Efficiency
Computerized financial information systems are faster and more efficient in processing data. The use of hardware such as scanners automatically generates accounting information without much ado. The information is available almost immediately. The cost of hardware such as computers is low and the availability of cheaper and user-friendly accounting software makes accounting information systems affordable. Computerized financial systems enable users to access it promptly by the click of a mouse. Unlike manual, which by the way is still very much in existence as some companies want to keep both electronic and manual accounting information systems, the user does not have to go through a pile of paper work in order to locate the information he needs.