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Business Central Integration Launched

Purchasing, Accounts Payable and Expense Management software provider, Lightyear, has announced the recent expansion of its integration offering to encompass Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. 

Published: 21st November 2024

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Expense Management Released

Belfast-Born Fintech Company Expands Customer Offering by Adding Expense Management to its Platform.   Lightyear, a Northern Irish financial technology company, has expanded its product portfolio to encompass expense management.

Published: 20th August 2024

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2023, It's Been A Blast 🚀

Time to take a step back and recap on our most successful year yet. We're excited to take a look at all the new features we've released this year and share how they have helped you work smarter.

Published: 6th December 2023

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Faster, Smarter data extraction - Smart Extract Is Here!

Find out how you can take your automation to a new level with our advanced data extraction tool. Smart Extract, quickly and accurately extracts data from your bills, credit notes and receipts without the need for traditional mapping.

Published: 4th October 2023

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App Enhancements, Admin Updates, Inventory Features & More!

Learn about all our new feature enhancements including SSO, Auto Order and more.



Published: 30th July 2023

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Out Of Pocket Expenses Is Coming!

Read all about our exciting product updates this summer, from Out Of Pocket Expenses to improvements to Lightyear's accessibility and usability. 



Published: April 2023

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New Year, New Features

We're excited to kick off the New Year with another amazing product release. Get ready for Archive enhancements, improved use functionality and so much more.



Published: 30th January 2023

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At Lightyear, we understand that sometimes it's all in the details. So we've focused our latest releases on bringing you even more!

Published: 17th Nov 2022

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Lightyear announces new Advanced Reporting Engine

Our new Advanced Reporting engine has completely redesigned the Archive from the ground up, providing an intuitive user interface that allows accounting and finance teams access to real-time rich data via intuitive Business Intelligence Reports.

Published: 12th August 2022

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Product Update June 2022 

Get your data faster and Approve/Sign Off/Export with one click!  

Published: 13th June 2022

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Product Update December 2021
Introducing Splitting Widget

Say Goodbye to splitting lines and bills manually 

Published: 21st December 2021

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Product Update March 2022 
​Single click approvals and exports

Get your data faster and Approve/Sign Off/Export with one click!  

Published: 23rd March 2022

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Product Update October 2021
Proxy Approvers, Bulk uploads...

Assign proxy approvers when the primary approver is unavailable.

Published: 14th October 2021

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Product Update August 2021
Filtering and Sorting





You can now apply filters and other sorting options within Lightyear. 

Published: 4th August 2021

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Product Update Q2 2021
Automated 3-Way Matching is live

Automated 3-Way Matching has landed plus the ability to group line-items on export.

Published: 28th June 2021

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Product Update Q1 2021
PO Approvals are here

Automate your purchasing and assign bookkeeping and approval automation rules.

Published: 7th April 2021

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Product Update Q4 2020
​Purchase Orders are here

We've launched our highly anticipated Purchase Orders module.

Published: 16th December 2020

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Product Update Q3 2020
​Purchase Orders are here (Beta)

We've implemented ISO27001, an internationally recognised security standard 

Published: 30th September 2020

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Seamlessly connect your teams and suppliers

Leveraging Lightyear to collaborate in a remote working world

Published: 27th July 2020

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Introducing... Instant Messaging and Notifications Feed

We've launched instant messaging style collaboration alongside a notifications feed.

Published: 14th June 2020

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Product Update Q2 2020 Extract more line-item detail

You can now extract even more detail from your line-items.

Published: 10th June 2020

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Product Update Q4 2019
Quarterly Product Roundup

Enable automation rules by keyword, email your suppliers from inside Lightyear and more.

Published: 19th December 2019

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Product Update October 2019
Approve bills on the go

You can now approve your bills whilst on the move with our mobile app. 

Published: 29th October 2019

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Product Update September 2019 Introducing...Dashboards

We've launched our new Dashboards to give you a glimpse of everything in your account.

Published: 18th September 2020

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Product Update August 2019
​Receipt Data Extraction

Lightyear can now extract data from photos of your receipts using our new OCR technology.

Published: 14th August 2019

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Product Update May 2019 
​Automated Statement Reconciliation

We've released our hugely anticipated automated supplier statement reconciliation

Published: 29th October 2019

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