The changes in Bank Statements for v16 is very troublesome for our clients. Here in America, Bank Statements are apart of the natural Finance/CPA process. I am unclear why these are now seen as "optional" according to Odoo?

In general, clients need to be able to look at a bank statement (in Odoo), and verify that all of the transactions match the Paper Statement (yes, they do this manually, because they are accountants its their job!) as well as every single one is "Reconciled". Clients do not understand this change, nor do they see this as an improvement to their processes. Instead, they now view this entire change as a risk and something they need to spend even more time on during the reconciliation process.