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Bench customers are now being forced to hand over their data or risk losing it, they say


After accounting startup Bench abruptly shut down on December 27 and was bought in a fire-sale by Employer.com, Bench customers are now learning they

To recap: When Bench, a startup based in Canada that raised $113 million from investors like Bain Capital Ventures and Shopify, shuttered, it left thousands of businesses without access to their accounting and tax documents. Image Credits: TechCrunch (supplied)The customer decided that he didn’t feel comfortable with remaining a client because Employer.com “does not appear..familiar with really operating this kind of business.” He’s reviewing his options for an alternative provider. Another customer, Michelle Gayle, who serves as a business advisor to Core Insights Group, said she understood that her company – which is owned by her husband – would be able to download its data after consenting to certain terms.

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