Putting the AP in hAPpy

Apr 25 2024 5
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A weekly podcast providing fraud prevention and vendor setup training to protect the vendor master file. Immediate takeaways with actionable steps you can implement today into your vendor onboarding and maintenance process to reduce fraud and regulatory fines. Great tips for the Accounts Payable and Procurement teams to clean-up their vendor data, clean-up their vendor processes so that they can pay the right vendor. 

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Episode 286: I Experimented With Voice Cloning, Here is What it Sounded Like

Apr 25 2024 14 mins  
I experimented with generative artificial intelligence or generative AI – voice cloning for an upcoming webinar on avoiding payment fraud from deepfakes. Wasn’t expecting this…. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments, regulatory

Episode 285: 4 Ways to Secure Your Vendor Remittance Address From Unauthorized Changes

Apr 18 2024 13 mins  
You may worry about vendor banking information and preventing fraudulent electronic payments – however, both internal and external fraudsters are after your checks. If you want to make sure you are protecting remittance addresses for your checks….Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal contr

Episode 284: Free and Paid Resources to Validate Vendor Banking Details - Updated for 2024

Apr 11 2024 27 mins  
Validating Vendor Banking information is critical to 1) make sure payments are successful; and 2) to validate you are paying your actual vendor and not a cybercriminal. There have been some changes in resources for 2024, so if you want to hear the updated resources…… Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication tech

Episode 283: 8 Most Common Behavioral Warning Signs of Internal Fraud According to the ACFE

Apr 04 2024 16 mins  
Most internal fraudsters display at least one of eight (8) red flags that fraud is occurring. Do you know what to look for? Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments, regulatory fines or bad vendor data. Check out my new Vendor Process T

Episode 282: What if the IRS TIN Match is Unsuccessful? 3 Options

Mar 28 2024 26 mins  
Now that the new IRS Form W-9 is published, let’s look at a frequently asked question I get – what should you do if the vendor’s legal name and tax id combination is not valid with the IRS? Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments

Episode 281: According to the FBI – BEC Scams Still Worked in 2023 and This Stat Continues to Increase

Mar 21 2024 12 mins  
In 2023, Business Email Compromise, or BEC, is still a money maker for fraudsters according to the latest report by the FBI. Here is a quick look at the stats compared to 2022 and before the pandemic. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent pa

Episode 280: 6 Next Steps Now That the IRS Has Published Form W-9 Rev March 2024

Mar 14 2024 26 mins  
Finally – the IRS has published the updated version of the Form W-9. Now what? Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments, regulatory fines or bad vendor data. Check out my new Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly live

Episode 279: What Fraudsters Are Doing That Pass Bank Account Ownership Validation

Mar 07 2024 24 mins  
Do you have in your vendor bank account add or update process, that if the bank account ownership validation is successful – you stop right there? That’s no longer appropriate. Why?.... Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments, regu

Episode 278: Discover Deepfakes on Video Conferencing with Authentication

Feb 29 2024 18 mins  
Remember that $25.6M successful payment to fraudsters? Of course you do, seems like every media outlet and all the companies you subscribe to (like mine) reported on it too. So how can you combat? Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments

Episode 277: 20 Tips For Avoiding Six Fraud Trends From 2023 in 2024

Feb 22 2024 38 mins  
Get 20 tips to avoid the latest fraud trends of 2023 in 2024. Discover the latest 6 fraud trends of last year and how you can stay updated, avoid and detect fraud in the vendor setup and maintenance process. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudule