Στίλβων · stil-bon · “the gleaming one”

The Greek name for Mercury. Now it keeps your books.

In antiquity, Stilbon was the wandering star of Hermes — god of commerce, merchants, and accounts — and the name the Greeks gave the planet Mercury. Today it’s double-entry bookkeeping built natively on Mercury Bank: every transaction, automatically balanced.

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Early access · Read-only by default · Books that close themselves

Stilbon · General Ledger · June 2026
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Why Stilbon

Your books, kept in real time.

Stilbon reads directly from Mercury and maintains an immutable double-entry ledger underneath everything — so your numbers are always correct, always current, always audit-ready.

Native Mercury sync

Transactions, balances, and statements stream in directly from Mercury via API and webhooks. No CSV uploads, ever.

True double-entry

Every transaction posts as balanced debits and credits to an immutable ledger. Your trial balance always ties out.

Auto-categorization

Rules and smart suggestions classify spend the moment it lands. Approve a category once, apply it forever.

Continuous reconciliation

Stilbon matches every ledger entry to Mercury in real time and flags anything that drifts. Month-end is already done.

Reports on demand

P&L, balance sheet, and cash-flow statements generated live from the ledger — export to your accountant in one click.

Audit-grade trail

Append-only history with full provenance on every entry. Who, what, when — preserved for every penny.

Why "Stilbon"
Stilbon (Στίλβων), “the gleaming one,” was the ancient Greek name for the planet Mercury — the star of Hermes, god of commerce, merchants, and accounts.

The same celestial body that named your bank named your books. A ledger for Mercury, after Mercury’s oldest name.

How it works

Connected in minutes. Closed in seconds.

01

Connect Mercury

Authorize Stilbon read-only access to your Mercury accounts. Takes about 30 seconds.

02

We build your ledger

Stilbon backfills your history into a clean double-entry ledger and starts categorizing automatically.

03

Stay closed, always

New activity posts and reconciles in real time. Pull a statement whenever you — or your CPA — need one.

Close your books while you sleep.

Stilbon is in early access. Join the wait list and we’ll bring you on.