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Welcome to The Financial Post for October 2026!
Each month, we bring you the latest updates on Financial Edge NXT®—from newly released enhancements to what’s coming next on our product roadmap.
If you missed it, be sure to catch up on last month’s Financial Post before diving in. Then read on to see what’s new, what’s next, and how you can stay actively involved in what’s ahead.
In This Issue
This month's post covers these topics:
- What’s New – Fresh enhancements now available in web view
- What’s Next – Preview of features currently in development
- Feature Spotlight – Bank Feeds just got more reliable
- Total Web Solution Journey – Where we are and what’s ahead
- Stay in the Know – Ways to keep up with ongoing updates
What’s New
We’re excited to share several powerful enhancements now available in Financial Edge NXT web view. These updates are designed to streamline workflows and give you greater visibility into your financial operations.
- Receivables: Review invoices with greater accuracy — Invoices now support up to 50 line items for more focused, consistent reviews.
- Landing Rock Partner Integration
- Receipt line items enhancements
The following features are in EAP for some customers.
- Chat for Blackbaud AI
- Payables – Automate vendor invoice processing with AI-powered Document Intelligence
The following features are in LA for some customers.
- Deposit Connect™ removes manual reconciliation and provides a clear audit trail — Deposit Connect uses details from Blackbaud Merchant Services (now Blackbaud Integrated Payments) to create deposits directly in Financial Edge NXT — no need to manually reconcile disbursed payments with gift records in Raiser's Edge NXT.
- Improved performance for report setup and management — Review the list of updated reports.
- Generate reports faster and with more reliability — Review the list of updated reports.
- Find and resolve variances faster — Use Subledger reconciliation to compare subledger and general ledger balances and identify out-of-balance accounts before period close. Review account activity, investigate variances, and make corrections quickly to improve reporting accuracy and streamline the close process.
Be sure to explore these enhancements and see how they can simplify your day‑to‑day work.
What’s Next
We’re currently working on several features and enhancements for Financial Edge NXT web view. Here are some of the updates you’ll see in upcoming releases:
- Total web solution — As Financial Edge NXT shifts to a total web solution, we're moving features from database view exclusively to web view. As this shift progresses, we'll remove access to these features in database view. To track details and timelines, bookmark Total Web Solution.
- Chat for Blackbaud AI
- Payables – Automate vendor invoice processing with AI-powered Document Intelligence
- Expenses — Purchase requests for products
- Notifications
- Approve and reject requests
- Generate receipts
- Public sector bodies report (Canada customers) — Will be available in Receivables with updated filters
- Business activity statement (Australia and New Zealand customers) — Will be available in Receivables with updated filters
- Excel Add-in for Invoices — Create, validate, and submit large batches of payable invoices without leaving Excel.
Keep an eye on What’s Next and in‑product notifications so you’re ready as soon as these features become available.
Feature Spotlight: Bank Feeds Just Got More Reliable
Keeping your books current shouldn't mean fighting with your bank connection. That's why it's worth knowing how Financial Edge NXT actually talks to your bank, and why some feeds run smoother than others.
Financial Edge NXT connects to your bank through Yodlee, using one of two methods. Open Banking connections plug directly into your bank's official developer API — the same secure channel banks build for fintech partners. Screen-scraping connections work the old-fashioned way, logging in and reading your bank's website like a person would.
Both get the job done, but Open Banking is the smoother ride: fewer broken links, fewer surprise re-authentication prompts, and richer transaction detail flowing straight into your feeds.
Find your bank in seconds
Blackbaud keeps a full, searchable directory of supported institutions and it's built to save you time. You can filter by country, by account type (bank or credit card), or just search for your institution by name. Each entry shows you:
- Which account types are supported
- Whether it's an Open Banking or screen-scraping connection
- A direct link to your bank's login page and website
No more guessing why your feed behaves a certain way. Now, a quick search tells you exactly what kind of connection you're working with.
Don't see your bank?
You can still connect it via screen-scraping today, and you can request it be added as an Open Banking connection through Blackbaud's New Site Request form.
Bottom line: better bank connections mean less manual cleanup and more time trusting your numbers. Search the directory, check your connection type, and see where you stand.
Total Web Solution Journey
We’re in the home stretch — and we’re extending the timeline!
To support a thoughtful and successful transition, we’re extending the Total Web Solution (TWS) completion timeline from mid‑year to the end of 2026. This additional time allows teams to adopt new web‑based functionality at a comfortable pace while maintaining confidence and continuity.
We truly appreciate your continued partnership as we move through the final phase of our TWS journey and focus on a smooth, successful transition.
You can continue to follow our TWS progress through:
Thank you for being part of this transformation. We look forward to what’s ahead.
Stay in the Know
Thirsty for more Financial Edge NXT knowledge? Here are some of the best ways to learn more about what's coming:
- Community Announcements. The Community is a great way to stay informed. Subscribe to Financial Edge NXT Community Announcements by clicking on the "Subscribe" link at the top of this blog. You can then select how often you want to receive update notifications.
- Release Updates. Check out What's Recent, What's New, and What's Next to get all the details on prior, current, and future releases. To help keep you up to date on the most recent developments, What's New automatically opens when you log in to the web view.
- In-Product Help. Help documentation throughout Financial Edge NXT is context-sensitive. So, no matter where you are in the solution, you can click the bright green question mark at the top right of your screen to get help for that feature.
- Product Update Briefings (PUB). Check out the most recent Financial Edge NXT PUB, now on demand, to hear from our product management team directly on the latest and upcoming development for Financial Edge NXT!
