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title: 8 reasons to tighten your financial controls for Xero users
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# 8 reasons to tighten your financial controls for Xero users

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Xero helps 3.7 million small business owners, accountants, and bookkeepers manage their day-to-day accounting and business processes. As businesses grow though, they can benefit from going beyond the day-to-day to strengthen their financial controls.

## Read this guide to learn how tightening your financial controls with ApprovalMax can:

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Detect and prevent fraud

Whether to combat external scams via fake invoices or false suppliers, or internal theft by committed employees, financial controls add an extra layer of security.

Detect and prevent fraud

Whether to combat external scams via fake invoices or false suppliers, or internal theft by committed employees, financial controls add an extra layer of security.

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Limit access to your accounting system

Just like you wouldn't cut a new house key for every visitor coming into your home, providing everyone access to your accounting software can cause more issues than it’s worth.

Put documents in the hands of the right people

Multi-step, automated approvals mean the right people will always get to see the right documents before they go anywhere else.

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Put documents in the hands of the right people

Multi-step, automated approvals mean the right people will always get to see the right documents before they go anywhere else.

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