As we look back on a fast-moving year, one thing is clear: finance teams across Australia and New Zealand have reshaped how organisations operate. From navigating tighter conditions to adopting new technology, 2025 was the year finance went from “processes” to “strategy.”
This month, we’re wrapping up the biggest themes of the year and looking ahead at what will matter most in 2026.
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Wishing you a smooth close to the year and hopefully, a well-earned break.
See you in the new year!
These stories sparked conversation at Weel HQ, so we’re passing them on to you.
This year, finance teams across ANZ didn’t just keep up, they set a new standard.
You built clearer processes, tightened controls, and moved faster, and our platform data across thousands of ANZ finance teams shows it.
These aren’t product stats, they’re signals of how finance is changing.
“This year showed us something important: when finance teams have clarity and control, they move the whole organisation forward. Every improvement we shipped in 2025 was shaped by the problems you trusted us to help solve. We’re proud of the progress we made together, and even more excited for what we’ll build with you in 2026.”
- Daniel Kniaz, Founder & CEO, Weel
To support finance teams in 2026, we'll strengthen the core workflows where accuracy, structure and control matter most.
Finance teams have been asking for deeper structure before spend happens, and it’s almost here. Purchase Orders in Weel will bring more discipline, visibility and control to the very start of the buying process.
With POs, teams will be able to:
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Approvals shouldn’t slow down just because approvers are away from their desks. With mobile card approvals, managers can now review and action spend directly from the Weel app.
Throughout the year, we’ve rolled out AI features designed to remove the repetitive work that slows finance teams down. Nothing flashy, just practical automation that runs in the background.
As 2025 wraps, it’s clear we’re at a turning point. AI has shifted from hype to an actual line item, appearing in budgets, showing up in workflows, and quietly reshaping how teams get work done. Yet for all the noise, there’s been surprisingly little real evidence of what businesses are actually paying for.
So we analysed anonymised spend across 3,500+ Australian SMBs to build the Weel Australian AI Spending Index, a ground-up view of AI adoption based on real transactions, not intentions or surveys.
What we found challenges the headlines, confirms some global patterns, and reveals a few surprises about which industries are leaning in fastest (and which AI tools are winning by a wide margin).
If you're planning budgets, headcount or automation priorities for 2026, this data offers an early signal of where AI is genuinely becoming operational and where it isn’t.
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