BlackLine has been listed by Gartner as a ‘Best-of-Breed’ provider for Enhanced Finance Controls and Automation (EFCA) Software – a renamed category formerly called Close/Reconciliation Management by the global technology industry research leader.

The SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule, Exchange Act Rule 13p-1 and Form SD, which was adopted under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, has been controversial throughout its short history due to questions of business materiality and the costly due diligence requirements of the rule itself.