<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>StatementFlow blog</title><description>Practitioner writing on collecting client bank statements, month-end close, and building StatementFlow in public.</description><link>https://marketing.scalecpa.us/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Secure ways to receive client bank statements (ranked)</title><link>https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/secure-ways-to-receive-client-bank-statements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/secure-ways-to-receive-client-bank-statements/</guid><description>Email, texting, shared logins, portals, and direct retrieval — every channel firms use to receive bank statements, ranked by risk, with a one-page policy to adopt.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is it safe to connect client bank accounts via Plaid?</title><link>https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/is-it-safe-to-connect-client-bank-accounts-plaid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/is-it-safe-to-connect-client-bank-accounts-plaid/</guid><description>How bank-data aggregation works, what read-only access means, how it compares to email and shared logins, and the security checklist for any vendor.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Manual vs automated statement collection: the time-cost math</title><link>https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/manual-vs-automated-bank-statement-collection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/manual-vs-automated-bank-statement-collection/</guid><description>A transparent cost model for manual vs automated bank-statement collection — every assumption stated so you can plug in your firm’s own numbers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to speed up month-end close: fix the document bottleneck</title><link>https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/month-end-close-document-collection-bottleneck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/month-end-close-document-collection-bottleneck/</guid><description>Most close delays happen before closing starts. A critical-path look at document collection — why it gates everything, and how to compress it from weeks to hours.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why clients hate sending bank statements (and how to fix it)</title><link>https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/why-clients-hate-sending-bank-statements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/why-clients-hate-sending-bank-statements/</guid><description>The statement chase looks like client flakiness from the firm side. From the client side it’s five specific frictions — each one fixable, most of them by the firm.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to stop chasing clients for bank statements every month</title><link>https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/how-to-stop-chasing-clients-for-bank-statements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://marketing.scalecpa.us/blog/how-to-stop-chasing-clients-for-bank-statements/</guid><description>Five ways firms end the monthly statement chase — from better request systems to direct bank retrieval — compared by effort, security, and completeness.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>