What you may have missed on Xero

The first six months of FY27 brought a wave of interest in Xero and the work we’re doing to support small businesses and their advisors. Here’s a look at the stories that put our product, XSBI data and thought leadership in the spotlight across global print, broadcast, podcasts and social feeds.

September

• CNBC Fortt Knox | Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Xero CEO: A Fortt Knox Conversation
• Wall Street Journal | Making the AI Math Work
• BusinessDesk | Why Xero’s US boss wants to end America’s love affair with cheques (paywalled)
• Salesforce Earnings Call Featuring Xero | This Month at Salesforce — Xero, Legora and Replit
• Thomson Reuters | Payroll compliance and cash flow pressures
• Intersekt | Taking Global Risks: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy on Scaling Xero & AI Bets
• Forbes | AI and the New Speed of Finance
• The Post | The sniff test for small business policy: does it give owners more time? (paywalled)
• Accountants Daily | Xero’s ANZ head on where accountants should spend their energy with AI adoption
• Business Leaders | How to Drive AI Adoption in the Workplace
• Elite Business | From curious to confidence: making AI work for small businesses 
• Business News | Malaysian accounting firms turn to AI and advisory services to lift profitability, Xero finds
• Digicon Asia | Agentic AI for SMEs: Understanding benefits, risks, and cyber/regulatory responsibilities

August

• Bloomberg Intelligence | Xero CEO on AI as a Massive Growth Driver for Small Businesses and the Competitive AI Landscape
• The Wall Street Journal | The Leadership Lesson Xero’s CEO Learned From a Tennis Legend
• Australian Financial Review | I’m Xero’s CEO. Here’s what Australia’s next tech giant must do (paywalled)
• The Peak | Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Isn’t Worried About a SaaSpocalypse
• Forbes Council, Kate Hayward | Building Financial Confidence Is Key To Unlocking Small Business Potential
• Run The Numbers podcast | Xero’s CFO: Why Finance Is Taking On More of the Business
• BusinessDesk | Xero doesn’t need to beat Intuit to win in US, Singh Cassidy says (paywalled)
• ABC News | National taskforce launches to improve financial literacy rates for small business owners
• The Guardian | ‘It’s not taught to us in school’: how small business owners are taking charge of their financial fitness
• Courier Mail | Financial literacy crisis leaves a third of small business owners unsure of profit (paywalled)
• ITBrief Australia | Xero wins Canstar award for small business software
• interest.co.nz | How to adopt AI in the workplace and how lack of AI confidence is holding businesses back
• Tech Times | Xero Payroll Launches as QuickBooks Desktop Leaves 3.4M Workers Unpaid
• SME Web | Xero UK managing director Kate Hayward on Making Tax Digital, late payment, AI, financial literacy and cash flow tips for small businesses
• Beyond the Balance Sheet | Kate Hayward on Xero, AI and why good advice still matters
• Classic Business | Entrepreneurship Provisional tax deadline approaching: five habits to make tax time easier for SA SMEs
• Fintech Finance News | Xero Research: AI Adoption Doubles Profitability for Top UK Accounting Firms
• Radio New Zealand | Many businesses using AI to save time, but do they know what they’re doing?
• The Citizen | SA’s tax deadline approaching: 4 habits to make tax time easier for SMEs

July

• SMB Tech, Angad Soin | FY27 Is The Year Aussie Small Businesses Make AI Work For Them
• CNBC Squawk Box Europe | AI is a macro tailwind for small businesses, says Xero CEO 
• AccountingWeb | Xero CEO on AI, the builder class and Xero at 20
• Australian Financial Review | Xero CEO shrugs off $14b rout with new Microsoft AI pact (paywalled)
• Entrepreneur | UK Small Firms Face Third Straight Quarter of Decline
• Dynamic Business | Australian small business sales cool off in the June quarter
• Radio New Zealand | Small firm sales up, but jobs and pay are not
• Irish Times | Ireland’s small businesses are ready for their next chapter, but they need the tools to unlock it
• Newstalk ZB | Bridget Snelling: Xero Country Manager on small business sales growing 8.6% year on year, led by agriculture
• New Zealand Herald | Small business sales surge 8.6% in June quarter, Xero data shows (paywalled)
• News24 | Australian small businesses suffer sales growth decline in the June quarter as economic shocks rattle industries
• My Duvet Flip | UK Managing Director at Xero: How to Build a Network When You Know Nobody
• Giti-Tools in Accrual World | Xerocon London special: Are accountants and the ecosystem still important to Xero?
• Dynamic Business | Which admin tasks should your small business automate first? Our experts weigh in
• Accountancy Today | Xerocon 2026: the AI revolution and the human accountant
• News 24 | South African small businesses are thriving, but playing it safe
• New Zealand Herald| Bay of Plenty trails national average in small business productivity – report (paywalled)
• Tech Radar | “It’s never been a more exciting time to imagine what’s possible with software’: Xero CEO outlines how AI could transform the finance industry as we know it
• Smart Company | Xero launches Ultra, its ERP alternative for growing Australian businesses
• Acuity Mag | The rise of Accountable Intelligence

June

• BNN Bloomberg | Canadian small business growth weakest among peers: Xero
• LBC, Kate Hayward | We need to help young people create their own opportunities, not just find jobs
• Wall Street Journal | Xero CFO on Navigating Investors’ AI Concerns
• The Australian | AI CEOs being cloned to front investor calls in any language (paywalled)
• Radio New Zealand | Small business productivity continues to lag
• New Zealand Herald | NZ small businesses lag Australia and UK in Xero productivity report (paywalled)
• Australian Associated Press | Small business, payments system brace for payday super
• New Zealand Herald | The SME AI opportunity is real, but so is the confidence gap – Bridget Snelling (paywalled)
• Forbes Australia | New ‘payday super’ changes come into effect today. Here’s what you need to know
• Fortune | How to run a company when the AI agents vastly outnumber the humans (paywalled)
• Business Insider | The AI boom is giving these execs more power — and headaches — than ever (paywalled)
• Dynamic Business | LogiWork 2026: How can our work tools do more for us?
• ABC News | Small business owners concerned for personal savings amid payday super changes
• AI Impact | Xero unveils new AI-powered tools to help South African accountants move from paperwork to proactive action
• Fintech Times | The TikTok Treasury: Why the UK’s Next Generation of Founders is Turning to Social Media and AI for Financial Literacy
• Forbes Council, Kate Hayward | How To Prepare For A Future Where Tax Is Digital
• Courier Mail| Australian businesses face $6 billion cash crunch due to new Payday Super rules (paywalled)
• The West Australian | WA small businesses top nation for productivity, Xero data shows (paywalled)
• Yahoo Finance | Australian economy slows as exports, government spending drag on growth
• Capital Brief | Small business productivity rises for second consecutive quarter: Xero

May

• The diginomica network podcast | Xero CP&TO reveals the accountants lessons for agentic AI success
• TechAisle, Anurag Agrawal | Xero’s AI Evolution: Architecting the Autonomous Financial OS
• Intelligent Investor | Xero: AI an Opportunity, Not a Threat (paywalled)
• Switzer Podcast | Xero CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy on Claude, Melio and the US challenger play
• CNBC Changemakers| Standout Lessons in Leadership
• The Bear and The Bull | Building the AI financial engine for small business growth in today’s economy
• Elite Business, Kate Hayward | Making Tax Digital is here – what small businesses need to know now
• Dynamic Business | The emotional cost of running a small business has never been higher
• The Straits Times | Saving lives, protecting families, enabling companies in need: How home-grown SMEs are creating impact beyond profits
• TechEDT| Xero Lite brings lower-cost finance tools to Malaysian small businesses
• New Zealand Herald | AI seen as biggest opportunity since internet for small businesses – but fear holds many back, Xero research finds (paywalled)
• The Straits Times | Saving lives, protecting families, enabling companies in need: How home-grown SMEs are creating impact beyond profits
• Dynamic Business| Federal Budget 2026: Who wins, who loses?
• ITBrief Australia | Xero launches XeroForce AI agent builder for finance
• Corporate Competitor Podcast | Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: Why FOMO Beats Fear
• Wall Street Journal | Xero Lifts Annual Earnings 18%, Flags More Growth Ahead
• SBS On the Money | Xero CEO on the SaaSpocolypse, AI integration and impact on the economy
• Fear & Greed Podcast | Afternoon Report | ASX up as miners, banks climb
• ITBrief Australia| Xero launches live Claude integration for customers
• Forbes | Free AI Training Available And Other SMB Technology News This Week
• The West Australian | Federal Budget 2026: Bigger write-offs and fuel support is what small business wants from Jim Chalmers
• The West Australian | New analysis finds WA workers were short-changed $2.8b in unpaid super (paywalled)
• Dynamic Business | Australian small businesses outperformed the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand in Q1

April

• LinkedIn News Australia | LinkedIn Top Companies 2026: The 25 best employers to grow your career in Australia
• LBC, Kate Hayward | Digital tax shake-up hits small firms, MTD for IT is a mindset shift, not just more admin
• Fast Company | Entrepreneurship was never easy, but it doesn’t need to be relentless
• Forbes | The $100 Billion Bet On Modernizing Your Finance Team
• First Round Capital podcast | AI killed the product roadmap | Diya Jolly
• Radio New Zealand | Small business sales continue upward momentum, but Iran war uncertainty lingers
• news.com.au | ‘Solid start’: Australian small businesses coping with Middle East crisis despite warning worst is yet to come
• NewstalkZB | Middle East conflict expected to dampen small business sales’ momentum
• Smart Company | Stressed about payday super? ATO says the underlying tech is ready (paywalled)
• Techcouver | Xero Opens a Technology Hub in Vancouver to Accelerate AI Roadmap
• Fintech Times | Accounting Moves to the Age of the Agent with Xero & Anthropic partnership
• CTV News | Haven’t filed your taxes? These last-minute tips are for you
• ITBrief New Zealand | Xero launches AI-native operating system for small firms
• Yahoo Finance | How Xero is using AI to stay ahead of the SAAS-pocalypse
• Human In The Loop, James Bergin | A Positive & Practical Take on AI with James Bergin from Xero – Human In The Loop 
• CNBC Africa | How South African SMEs are adapting in volatile conditions
• Forbes Council, Kate Hayward | How To Use AI To Amplify Your Entrepreneurial Spark
• Business Brief, Colin Timmis | SME stress burden – the real cost of global turbulence
• Smart Company | From ambition to strategy: How the founders of Love Tea and Bread Beauty Supply are building legacy brands