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Episode 316: Confirmation Call Scripts #2 – Adding Bank Details for ACH/Wire Payment21 Nov 202400:19:08

Are you and your team members making confirmation calls to your vendors to confirm remittance information?  If so, are you using confirmation call scripts? See how they can be valuable to prevent fraud and make the person receiving the call more apt to confirm their information.  This is the 2nd episode in this series of 6.  

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Episode 315: Confirmation Call Scripts #1 – Changing Bank Details for ACH/Wire Payment14 Nov 202400:19:31

you using confirmation call scripts? See how they can be valuable to prevent fraud and make the person receiving the call more apt to confirm their information.  

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 314: Find Fraud With This Verification for Vendors That Are Individuals or Sole Proprietorships07 Nov 202400:13:19

Add this additional verification when onboarding vendors that are individuals or sole proprietors to avoid fraud. What is it and what resources can you use to perform the verification? 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 313: When Corporations Are Reportable on 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC31 Oct 202400:12:25

Yes, payments to corporations may be reportable.  In this episode we’ll talk about which 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC payments are reportable and which of those forms they should be reported.  

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 312: 3 Worst Practices With Vendor Data That Lead To Compliance Fines24 Oct 202400:22:26

It’s getting toward the end of the year and now many of you may see the result of  three worst practices with vendor data that can lead to compliance fines.  If you want to know what are they and what you should be doing instead….. 

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Episode 311: The New “Easy Pickings” BEC Scam Targets17 Oct 202400:20:57

Do you know what type of organizations the fraudsters are calling “easy pickings?”   

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Episode 310: Bridging the Gap From Cybersecurity Awareness Training to Customized Training to Prevent Payment Fraud – in 5 Steps10 Oct 202400:35:10

Want these immediate takeaways?

  • Common security threats unique to the account payable function
  • Resources for free and paid training to prevent fraud
  • Vendor setup and maintenance processes to avoid fraud
  • 5 Steps to customized training to prevent fraud

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 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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 309: Avoid Fraud at Year End - 5 Email Tactics Fraudsters Use03 Oct 202400:16:50

It’s 4th quarter already and while some of you finished your year-end, more are coming into their December 31st year-end – and the fraudsters know it!  Make sure you know what tricks they will use in email as we come to the end of 2024.

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 308: A New IRS Form That Can Make It Easier to Request An Extension for Distributing 1099’s and 1042’s to Vendors26 Sep 202400:10:18

Don’t you just love it when the IRS comes out with new forms?  Well, this form you probably will love!

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 307: Collecting and Validating Vendor Banking Details to Avoid Fraud - 20 Tips in 20 Minutes19 Sep 202400:33:50

How about tips to avoid fraud when collecting banking details and more tips for how to validate banking to….you guessed it – avoid fraud. 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 306: Cleaning Your Vendor Master File & Keeping it Clean - 20 Tips in 20 Minutes12 Sep 202400:32:02

It’s that time of year – time to start getting ready for tax filing season, or just to keep your vendor data accurate at all times.  Get 20 tips to do both…

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Episode 305: Avoid Paper Check Fraud When Paying Your Vendors – In 5 Steps05 Sep 202400:34:58

Organizations like yours are still paying vendors by check and fraudsters know that, which means that fraudsters are still perpetrating check fraud.  For a 5-step process to avoid paper check fraud….. 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team.  

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Episode 304: IRS Form W-9 Series: Getting Pushback For Requiring the New Form?29 Aug 202400:14:19

It happens every time the IRS publishes a revised version of the Form W-9, vendors and maybe even your internal team members, push back because they don’t want to complete the new form when they can’t see why you can’t just accept the old one especially when their information has not changed….

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Episode 303: IRS Form W-9 Series: IRS TIN Matching Tips Based on Vendor Tax Classifications22 Aug 202400:13:16

Is it frustrating when your vendor insists they gave you the right legal name and tax id combination on their IRS Form W-9, but the combination does not match IRS TIN records?  To get tips on how to enter the legal name for a match….

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team.  

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Episode 302: IRS Form W-9 Series: Common Mistakes For Vendors That Are Individuals/Sole Proprietors14 Aug 202400:16:32

It’s getting to that time of year where hopefully you are cleaning your vendor master file and now, you’re wondering about your vendor data.  Why do you have some that have missing tax id’s, why some didn’t pass your latest validation about IRS TIN records, and how you can ensure that you collect valid taxpayer identification number in the future.  This IRS Form W-9 Series is for you – and in this episode we’re talking about common mistakes for vendors in that first tax classification.

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 301: Vendor Banking Change? Collect an IRS W-9 Too!08 Aug 202400:14:56

When vendors change their banking, in addition to fraud, you also have to wonder what the reason for the change is.  The reason, many times, may be discovered only if you require the W-9 be submitted for changes to vendor banking.    

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 300: Authentication Works Against Deepfakes! Get Free Training and a Template to Avoid Payment Fraud01 Aug 202400:20:22

Authentication, identification or just knowing who you are communicating with can prevent payment fraud from deepfakes and other scenarios. 

 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 299: Best Practices When Your Vendor Has Factored Their Payments to a 3rd Party25 Jul 202400:10:29

So your vendor notifies you that they have entered into a factoring relationship with a 3rd party and now you have to remit your vendor’s payments to them.  Now what?

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 298: Validate Your Vendor’s US Bank Account Details to Avoid Fraud and Returned Payments - In 5 Steps18 Jul 202400:32:21

Do you need strong methods for verifying vendor banking details to avoid fraud and returned payments? Spot warning signs, set up validation procedures and learn how automation is the key to reducing risks and issues in manual vendor banking validations. 

 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 297: 7 Quick Facts About Instant Payments Through the FedNow® Service11 Jul 202400:19:01

Instant Payments are here and the FedNow® Service is now available with this new payment rail.  Hear 5 quick facts I learned when I recently attended a meeting where this service was the presentation topic.  I was surprised.  

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 296: 2 Company Branded Vendor Forms You Need Part 2: The Vendor Banking Form04 Jul 202400:26:04

There are two vendor forms that are critical to avoid fraud, fines and bad vendor data.  Each will have its own episode explaining why it is critical and what data to collect on the form and why.  The second form is the Vendor Banking Form.   

 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 295: 2 Company Branded Vendor Forms You Need Part 1: The Vendor Setup Form – With a Twist27 Jun 202400:27:32

There are two vendor forms that are critical to avoid fraud, fines and bad vendor data.  Each will have its own episode explaining why it is critical and what data to collect on the form and why.  The first form is the Vendor Setup Form – with a twist.  

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team.  

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Episode 294: Now That GenAI Solved Poor Grammar - 4 Other Signs Your Bank Change Email Is Fraudulent20 Jun 202400:20:37

Remember the days where it was easier to spot an email from a fraudster because it had poor grammar?  Well, fraudsters have access to generative artificial intelligence (just like we do) and now that fraudulent email may be grammatically correct as a college application essay.  But there are still red flags you can look for….and controls you can put into place to mitigate.

 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 293: In 5 Steps: A Security Audit to Protect Vendor Data and Avoid Fraud13 Jun 202400:33:10

When was the last time you reviewed your security roles and what access is included?  Reduce the potential for fraud by restricting who has access to your vendor data.  Why?  Because the less non-vendor team members that have access to sensitive data, the less potential for them to be social engineered into giving it away - resulting in fraud.  Discover how the vendor team can implement a security audit with minimal IT input - in 5 steps.  

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team.  

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Episode 292: If You Are Afraid Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Take Your Job – Make It Your Job By Tackling These06 Jun 202400:12:02

If you are worried that artificial intelligence will take your job that’s a sign that you need to take control and flip that around.  Use Artificial Intelligence tools to keep your job!   

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 291: 4 Vendor Setup & Maintenance Tasks That Can Make the Unclaimed Property Process Easier30 May 202400:24:35

Unclaimed property for Accounts Payable can be a tedious, manual process from identifying what is unclaimed property to  sending letters to vendors to avoid the complicated process of transferring that property to the applicable states.  In between those steps, there are four vendor setup and maintenance tasks that might make the process easier.

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 290: One Step You Are Probably Not Doing with the Confirmation Phone Call – But Here are Reasons it Why It Might Not Work For You23 May 202400:16:32

I recently spoke at an in-person conference and while there I attended a session where an accounts payable practitioner revealed what they are doing when making the confirmation call that surprised other attendees – me included. 

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 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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 289: ChatGPT-4o Is Here and Triggers These Reminders to Avoid Exposing Vendor Data That Can Lead to Fraud16 May 202400:23:40

I now have access to the newest ChatGPT / GPT-4o, the “Omnimodel”.  The capabilities of this new model triggers reminders to the vendor team to not expose vendor data that can lead to fraud while using this technology. 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 288: New Nacha Rule Could Help To Avoid Payment Fraud. Here is What to Look For09 May 202400:18:38

You may be getting some help from banks finally on avoiding fraudulent payments.  Hear what new Nacha rule is behind it, when it will go into effect, and what to look for, so…..

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 287: Replay! Bank Failures, Mergers and Acquisitions – What the Vendor Team Must Do02 May 202400:27:03

Remember when Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank failed in March of 2023?  Those were the first bank failures since October of 2020 and news was everywhere.  Well, there have been 4 more bank failures since then with the latest one in April of 2024.  What should the vendor team do? 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 286: I Experimented With Voice Cloning, Here is What it Sounded Like25 Apr 202400:14:09

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…. 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 285: 4 Ways to Secure Your Vendor Remittance Address From Unauthorized Changes18 Apr 202400:13:43

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….

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 284: Free and Paid Resources to Validate Vendor Banking Details - Updated for 202411 Apr 202400:27:43

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……

 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 283: 8 Most Common Behavioral Warning Signs of Internal Fraud According to the ACFE04 Apr 202400:16:02

Most internal fraudsters display at least one of eight (8) red flags that fraud is occurring.  Do you know what to look for?

 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 282: What if the IRS TIN Match is Unsuccessful? 3 Options28 Mar 202400:26:19

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? 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 281: According to the FBI – BEC Scams Still Worked in 2023 and This Stat Continues to Increase21 Mar 202400:12:20

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. 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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Episode 280: 6 Next Steps Now That the IRS Has Published Form W-9 Rev March 202414 Mar 202400:26:11

Finally – the IRS has published the updated version of the Form W-9.  Now what?  


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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 279: What Fraudsters Are Doing That Pass Bank Account Ownership Validation07 Mar 202400:24:38

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?.... 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 278: Discover Deepfakes on Video Conferencing with Authentication29 Feb 202400:18:35

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?  

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 277: 20 Tips For Avoiding Six Fraud Trends From 2023 in 202422 Feb 202400:38:20

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.   

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team.  

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Episode 276: Is Your Vendor Team Compliant with Watch List Requirements? 3 Reasons Why The Answer is Probably No15 Feb 202400:19:50

Watchlists, sanction lists, exclusion lists, etc – here are three reasons why you may not be compliant with regulatory requirements.  Plus, how you can get recommendations at no extra charge or how you can “diy” and build your own watchlist compliance matrix. 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 275: Here is What a Fraudster Gets for $500 to Defraud You and Your Company08 Feb 202400:18:02

How hard is it for you to get approved $500 of training or software to help you do your job better?  See what fraudsters get for $500 to defraud you and your company.   

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 274: Here is What To Do When Your Vendor’s Policy is Not to Confirm Banking Via Phone01 Feb 202400:14:42

To mitigate fraud, many companies are taking steps to avoid potential fraud risks – including verifying banking details via phone.  If that happens when you try to confirm your vendor’s bank change, what can you do? 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team.  

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Episode 273: 3 Vendor Data Risks You Can Uncover With a Security Role / Access Audit25 Jan 202400:22:19

It was two years into an AP Sr Manager position when I realized that another group had access to one of my vendor record screens in the vendor master file.  Just one.  What?  Why? Then we fixed it. 

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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 and on-demand training for the Vendor team.  

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Episode 272: 20 Tips For Handling US Federal and State Reportable Vendors18 Jan 202400:37:20

Now that it’s 1099 season many of you are reminded of how you just didn’t get around to making sure the information you collect from your vendors is sufficient and valid for tax reporting, nor how you make sure it stays that way.  If you want 20 tips on how to handle your Federal and State Reportable Vendors year-round….. 

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Episode 271: Plug Up The Gaps In Your Vendor Process11 Jan 202400:28:49

If your vendor had to notify you of a fraudulent payment, you don’t have enough controls. 

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Episode 270: 4 Free Official Sources to Find a Vendor Address Just in Time for 1099 Distribution04 Jan 202400:18:27

It shouldn’t happen but it always does –  vendors don’t have a valid address on file. You don’t want check payments or 1099s to come back, so here are some free reliable sources to find an address that is tied to your vendor. 

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Episode 269: #Scamolidays Wrap-Up: 15+ Content Pieces To Help the Vendor Team Avoid Fraud This Holiday Season and into 202421 Dec 202300:25:42

#Scamolidays are still going on, but we’re in the final week of the 4 week focus on specific scams and all content is up and published.  Want to know what content is ready for you to stay safe through New Years and into 2024?  

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Episode 268: The 4 Most Common Money Transfer Codes for Vendor Setup14 Dec 202300:30:23

When you and your team are setting up vendors for ACH or Wire payments – do you know what those bank branch numbers are?  Do you know how to validate?  And if you know you should validate - do you have links to those resources?

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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 149+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

 

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Episode 267: The Most Effective "Ishing" Scams In Your Inbox07 Dec 202300:24:10

From a human behavior perspective, fraudsters depend on our “mental shortcuts” to get us to take action on those phishing emails. Here are three examples and how the other “ishings” come into play – we’re talking about email right? 

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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 113+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team. 

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