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New feature round-up: Edition 8

It’s time for our latest quarterly feature round-up: summer 2023. In this edition, we’re bringing you some…

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  • Technology and AI
  • 7 minutes

Increase Return on Software Investments: The 2025 Guide for Financial Services

As we approach 2025, the financial services industry is doubling down on software investments to...

  • Product news
  • 3 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #12

Welcome to our third feature round-up of the year! We’re excited to share our latest feature...

  • Efficiency Tips|How to guides|Power BI
  • 5 minutes

5 Effective Ways of Exporting Power BI to PowerPoint

Want to speed up report creation by connecting Power BI to PowerPoint? Discover five efficient...

  • Finance insights|Technology and AI
  • 5 minutes

Build vs Buy: Why Investment Banks Are Choosing to Purchase Software

Providing your teams’ with cutting-edge software is necessary to stay ahead of the competition and...

  • Efficiency Tips
  • 6 minutes

Pitchbook Automation: Ultimate Guide to Creating Better Proposals

Tired of manual data embedding and endless rounds of reviews? Learn everything you need to...

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UpSlide logo (white bolt on red background and text) next to Wealth and Finance Fintech Award logo (text based) on blue background surrounded by colorful icons
  • Company news
  • 3 minutes

UpSlide Wins Most Innovative Brand Compliance Automation Solution Award in the Wealth and Finance FinTech Awards 2024

LONDON, September 26, 2024 – UpSlide, the leading brand compliance automation solution for Microsoft 365...

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  • Efficiency Tips|How to guides|Power BI
  • 5 minutes

Power Query: The 2024 Beginners’ Guide

Ever wondered what the Microsoft 365 add-in Power Query is and how it works? If...

  • Efficiency Tips|How to guides|Power BI
  • 5 minutes

The Top Four Ways to Export Power BI to Excel

Looking to export Power BI data to Excel? Explore our top four recommendations to improve...

  • Branding and design|How to guides
  • 7 minutes

Everything You Need to Know About Brand Compliance

What do you think of when you hear the term ‘brand compliance’? For many, it...

  • Efficiency Tips|Excel|How to guides|PowerPoint
  • 4 minutes

How to Link Excel to PowerPoint and Save Hours of Time

Let’s explore efficient ways of linking Excel to PowerPoint—from native embedding to UpSlide’s dynamic link...

  • Product news
  • 4 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #11

Welcome to our second feature round-up of the year! In this edition, we’ll be introducing...

  • Branding and design|How to guides
  • 5 minutes

Brand Audits: Why They’re Important and How to Ensure Success

Conducting a deep dive brand audit will enable you to step into your clients’, prospects’...

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  • Branding and design

Strengthen Your Financial Services Branding Strategy With 9 Advanced Tips and Examples

Struggling to execute branding strategies with so much red tape? This guide helps you overcome...

  • How to guides
  • 6 minutes

The Ultimate Guide to Document Automation

Are your teams facing significant inefficiencies or bottlenecks in their content generation workflows? Read this...

  • Finance insights|Technology and AI
  • 5 minutes

Investment Banking Software Implementation: Challenges and Strategies

Discover expert insights from 600+ IT leaders as they reveal how they tackle change management...

  • Finance insights|Technology and AI
  • 4 minutes

Investment Banking Software: How to Choose the Right Solution and Effectively Deploy It

When your firm is looking at investing in new tech, how do you choose a...

  • Technology and AI
  • 4 minutes

7 New Excel Formulas That Will Boost Your Productivity in 2024

2024 has been a great year for new Excel formulas. From enjoying updates to the...

Automated Reporting in Finance: How to Choose the Best Tool
Automated Reporting in Finance: How to Choose the Best Tool
  • How to guides
  • 5 minutes

Automated Reporting in Finance: How to Choose the Best Tool

Financial reporting teams are constantly seeking more efficient ways to boost productivity when building recurring...

  • Efficiency Tips|How to guides|Technology and AI
  • 5 minutes

The 2024 Guide to PowerPoint Add Ins

PowerPoint is the cornerstone of business communication, strategy, and collaboration, with most of us spending...

  • Efficiency Tips|Excel|Finance insights
  • 5 minutes

5 Ways to Make Beautiful Financial Charts and Graphs in Excel

Financial charts and graphs are the foundation of every pitchbook and report in the industry....

  • Technology and AI
  • 6 minutes

Our SOC 2 Compliance Checklist: Everything You Need to Know

Embarking on the journey to SOC 2 compliance marks a significant milestone for any organization,...

  • Product news
  • 4 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #10

Welcome to our first round-up of 2024! In this edition, we’ll share exciting updates that...

  • Branding and design|How to guides
  • 5 minutes

How to Rebrand Your PowerPoint Template: a Step-by-Step Guide

For finance and professional services firms in particular, PowerPoint templates are the backbone of a...

  • Branding and design|Efficiency Tips|How to guides
  • 5 minutes

How to Manage Signatures in Outlook

Successful businesses must effectively and consistently present their brand identity across multiple platforms, including their...

  • How to guides
  • 4 minutes

3 Ways to Achieve Faster Financial Document Generation

In the competitive landscape of the financial services industry, the way your business builds and...

  • Efficiency Tips|How to guides
  • 5 minutes

How To Reduce Excel File Size in 8 Easy Ways

Florence, UpSlide’s Senior Consultant and Excel expert, has a few easy hacks up her sleeve...

  • Client Stories|Corporates|Finance and reporting|Industry|Team
  • 3 minutes

TotalEnergies Delivers Accurate, Best-Practice Reports with UpSlide

Building high-quality reports under tight deadlines is a familiar challenge for any reporting team, and...

Reporting Automation: The 2024 Guide for Saving Time
Reporting Automation: The 2024 Guide for Saving Time
  • How to guides
  • 6 minutes

Reporting Automation: The 2024 Guide for Saving Time

Producing high-quality reports within strict deadlines is a familiar challenge for many financial reporting teams....

  • How to guides
  • 5 minutes

The 2024 Guide to Content Enablement

Content is at the core of your business. It’s how your teams highlight your values,...

  • Technology and AI
  • 3 minutes

Our Top 5 Copilot Announcements From Microsoft Ignite 2023

It’s been an exciting year for Microsoft; firstly, becoming OpenAI’s biggest investor, then introducing their...

  • Product news
  • 4 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #9

Welcome to our final round-up of 2023! This quarter, we’re bringing some exciting new features...

  • Company news|Technology and AI
  • 3 minutes

UpSlide, Copilot and Generative AI

Microsoft 365 released their highly-awaited AI-powered assistant, Copilot, on November 1st to companies with an...

  • Company news
  • 5 minutes

The Next Step in UpSlide’s Journey: Welcoming Partech

Earlier this year, we decided to embark on a new phase of our journey and...

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UpSlide favicon (white bolt on red squared background) next to Partech favicon (A stylized letter P) on blue background surrounded by small stars
  • Company news
  • 3 minutes

Partech Acquires Minority Stake in UpSlide

PARIS, September 20, 2023 – UpSlide, the leading provider of productivity and brand compliance Software-as-a-Service...

  • Product news
  • 3 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #8

It’s time for our latest quarterly feature round-up: summer 2023. In this edition, we’re bringing...

  • Finance insights|Technology and AI
  • 5 minutes

AI in Finance: Insights From a B2B SaaS CEO

In the past few months, we’ve seen growing excitement around AI and its potential to...

  • Technology and AI
  • 5 minutes

Our Take on Microsoft Build 2023

This year’s Microsoft Build was arguably one of the most awaited to date. Just a...

  • Finance insights|Technology and AI
  • 7 minutes

Will Microsoft Copilot Reinvent the Future of Work in Finance? 

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) arms race is truly heating up. As tech giants go all in on...

  • Product news
  • 3 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #7

Welcome to UpSlide’s latest feature round-up: spring 2023. We’re expanding even further into the Microsoft...

  • Company news
  • 4 minutes

Making Our Mark: Going Beyond B Corp

In case you missed it, we officially became B Corp Certified at the end of...

  • Efficiency Tips|How to guides|Power BI
  • 5 minutes

4 Effective Ways of Connecting Power BI to PowerPoint

More and more financial professionals have been adopting Power BI, the Microsoft software that is...

  • Company news|How to guides
  • 5 minutes

How to Become B Corp Certified: Lessons From UpSlide

Looking to become B Corp Certified? You’ve come to the right place. In November 2022,...

  • Company news
  • 4 minutes

Save Time and Create Winning Content with UpSlide and Pitchly

Financial and professional services firms rely heavily on their front-line teams to create impactful pitchbooks...

  • Product news
  • 3 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #6

Welcome to UpSlide’s winter feature round-up! We’ve been working hard to bring you some exciting...

  • Company news
  • 5 minutes

From A to B Corp: UpSlide’s Mission for Positive Impact

We are proud to announce that UpSlide is now a Certified B Corporation. In the...

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UpSlide logo (white bolt on red background and text) next to B Corp Corporation logo (black text) on green background
  • Company news
  • 3 minutes

UpSlide Achieves B Corp Certification 

PARIS, November 22, 2022 – UpSlide, the leading productivity and brand compliance solution in Microsoft...

  • Finance insights
  • 5 minutes

What Bankers Really Want… from the Bankers Themselves

Today’s bankers are trying harder than ever to preserve their mental and physical well-being –...

  • Product news
  • 3 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #5

Welcome to UpSlide’s new feature round-up! Here are some recent product updates that will further...

  • Efficiency Tips|Power BI
  • 6 minutes

4 Tips For a Smooth Transition to Power BI

Power BI is an extremely powerful tool which can transform reporting across many different departments....

  • Efficiency Tips|PowerPoint
  • 5 minutes

The Importance of Document Security and How to Make Sure You Are Working Safely

Maintaining high levels of security is of utmost priority for financial and professional services companies...

  • Efficiency Tips|How to guides|Power BI
  • 3 minutes

The Quick and Easy Ways to Export Power BI to Word

Power BI has revolutionized data visualization, enabling finance teams to present their data in a...

  • Branding and design|Efficiency Tips|PowerPoint
  • 4 minutes

8 Powerful PowerPoint Tips to Avoid Easy Mistakes

Microsoft PowerPoint was launched in 1990 and has since become the number-one presentation software, used...

  • Branding and design
  • 4 minutes

4 Mistakes to Avoid With Your Rebrand Launch

Embarking on a rebrand is one thing; making sure you have a successful launch is...

  • Finance insights
  • 4 minutes

7 Ways Investment Banks are Improving Junior Banker Retention

Investment banks are currently experiencing the busiest time the industry has ever seen, bringing in...

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  • Client Stories|Content Library|Excel to PowerPoint Link|Feature|Front office|Industry|Investment banking|IT|Team
  • 2 minutes

DC Advisory Helps Bankers Save Time and Work Smarter with UpSlide

At a time when working remotely has become both commonplace and necessary, more than ever...

  • Product news
  • 3 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #4

Welcome to UpSlide’s winter round-up! We’ve kickstarted 2022 with some great new features and improvements,...

  • Branding and design
  • 4 minutes

How to Create a PowerPoint Template: 5 Easy Steps

When it comes to brand perception, for many financial and professional services firms, PowerPoint presentations...

  • Product news
  • 3 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #3

Welcome to UpSlide’s autumn round-up! We’ve rolled out multiple feature improvements over the last few...

  • Company news
  • 3 minutes

The Recipe for Happiness at Work, by Philippe Chazalon

It is in a company’s best interest to nurture happiness at work. A study by...

  • Finance insights
  • 4 minutes

Report: How Productive Is the Finance Industry in Microsoft Office?

Microsoft Office is used widely across all areas of the banking and finance industry (Investment...

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UpSlide logo (white bolt on red background and text) next to Getty Images logo (text) on pink background
  • Company news
  • 3 minutes

UpSlide Integrates Getty Images Visual Content into its Microsoft Add-in to Streamline Presentation Creation in PowerPoint

PARIS, July 31, 2021 – UpSlide, the solution adding ingenious features to Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel,...

  • Product news
  • 3 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #2

Welcome to our summer feature round-up! Our developers have been working hard to bring you...

  • Product news
  • 4 minutes

New Feature Round-Up: Edition #1

Want to know what’s new in the UpSlide V6.7 release? We’re introducing a revamped Account...

  • Efficiency Tips|Technology and AI
  • 3 minutes

What Are the Benefits of Working With a Microsoft Partner?

The Microsoft Partner label means that a company is officially recognized by Microsoft as a...

  • Efficiency Tips|Excel
  • 4 minutes

Top 6 Excel Financial Functions

It is no secret that financial analysts spend the majority of their working day on...

  • Efficiency Tips|How to guides
  • 4 minutes

6 Steps to Select the Best Productivity Tool

The never-ending quest for performance and profitability, coupled with increased competition, is pushing companies to...

  • Efficiency Tips|Power BI
  • 4 minutes

Power BI vs Tableau: 10 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Business Intelligence Tool

More and more professionals are using BI (Business Intelligence) tools to make decisions based on real data:...

  • Branding and design
  • 3 minutes

6 Steps to Launching Our New Visual Identity

UpSlide has a new look! After having guided many of our customers through their rebranding...

  • Efficiency Tips|Excel
  • 3 minutes

Top 3 Excel Tips to Become an Productivity Champion

Microsoft Excel is used by more than 750 million people around the world but only...

  • Finance insights|Power BI
  • 5 minutes

The Top 3 Use Cases for Power BI in Finance

Big data, data science, data-driven… these phrases have become part of our everyday vocabulary. Today,...

  • How to guides
  • 3 minutes

How to Strengthen Your Company’s Management Strategy

Crises are not only pivotal moments for a company – but also for their leaders....

  • Efficiency Tips|Excel
  • 5 minutes

16 Basic Excel Tips to Transform Your Spreadsheets

When working in finance, Excel is such a powerful tool for manipulating and displaying data...

  • Branding and design|How to guides
  • 4 minutes

UI Design: How to Redesign the Interface and UX

Icons are everywhere in our daily lives: applications, software, websites, etc. These pictograms or simple...

  • How to guides|Product news
  • 3 minutes

How To Work From Home Efficiently With UpSlide

Today, everyone has to adapt their working methods, starting with enabling remote working within the...

  • Product news
  • 2 minutes

What’s New in Excel With the Latest UpSlide 6.5

With our brand new Excel features, you will be able to format cells and charts in...

  • Non classé
  • 3 minutes

Why We’ve Made Having a Positive Impact a Priority

This year UpSlide celebrated its 10th anniversary, and we took this as an opportunity to think about the positive...

  • Company news
  • 2 minutes

UpSlide 10 Years Later: Our Path Towards a Positive Impact

It’s been 10 years since UpSlide and the financial modeling company Finance 3.1 were founded. Both...

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  • 2 minutes

#HappinessAtWork by UpSlide

We are proud to reach the 1st place in the HappyIndex®/AtWork 2019 ranking (26+ employees...

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The pitchbook of tomorrow

The dynamic and ultra-competitive business environment of investment banking is being driven more than ever...

  • Non classé

The Pitchbook is dead. Long live the Pitchbook!

In today’s digital era, a lot of investment bankers are relying on mobile devices more...

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How to Make a Good PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentations can be time-consuming and stressful: it is not always easy to bring together...

  • Branding and design|Efficiency Tips|PowerPoint
  • 5 minutes

10 PowerPoint Tips and Tricks to Boost Productivity

Love it or hate it, PowerPoint is essential when it comes to business presentations. Whether...

  • Technology and AI
  • 4 minutes

The 7 Most Epic Excel Creations Ever

Many associate the Microsoft tool with headaches from crunching numbers and tedious charts but there’s more...

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