Class, the provider of the award-winning Class Super, Australia’s leading cloud-based solution for administering self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), has announced two new product features to further streamline SMSF administration and unlock the value of Class solutions for its clients and partners.
As part of its drive to continue to build its partner ecosystem and deliver whole of business integrated solutions, the cloud software specialist has launched a new suite of APIs (application programming interface) and ‘Login with Class’ functionality, to enhance security, usability and connectivity for over 80,000 SMSFs administered on the Class system today.
The new Class APIs use the latest security protocol – the OAuth 2.0 framework – making possible a secure mechanism to instantly populate data, sync information or extract/ input data between programs.
Class APIs enable industry partners and end users to build innovative software solutions, automate data entry, prepopulate workpapers and build other time saving tools – driving significant efficiency gains, improved accuracy and enhanced user experiences.
Utilisation of APIs has grown at a significant rate over the past few years with cloud providers reshaping the way SMSF professionals work. This has been evident in a number of industries, primarily legal documentation suppliers, Customer Relationship Management providers, property services, actuarial certificates and SMSF audit solutions.
Kevin Bungard, CEO and Executive Director said: “We watched our partners build a level of technology integration into our offering over the years and the momentum for this was only continuing. However with all things Class we want to set the benchmark for integration and the release of this suite of Class APIs allows us to further enhance the Class experience.”
Class has additionally developed ‘Login with Class’, a single sign on facility which provides a more user-friendly and secure access process to integrated solutions. With a single click, there is direct authentication of the end user, enabling greater security across different applications, as well as a faster log on process.
Class early access program
A number of Class partners are participating in an early access program for the new APIs and Login with Class functionality. These include Auditflow, CaseWare, DBA, NowInfinity and Topdocs. Additional partners will be announced over the coming months.
For Rich Neal, CEO of Auditflow and an Early Access integration partner, the continued innovation from Class is ideal: “We were really pleased to be involved in the early access program for the Class APIs. The Auditflow focus has always been to support the audit process, providing everything for our clients. This suite of APIs supports this and greatly contributes to our path for faster and more efficient audits. We are really excited about what the future will bring.”
Craig Waldon, CEO of CaseWare and an early access integration partner said: “The new offering from Class is an important consideration for CaseWare and our auditor customers. We are moving away from desktop-to-cloud, directly to cloud-to-cloud and we find the vision that Class provides entirely in line with our strategy to be ahead of the latest technology and also remain very service focused and provide highly efficient solutions for our auditors.”
Michael Spakman, Director, Topdocs and an early access integration partner said: “Topdocs has a long standing relationship with Class Super, having developed a range of seamless integrations for Class users over the years to make the process of ordering quality SMSF documentation quick and easy. We are very pleased to be part of Class Super’s early release program and to partner with them as they roll out their new breed of APIs, technology that will enable Class Super users to order Topdocs documentation largely without the need to key in any client details during the ordering process.
Source: Class
Note: This statement was corrected and reissued on 6/7/15
