porte, and updated SAT requirements.

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USA Tax Compliance
United States

AP Compliance in the US: W-9, 1099, and sales tax automation

Vendor management, tax withholding, and multi-state compliance.

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What is 3-way matching?

Comparing purchase orders, goods receipts and invoices before approving payment.

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What is AP automation?

How AI automates the full accounts payable cycle, and why it matters.

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AI invoice processing

From capture to payment: OCR vs templates vs modern AI extraction.

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What is utility tariff validation?

Detecting billing errors and overcharges in electricity, gas and water invoices.

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Utility invoice management for multi-site operations

Automating hundreds of utility accounts across locations.

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Fiscal compliance in Latin America

Country-by-country requirements: AFIP, SII, DIAN, SAT, DGI.

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