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Sequence

FINANCE
Velocity5.0

Sequence is assembling the pieces for automatic invoice reconciliation, one at a time.

billingreconciliationinvoicingpaymentsrevenue-operations
◆Current state
Sequence is billing and revenue infrastructure covering quotes, invoicing, payment collection and accounting sync. Recent releases converge on a single problem: knowing which money settled which invoice. Manual payments can now be recorded and settled on the ledger in one step, every payment shows whether it came from Stripe, GoCardless or manual entry, failed Stripe payments retry automatically, and selected invoices carry a running total.
◆Where it's heading
The reconciliation direction is stated rather than inferred — the manual payments release describes itself as a prerequisite for auto-reconciliation. Read together, the recent entries are that prerequisite list being cleared: capture every payment source, label its origin, retry the ones that fail, and total what remains. Alongside it, accounting-team control keeps surfacing, with Xero journal post mode giving finance teams a say in when recognition journals land.
◆Prediction
Automatic reconciliation is the explicit next step, with payment origin labelling and manual payment capture both positioned as groundwork for it. Expect matching rules or suggested matches rather than another manual affordance.

◆Recent moves

  1. 7d ago

    Payment origin on invoices

    The invoice payments table now labels each payment's source — Stripe, GoCardless or manual. Knowing where money came from is a precondition for matching it automatically, which places this squarely in the reconciliation groundwork.

  2. 28d ago

    Manual payments

    Manual payments can be recorded against an invoice and settled on the ledger in a single step. The release names itself a prerequisite for auto-reconciliation, which makes it the clearest statement of where this roadmap is heading.

  3. 1mo ago

    Xero journal post mode

    Finance teams gain control over when recognition journals post to Xero, described as a direct request from accounting-sensitive customers. Timing control over journal entries is the kind of thing that decides whether a finance team will adopt an automated billing system at all.

  4. 1mo ago

    Sort quotes by signature date

    Quotes can be sorted by signature date. A single sort option for account executives tracking recent closes, with no wider effect.

  5. 1mo ago

    Invoice amount tally

    Selected invoices now show a running total, removing a manual adding-up step during reconciliation. Minor as an interface change, but it fits the same pattern of shaving manual work out of the payments workflow.

  6. 1mo ago

    Stripe payment retries

    Failed Stripe payments retry automatically with configurable behavior, so overdue invoices get another attempt without someone chasing them. Recovered revenue with no human step is among the more directly measurable things a billing platform can ship.