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Putting the AP in hAPpy

Debra R Richardson

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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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The Profit from Legal Podcast is about the Profit from Legal™ service from ExecutiveLP®, a virtual law firm, based in Nashville, TN. Profit from Legal™ is a legal operations setup service, delivering improved business intelligence, financial management, and firm & vendor management to business clients. The Profit from Legal™ Podcast is hosted by Noel Bagwell, Founder & Chief Legal Counsel of ExecutiveLP®. The podcast is comprised of short-form, long-form, and interview episodes, in which Mr. ...
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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 Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authent…
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Technology improves the ability of treasurers to see and manage their cash, as well as to optimize their working capital. From a B2B payments perspective, this modernization involves changes in policies, products, and processes. So, what are the implications for treasurers looking to advance their setup? In this episode of The Payments Podcast, Kev…
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniq…
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Don’t you just love it when the IRS comes out with new forms? Well, this form you probably will love! 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 Vendo…
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Often, employee financial crime gets discovered post-fact. Better late than never, right? But that doesn't solve the problem. Certainly not when banks and businesses can access technology and human experts to help them identify unusual behaviour or catch potential crimes. We spoke with Albert Laino, a Certified Financial Crime Specialist, who share…
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How about tips to avoid fraud when collecting banking details and more tips for how to validate banking to….you guessed it – avoid fraud. 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…
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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… 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, regul…
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Despite advances in threat detection, uncovering insider fraud threats continues to be a challenge for banks and businesses. Undetected, insider threats often result in financial, reputational, and operational damage. In this episode, Nick Griffin discusses the tough task behind identifying and addressing malicious individuals within organizations.…
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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….. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best pra…
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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…. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichards…
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In this episode, we interview Darrell Riekena from Bottomline about the transformation of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role. We discuss how it has evolved to encompass a mix of C-Suite responsibilities, focusing on data and systems. Topics include the timeline for digital transformation 2.0, the impact of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) buz…
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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…. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques…
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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. T…
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In this episode, we chat with Jodie Kelley, CEO of Electronic Transactions Association (ETA). As the leading advocate for business payments in the US and Canada, ETA is heavily involved in lobbying for and educating on payments legislation and policy frameworks, fraud prevention measures, and shaping the future of payments. Sharing her insights, Jo…
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, i…
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Authentication, identification or just knowing who you are communicating with can prevent payment fraud from deepfakes and other scenarios. 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 b…
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It’s been said that real-time payments have spurred financial institutions to modernize their operations to keep up with where their customers and their customers’ customers have already gotten to. In this podcast, we talk to Jessica Cheney to get her take on adoption rates in the US market and the interoperability between the Clearing House’s RTP …
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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? Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payme…
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing auth…
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal…
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication tech…
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Since our last update on instant payments, FedNow’s Instant Payments has become readily available in the US market, India and China are showing a strong upswing, and the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation mandates that any euro payments across EU member states be completed within seconds, 24/7. We chatted with Lipis Advisor’s founder, Leo Lipis, to g…
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To ensure financial stability in the UK, banks and other financial service firms operating in the UK must be ready to handle unexpected disruptions to their services. Our guest, Richard Ransom, discusses the UK’s new legislation (SS1/21) and the responsibility firms have to mitigate any risk, minimize impact, and continue providing essential servic…
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In this episode, we speak with highly regarded accounts payable (AP) speaker, trainer, and consultant Debra R Richardson about avoiding fraud, potential fines, and bad vendor data in the AP vendor space. Given her extensive experience and interaction with AP professionals, Debra shares the loopholes she sees, precautions to take, and valuable advic…
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authent…
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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 …
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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. Discove…
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Banks will forever consider the diverse needs of their retail and commercial customers. But does that always extend to the digital banking platform they offer? While the functional complexities of a more extensive corporate solution may deem it unsuitable for small business usage, the deficiencies of a consumer offering for a business may not deliv…
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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! Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to preve…
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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. Keep…
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, in…
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal cont…
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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….. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraud…
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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? Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if y…
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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 frau…
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While ISO 20022 is not new, it will soon become the de facto standard for sending financial messages between financial institutions and businesses. The drive and industry development behind upgrading payment infrastructures, instant payments and cross-border payment capabilities make adopting ISO20022 paramount in its importance and urgency. Only w…
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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 authentica…
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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 imp…
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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. …
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Our guest in this episode is Ernie Humphrey, the chief evangelist of The Finance Collective, who has over 20 years of experience in treasury leadership. Ernie will discuss the importance of soft skills in treasury, such as listening, building relationships, and communication, and how improving them can lead to better productivity.…
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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 …
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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 pr…
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VSE Corporation is a complex business with operations in multiple segments, including Aviation, Fleet, Energetics and Federal & Defense. Managing payments and cash visibility for such a diverse business can be a real challenge. Shaun Eaves, the assistant treasurer at VSE, is highly skilled in analyzing financial data, applying key accounting concep…
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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 Cent…
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We use the opportunity of International Women’s Day to speak with three of Bottomline’s executive leadership team – Eve Aretakis, Mandy Miller, and Monica Kozak – about their career journeys, leadership lessons, expertise in their current roles and their advice and guidance for young women aspiring to leadership roles in fintech or tech industries.…
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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 prev…
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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 practi…
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The spotlight is on the treasury department. In this episode, we speak with Guillaume Jouvencel from Corporate Treasury 101 on the significance of the treasurer's role and how that's becoming far more strategic. We consider the challenges and advantages of technology changes, obstacles to overcome, and three key areas of focus for treasury teams go…
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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 …
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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. Keep Listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing…
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