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Will Xero make a meal of Melio?

ANALYSIS: Kiwi SaaS giant is paying up to gain better access to the US market, in an example of boldness rarely seen from New Zealand companies.

WATCH: NBR chief reporter Will Mace speaks with Simon Shepherd.

Will Mace Mon, 07 Jul 2025

When former PayPal global executive Matan Bar established a small bookkeeping firm in 2018 to serve just 10 customers, it didn’t signal a radical reassessment of his career path.

Bar acknowledged that to build the new accounting-adjacent business he had in mind, he had to start at the grassroots

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