February 9, 2026
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How Arima Scaled Global Financial Operations and Saved $10,000+ with Loop

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Cash Flow Lag: 90% of their revenue arrives via ACH, which traditional Canadian banks often struggle to handle efficiently.

How Arima Scaled Global Financial Operations and Saved $10,000+ with Loop

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Open Account

90%

Cash Flow Lag: 90% of their revenue arrives via ACH, which traditional Canadian banks often struggle to handle efficiently.

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This integration is extremely important for our business. On a scale of 1 to 10 for feature importance, this is a 9.

Winston Li
Founder

Accounting is officially automated. We’ve launched Canada’s first Direct API Accounting Connectivity to end the era of manual CSV uploads and broken bank feeds. Now, you can sync global transactions to QuickBooks, Xero, and Wave with 1:1 precision and zero manual effort.

The Company:

Arima

Arima is a premier synthetic data and predictive modeling platform that has redefined how marketing professionals make decisions. By providing a sophisticated "privacy-first" data ecosystem, Arima helps brands and agencies understand where to allocate marketing budgets for maximum impact.

Their client roster reads like a “who’s who” of global leaders across consumer, automotive, telecommunications, and professional services. Recognized by top industry publications and decorated with multiple awards, Arima is the trusted engine behind data-driven campaigns for both Fortune 500 companies and high-performing boutique agencies.

The Visionary

Winston Li

At the helm is Winston Li, Arima’s Founder. A leading statistician in marketing measurement, Winston is a pioneer in advanced modeling. Before founding Arima, he led data science teams at PwC Canada and Omnicom Media Group. Winston understands that in both data science and finance, precision is non-negotiable.

The Challenge

The Cost of Global Ambition

As a truly global company, Arima’s financial footprint is borderless. They manage a global team of contractors and employees, subscribe to international software stacks, and travel frequently to U.S. marketing conferences.

Before Loop, Arima faced the same friction as most Canadian scale-ups:

  • Forced Conversions: Paying for USD subscriptions and travel using CAD cards.
  • Cash Flow Lag: 90% of their revenue arrives via ACH, which traditional Canadian banks often struggle to handle efficiently.
  • The "Hidden Tax": Substantial markups on FX and high wire fees for international payroll.

The Solution

A Global Financial Operating System

Arima integrated Loop into the core of its operations to act as a local business in every market it touches.

How Arima uses Loop today:

  • Multi-Currency Cards: Issuing cards to team members for U.S. travel and global SaaS subscriptions, spending directly in USD to avoid conversion fees.
  • Global Payments: Paying contractors and employees overseas in their local currencies (USD, EUR, GBP) using Loop’s local account details.
  • ACH Receivables: Seamlessly collecting 90% of their revenue via ACH, keeping cash flow moving without the typical 1-week bank delay while eliminating payment friction by leveraging local banking rails such as ACH.

The Impact: Based on Arima’s 2025 use of Loop, we estimate that the company saved over $10,000 in fees and FX markups. By eliminating wire fees and the standard 2.5% "hidden tax" on traditional corporate cards, Arima successfully reinvested those savings back into their data models.

Closing the Loop

From Beta to Essential Accounting Automation

As a company that processes 90% of its revenue via ACH and manages payroll across four currencies, Arima’s financial back-office is complex. Before Loop’s accounting launch, Winston’s team was stuck in a cycle of manual reconciliation—downloading separate CSV files for every currency ledger and manually uploading them to ensure their books were accurate.

Winston and the Arima team were instrumental members of our Accounting Beta Group. Their feedback helped us refine the sync logic to ensure that a "direct integration" wasn't just a marketing term, but a tool that could handle the high-pressure demands of a global data company.

The New Standard:

1:1 Financial Precision

With the general release of Loop’s Direct API Accounting Connectivity, Arima has moved from manual workarounds to total automation. By establishing a direct digital bridge to their books, Winston’s team has gained:

  • Automated Multi-Currency Sync: USD, CAD, transactions now flow directly into their native currency accounts. No more manual mapping or "ghost transactions" often caused by legacy screen-scraping methods.
  • Operational Clarity: With real-time visibility into their balances across all entities, the finance team has replaced manual data entry with high-fidelity accuracy.
  • Unlocked Scale: Because the accounting integration removes the administrative tax of international spend, Arima is ramping up their use of Loop cards and global accounts—maximizing their FX savings while keeping their books audit-ready.

For Arima, this isn't just an "add-on" feature; it is the infrastructure that allows them to continue their global expansion without increasing their administrative headcount.

"This integration is extremely important for our business. On a scale of 1 to 10 for feature importance, this is a 9." > — Winston Li, CEO, Arima
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