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Accelerate month-end close with journal entry automation

Automate journal entry creation and general ledger posting directly to your accounting system. Reconcile payouts, categorise fees, and post balanced journal entries automatically.

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journal posting
Categorised
with tax & fees
Order to cash
fully traceable
95%+
less manual effort

Automated ledger posting & journal entry software

Unify transaction-level financials across your sales channels and payment providers: automatically reconciled and posted with end-to-end auditability.

Journal entry automation & ledger posting

Deploy journal entry automation to automatically post reconciled and categorised journal entries to your general ledger. Eliminate manual spreadsheet entry and accelerate your month-end close.

AUDIT ENTRY#10432
Posted · Verified
Gross Sale£49.99
VAT (20%, incl.)£8.33
Processing fee (2.9%)−£1.45
Net Payout SettledMatched to bank MT940
£48.54
Audit Ref: AUD-2026-9921Posted to Xero · 14 Jun

Transaction-level system of record

Auditable, granular recordkeeping from payment, to payout, to journal entry from all of your connected data sources (API, SFTP or file upload).

  • FreeAgent
  • Shopify
  • Xero
  • Stripe
  • Stripe
  • Xero
  • Shopify
  • FreeAgent
  • Automated general ledger posting

    Post precise, audit-ready journal entries directly to FreeAgent, Xero, QuickBooks, and NetSuite.

  • Categorised breakdowns

    Automated categorisation for revenue, platform fees, processing costs, tax and refunds.

  • E2E auditability

    Full auditability from payment to payout to journal entry.

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Reconciled multi-channel settlements ready for automated journal posting

Free Access for Auditors & Accountants

Speed up period close: We don't charge extra for your auditors or accountants. Grant them access, and they can create reports independently, reducing the manual work and back and forth during period close, whether that's a CASS reporting period or month end.

  • Auditability
  • Reporting
  • Collaboration
  • Audit-Ready

Trusted by merchants & FinTechs

Unified automation that cuts manual work, risk and complexity: from SMBs to multinationals

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"Thanks to Equali, we are able to control in detail the end-to-end flow of all transactions processed, giving us greater visibility and enabling us to detect any potential leaks or anomalies along the way."

Wouter van HaaftenCFO, Sunday

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Wouter van Haaften, CFO of Sunday, on reconciling with Equali

Sunday is a financial technology company that was established in 2021. The company specialises in payment solutions for the restaurant and broader hospitality industry. It operates in three core geographies (the US, France and the UK) and currently employs 130 people across offices in Atlanta, Chicago, London and Paris.

My role as head of finance is to lead the finance and accounting teams, and my responsibilities are mainly about driving Sunday's financial roadmap and making sure our finances remain healthy.

The core challenge we face at Sunday relates to the fact that we process millions of transactions on a weekly basis on behalf of the restaurants. When, in addition to the volume of transactions, we take the complexity of working with several partners along the value chain, it makes the reconciliation exercise very complex from a finance and accounting standpoint.

We decided to work with Equali first and foremost because of the team. The team, coming from a broad range of experience within the FinTech and payments industry, gave us confidence that they would understand our problem and also provide us with the right solution.

In addition, Equali offered us dedicated customer support, on which they have delivered constantly for the past year. Every piece of feedback we have provided has been taken with great seriousness, and they have adjusted their product to suit our specific needs.

We use Equali mainly on the reconciliation front, making sure that the money we collect from the restaurant guest ends up in the right bank accounts at the right time. Equali provides us with an additional layer of confidence that our team's work is accurate.

Beyond the reconciliation piece, we also use Equali for two specific use cases:

First, our cash in transit: having a good understanding of the amount of money flowing through our systems at all times, still due to restaurants.

And second, fee reconciliation: making sure that the money we are being charged by our partners is correct.

The value that Equali provides Sunday today is, first, great control and visibility into the funds that flow through our system. But also, leveraging Equali enables our product and engineering teams to focus on revenue and growth-driven initiatives, such as building new features for the restaurants we serve. And on the finance side, it helps us focus on the more strategic projects, such as optimising our P&L and being a real strategic business partner for the teams.

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Frequently asked questions about journal entry automation

What is journal entry automation?

Equali journal entry automation software converts settlement reports, processor fees, and order lines into balanced double-entry journals. It removes manual spreadsheet work and posts clean records straight to the general ledger.

How can finance teams automate journal entry preparation and posting?

Equali connects to payment processors, marketplaces, and banks to prepare and post balanced journal entries automatically. Finance teams map their chart of accounts once, and Equali posts daily or payout-matched entries to Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent, or NetSuite.

How does accounting software automate journal entries?

Equali ingests raw transaction and settlement data via API or SFTP, applies double-entry mapping rules, and posts balanced debit and credit lines directly to your accounting software.

How can payments companies automate journal entries for interchange and fees?

Equali splits gross settlement batches into interchange fees, scheme fees, reserve holds, refunds, and net cash deposits. Each fee component posts to its own general ledger code in Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent, or NetSuite.

How does automation create an audit trail for journal entries before review begins?

Equali links every posted journal line back to the exact source payouts, orders, and bank lines that created it. Auditors and controllers can drill down from any general ledger entry to the underlying transaction record.

Which accounting systems support direct journal entry posting?

Equali supports direct, automated journal posting via API to Xero, QuickBooks Online, FreeAgent, and Oracle NetSuite. Enterprise teams can also ingest and export custom SFTP and flat-file feeds.

Can Equali support CASS 15 reconciliation workflows?

Equali supports UK regulated payment and e-money firms with daily internal and external CASS 15 safeguarding reconciliations. CASS 15 has applied since 7 May 2026, with audit Trail and resolution pack outputs built in.

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