[5] Funded initially with the $2,000 credit limit on a friend's credit card, Greg Wilkinson started republishing and distributing Quicken & QuickBooks software products in Australia under a licensing agreement with Intuit.

[9] In August 2017, Reckon completed the demerger of its Document Management division into a new London-based company called GetBusy.

[10][11] In November 2017, MYOB announced it would acquire Reckon's Accountants Group for A$180 million.

[12] However, in June 2018, MYOB terminated the deal due to the regulatory processes taking longer than anticipated.

[17] The app accumulated over 30,000 downloads in 4 months making it one of Reckon's most popular products to date.