The Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP 25C update brings a powerful wave of enhancements to Financials—delivering smarter automation, deeper insights, and expanded global compliance capabilities designed to elevate enterprise finance operations.
Oracle 25C Quarterly Update for Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP brings a powerful wave of enhancements and the Financials offering is at the heart of this release with a rich set of new features, enhancements, and innovations. These updates are designed to drive automation, increase financial control, and improve user productivity across the enterprise.
Here’s a complete breakdown of the Oracle ERP Cloud Financials 25C update to help you stay ahead of the curve.
1. Payables
Centralized Invoice Processing
Enable efficient shared service operations by using a single service provider business unit to process supplier invoices across multiple business units. This functionality centralizes accounts payable operations and reduces overhead.
Country-Specific Withholding Enhancements for Chile
Support local compliance requirements with updated withholding tax functionality tailored for Chile. It includes automation of retention percentages across document types.
Invoice Imaging Machine Learning Enhancements
The embedded machine learning model now supports additional invoice formats, improving OCR accuracy and invoice recognition in Oracle Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR).
REST API for Supplier Invoice Distributions
Use the new Supplier Invoice Distributions REST API to create and manage invoice distribution combinations programmatically, supporting broader integration with external applications.
2. Receivables
Customer Data Management Across Business Units
Manage customer account relationships across multiple business units for streamlined credit and collections processes. This allows centralized data management and reduces data duplication.
Bill Management Enhancements
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Enable customers to download invoice PDFs directly from Oracle Bill Management.
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Enhancements in statement generation, email delivery, and tracking improve customer engagement and reduce support calls.
Cash Application Enhancements
- Updated matching algorithms increase automatic receipt-to-transaction matching accuracy.
- Support now includes applying receipts to credit memos and adjustments for better flexibility.
3. General Ledger (GL)
Budgetary Control Improvements
- Define new rules for fund availability and budget controls.
- View real-time budget consumption insights to better manage financial governance.
AutoPost Criteria Enhancements
Set AutoPost criteria to include journal batches from multiple sources. This provides more robust automation in financial close processes.
Financial Consolidation and Close Enhancements
- Automated calculation of currency translation adjustments.
- Expanded ownership calculation logic supports complex consolidation scenarios.
4. Assets
Expanded REST API for Asset Transactions
The 25C update expands REST API support for asset retirements, transfers, and reclassifications, providing more flexibility for integrations with asset management systems.
Improved Mass Transaction Management
Enhancements to UI and processing performance for mass additions, retirements, and transfers improve asset tracking and lifecycle management.
5. Expenses
Mobile and Offline Support
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- Better offline functionality in the Oracle Expenses mobile app.
- Real-time fraud detection alerts enhance compliance and employee accountability.
Expense Audit Enhancements
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Define new automatic audit selection criteria.
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Additional validations ensure compliance with corporate policies and identify anomalies early.
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6. Collections
Strategy Management Enhancements
Manage more complex dunning strategies with added flexibility. Enhanced KPIs provide deeper insights into collection performance and team effectiveness.
Improved Collections Work Area
Updated segmentation, filtering, and sorting capabilities within the Collections Work Area empower collectors with better tools for prioritizing and resolving delinquent accounts.
7. Intercompany
Enhanced Global Intercompany Functionality
- Improved transaction approval routing for intercompany transactions.
- Strengthened balancing and reconciliation across legal entities and ledgers.
8. Tax
Tax Reporting and Compliance
- New country-specific VAT and GST reports support global compliance efforts.
- Dashboards provide visibility into tax liabilities, filings, and remittances.
Enhanced Tax Rule Configuration
- Redesigned user experience for creating and managing product and location-based tax rules.
- Comprehensive audit trails track changes and improve governance.
9. Reporting and Analytics
Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) Enhancements
- Additional subject areas for Payables, Receivables, and Expenses offer more granular reporting.
- Enhanced dashboard interactivity and transaction-level drill-downs support data-driven decision-making.
Smart View Enhancements
Oracle Smart View for Office sees performance and usability upgrades, improving how finance teams create, analyse, and share reports in Excel.
10. Automation and Extensibility
Approval Workflow Enhancements
- Create more dynamic approval workflows using new conditions and expressions.
- Customize routing logic with user-defined attributes for precise control.
Expanded Integration via REST and SOAP APIs
- New and updated APIs provide broader access to financial data across Payables, General Ledger, and Fixed Assets.
- Updated documentation makes it easier for developers to implement integrations.
Conclusion: Maximizing the Value of Oracle ERP Financials 25C
The Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP 25C Financials Update introduces several important innovations that improve automation, streamline global operations, and offer actionable financial insights. From enhanced accounts payable automation to expanded budgetary control, the 25C release positions organizations to better manage complexity and compliance in a global economy.
As always, it’s advisable to test new features in a sandbox or non-production environment before rolling them out enterprise wide.
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