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Ascend 2022 Review

What is Ascend? Ascend is the second annual conference run by the OATUG (Oracle Applications and Technology User Group) and OHUG (Oracle HCM User Group), held…

Accurate Currency Exchange Rates for ERP Applications

Accurate Currency Exchange Rates for ERP Applications

Organizations that work with multi-currency need to ensure accurate currency exchange rates for accounting purposes. These exchange rates are used to convert transactions amounts to the…

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Venezuela Currency Revaluation – October 2021 

The Venezuelan government decided to complete a Venezuela currency revaluation October. This was the third revaluation within in the past three years. History  In August of 2018,…

FXLoader integration with zuora

FXLoader Integration with Zuora Billing Application

FXLoader and Zuora for Billing The newest FXLoader feature allows users to utilize integration with Zuora Billing. FXLoader offers clients the flexibility to push FX rates…

Bloomberg Rates Available In FXLoader

Bloomberg Rates Available In FXLoader

We have always been committed to providing the leading sources of FX rates within FXLoader, based on the market and requests from clients. However, Bloomberg was…

Ascend Conference 2021

Our Experience During the Ascend 2021 Oracle Conference

FXLoader recently had the opportunity to attend Ascend 2021: Elevating Insights for the Oracle Community in Hollywood, Florida (IN-PERSON!). Virtual & In-Person For many people, 2021 OATUG Ascend was…

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ERP Automation

At FXLoader we work with tier-1 ERPs, the two most popular being Oracle ERP Cloud and Oracle E-Business Suite, which are also where I spent my…

Netsuite to Oracle ERP Cloud

Netsuite to Oracle ERP Cloud

We have helped a number of new clients with the FX rate portion of their migration from Netsuite to Oracle ERP Cloud. Often, the motivation for…

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ECB Missing Rates 30-Jan-2021

The European Central Bank (ECB) publish FX rates every weekday, from the Euro (EUR) to 33 major currencies. Over the years, the rates published have been…

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Currency Redenominations

Most countries do not fix their currency rates at a particular value – their currency fluctuates in value depending on the market. But some countries choose…

FXLoader in 2020

FXLoader in 2020

There’s been a lot of analysis of 2020, the strangest of years. We thought it might be useful to leave out the pandemic (plenty has been…

INVERSE OF AN AVERAGE VS THE AVERAGE OF INVERSES: WHY ARE THEY NOT THE SAME?

INVERSE OF AN AVERAGE vs THE AVERAGE OF INVERSES: Why are they not the same?

Every number has an “inverse” which is calculated by dividing 1 by that number. For example, the inverse of 5 is 1/5 (or 0.2) Consider a…

HOW TO GET FX CROSS RATES – TRIANGULATION VS DIRECT FROM SOURCE

HOW TO GET FX CROSS RATES – TRIANGULATION VS DIRECT FROM SOURCE

What is a Cross Rate? Let’s assume USD is your main currency, and you get FX rates for USD with other currencies, e.g. USD>EUR, USD>CAD, USD>AUD…

OATUG FORUM ONLINE SESSIONS (COLLABORATE20 REPLACEMENT)

OATUG Forum Online Sessions (Collaborate20 Replacement)

As you are probably aware, the Collaborate20 conference in Las Vegas has been cancelled, along with every other in-person conference at this time. The good news…

HOW TO RECONCILE OANDA FX CURRENCY RATES TO YOUR ERP

How to reconcile OANDA FX currency rates to your ERP

Many companies choose OANDA as the source for FX rates as they are a reliable, well-trusted rates provider. They publish Market Rates for every tradeable currency.…

WHY THE DATE TO LOAD FX RATES INTO IN YOUR ERP NEEDS CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.

Why the Date to Load FX Rates into in Your ERP Needs Careful Consideration

When loading FX rates into Oracle it is important to consider the date that you will be loading the rates into. This may be influenced by…

FXLoader JDE AIS Orchestration

FXLoader JDE AIS Orchestration

FXLoader for JD Edwards E1 has been available for a few years now using Business Services (BSSV).  We provide a UBE and BSSV process to pull…

Does it matter how many FX rates we load into our ERP?

Does it matter how many FX rates we load into our ERP?

It is important to carefully consider which currency exchange rates you actually need when choosing which ones to load into your ERP.  Whilst loading more FX…

FXLoader on Oracle Cloud PaaS – PaaS4SaaS

FXLoader on Oracle Cloud PaaS – PaaS4SaaS

FXLoader FXLoader is a cloud application that integrates currency rates, from leading sources, into Oracle ERP Cloud (Fusion) and other ERP applications. It is currently the…

DECIMAL PLACES vs SIGNIFICANT FIGURES for FX Rates: Why the wrong choice can have a major impact on your company accounts

DECIMAL PLACES vs SIGNIFICANT FIGURES for FX Rates: Why the wrong choice can have a major impact on your company accounts

Many companies standardise on a certain number of decimal places when they use currency rates. However, this can be dangerous for low value currencies, creating very…

Oracle Cloud Apps Release 13 Web Service Change

Oracle Cloud Apps Release 13 Web Service Change

Release 13 Most of our clients using Oracle ERP Cloud, or Oracle Sales Cloud, are currently (October 2017) on Release 12. In fact, some of them…

Foreign Currency in Oracle ERP Cloud – The Basics

Foreign Currency in Oracle ERP Cloud – The Basics

Oracle ERP Cloud (aka Financials Cloud or Fusion) has extensive multi-currency functionality, as you’d expect. This post looks at the basics of how this works, for…

Starting Out With Multi-Currency

Starting Out With Multi-Currency

Let’s assume you are accounting quite happily for your single company, transacting in your single ‘home’ currency only. Let’s assume you’re in the US, so everything…

Why We Love Collaborate

Why We Love Collaborate

I’ve been to various Oracle User Group conferences, as a presenter, exhibitor and a regular attendee looking to learn as much as possible. Collaborate is definitely…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 44

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 44

Date: 15th December 2016 Release 44 includes the following enhancement: Date Offset – Allow Forward Offset Previously, the Date Offset for Fetch stages had to be…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 43

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 43

Date: 12th December 2016 Release 43 includes the following enhancements: Inquiry Only Users You can now set up users with access to the FXLoader application who…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 41

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 41

Date: 14th November 2016 Release 41 includes the following enhancement: Improve Web Service Error Reporting In the event of a failure of a web service call,…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 42

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 42

Release 42 includes the following enhancements: Back-Fill Speed Improvement We have added the ability to increase the frequency of runs for those needing a backfill of…

FXLoader Wins GOLD at UKOUG Partner Awards

FXLoader Wins GOLD at UKOUG Partner Awards

We’re pleased to announce that FXLoader won the ISV Innovative category at the UK Oracle User Group Partner of the Year Awards. This is the first…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 40

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 40

Date: 30th September 2016 Release 40 includes the following enhancements: Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite via Integrated SOA Gateway You can now send rates from FXLoader…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 39

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 39

Date: 2nd September 2016 Release 39 includes the following enhancements: Colombia Central Bank Rates The official rates from COP to USD, published by the Colombian Central…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 38

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 38

Date: 16th August 2016 Release 38 includes the following enhancements: Period Average By Currency Set and Instance We’ve added the ability to restrict the period average…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 37

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 37

Date: 12th August 2016 Release 37 includes the following enhancements: Qlikview REST Service A new REST service providing access to your FX rates in Qlikview format…

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 36 – Improvements

FXLoader Cloud Service Release 36 – Improvements

We’ve implemented some improvements to the FXLoader Cloud Service over the last few months, so thought it would be a good idea to pull them all…

Choosing Currency Rates To Use In Your ERP

Choosing Currency Rates To Use In Your ERP

So you have a multi-currency ERP/accounting application. It has a place to enter FX rates and great functionality to use them for converting transactions, revaluations, etc.…

Market Rates Quote Types

Market Rates Quote Types

Our two most popular sources of currency rates are OANDA and Xignite. Both provide Bid and Ask rates for each currency pair, as well as the…

Why You Might Need Central Bank Rates In Your ERP

Why You Might Need Central Bank Rates In Your ERP

Currency exchange rates are needed in ERP applications, to convert foreign currency transactions to the reporting currency of your organization(s). But where do you get those…

FXLoader is going to Las Vegas!

FXLoader is going to Las Vegas!

    We’re thrilled to be attending COLLABORATE 16. Held at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, from April 10-14, 2016, COLLABORATE 16: Technology and Applications…

OUG Ireland – Integrating with ERP Cloud

OUG Ireland – Integrating with ERP Cloud

Peter Care will be presenting on how to integrate with Oracle ERP Cloud at this year’s OUG Ireland conference. If you’re interested please come along at…

Bank of England Exchange Rates

Bank of England Exchange Rates

We have now added currency exchange rates published by the Bank of England to our Oracle E-Business Suite integration and our FXLoader Cloud Service for integration…

UK HMRC Exchange Rates

UK HMRC Exchange Rates

We have recently added currency exchange rates published by UK HMRC to our Oracle E-Business Suite integration and our FXLoader Cloud Service for integration with Oracle…

Oracle ERP Cloud Web Service Changes

Oracle ERP Cloud Web Service Changes

Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications contains a very useful web service which opens up all the File Based Data Imports (FBDI) so that they can be fully…

Going to Oracle Open World?

Going to Oracle Open World?

If you are coming to OOW15, from Sunday 25th October to Thursday 29th October 2015, and would like to meet up, please get in touch. We…

New Press Release – FXLoader on Oracle Cloud Marketplace

New Press Release – FXLoader on Oracle Cloud Marketplace

You can read our press release with Oracle below, on the benefits of the Oracle Cloud Market. Press Release

Foreign Currency in Oracle E-Business Suite – Period Rates

Foreign Currency in Oracle E-Business Suite – Period Rates

How are Period Rates used? Daily Rates are used in E-Business Suite (EBS) to convert foreign currency transactions to the functional currency of your set of…

Period Average Rates Added to FXLoader Cloud Service

Period Average Rates Added to FXLoader Cloud Service

The FXLoader Cloud Service loads currency exchange rates into Oracle Cloud Applications and now supports period average rates. Period Average rates are frequently needed in Oracle…

DOAG Oracle User Group Conference

DOAG Oracle User Group Conference

We’ll be at the DOAG BSK conference in Darmstadt, Germany on 9th and 10th June 2015. If you are attending, please come along to our session…

Demo of Integration with Oracle Fusion Cloud Apps

Demo of Integration with Oracle Fusion Cloud Apps

We have created and released a demo video of FXLoader Cloud Service and how it integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, such as Oracle ERP Cloud…

Visit us at stand 1437 at Collaborate 15 in Las Vegas

Visit us at stand 1437 at Collaborate 15 in Las Vegas

  Collaborate 15 is nearly upon us – April 12-16, 2015 (Sunday-Thursday) Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada USA FXLoader will be there at stand 1437, so please…

Oracle Cloud Marketplace Listing

Oracle Cloud Marketplace Listing

FXLoader Cloud Service is now available to load currency exchange rates into Oracle Cloud Applications. FXLoader is the first application, globally, to be available to integrate…

Reuters DSS Available

Reuters DSS Available

FXLoader are now able to offer Reuters DSS (DataScope Select) integration. Reuters DSS allows web service access to the familiar Reuters financial data. FXLoader has incorporated…

UKOUG Financials SIG – London 10th Sep 2014

UKOUG Financials SIG – London 10th Sep 2014

We are again sponsoring the UKOUG Financials SIG meeting, taking place in London on Wednesday 10th September 2014, at One Drummond Gate. As always, there will be some…

Xignite added as a rates source

Xignite added as a rates source

We are now partners with Xignite and have a number of clients live using their exchange rates web-service as the source to load into Oracle E-Business…

UKOUG Financials SIG – Manchester 15th May 2014

UKOUG Financials SIG – Manchester 15th May 2014

FXLoader were again sponsoring the Financials SIG of the UKOUG, this time in Manchester. We also presented a session on Multi-Currency Functionality in E-Business Suite. Please…

OANDA Release New Rates Service

OANDA Release New Rates Service

OANDA have replaced their FXCSV and FXML services with a new API for accessing their exchange rates, called ‘Exchange Rates for Business’. The latest release of…

Foreign Currency in Oracle E-Business Suite – The Basics

Foreign Currency in Oracle E-Business Suite – The Basics

Ledger/Set of Books in Oracle General Ledger Oracle GL stores all account balances, updated by financial transactions in all other modules of E-Business Suite (EBS). Ledgers,…

Collaborate 14 in Las Vegas: April 7-11

Collaborate 14 in Las Vegas: April 7-11

We will be in Las Vegas from 7 to 11 April 2014 for COLLABORATE 14: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community at The Venetian and…

UKOUG Financials SIG Birmingham 13th March

UKOUG Financials SIG Birmingham 13th March

FXLoader is sponsoring the 2014 UKOUG Financials SIG Meetings. The first one is in Birmingham on 13th March. Here’s the agenda and registration details

ECB Rates Source Added

ECB Rates Source Added

FXLoader now supports the European Central Bank (ECB) as a source of exchange rates, in addition to OANDA. The ECB provide a free service to access…

OAUG Connection Point in DC 22-23 Oct

OAUG Connection Point in DC 22-23 Oct

FXLoader will have a stand at the OAUG Connection Point EBS 12.x/EPM/BI conference, taking place in Washington, DC 22-23 October. If you are attending, please stop…

Collaborate 13 Review

Collaborate 13 Review

We’re very pleased to have made the trip to our first Collaborate conference in Denver! It was good to talk to so many people and share…

FXLoader at Collaborate 13

FXLoader at Collaborate 13

FXLoader has a stand at the OAUG Collaborate 13 conference in Denver, Colorado – April 7-11 2013. If you’re attending, please call in and visit us…

Daily Rates Load Demo Available

Daily Rates Load Demo Available

A demo of the Daily Rates Load product has been released. View Demo

Low Volume Usage Option Launched

Low Volume Usage Option Launched

Organizations whose accounting procedures use a single set of exchange rates for an entire month can now make use of a new low-volume usage option from…

New OANDA Partnership Allows One-Stop Subscription

New OANDA Partnership Allows One-Stop Subscription

FXLoader has updated the partnership with OANDA so that clients can now subscribe to the OANDA FXCSV service within their license for FXLoader. The OANDA FXCSV…

Release 12 Period Average Rates Announced

Release 12 Period Average Rates Announced

Period Rates are no longer held separately in Release 12; instead you specify a Daily Rate Type to use for your period end and period average…

FXLoader Launched As New Name for Oracle E-Business Suite Exchange Rates Load

FXLoader Launched As New Name for Oracle E-Business Suite Exchange Rates Load

FXLoader is the new name for the products previously known as Oracle E-Business Suite Exchange Rates Load from Care I.T. Services. The products have been trusted…