Prevent Vendor Fraud
What is vendor fraud and where does it most commonly enter? Through the front door: a fake vendor added to your system or a real vendor whose banking details have been changed by a fraudster.
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I struggle with knowing whether a vendor (or a bank change request) is legit
Learn More About Fraud & RiskWhat is vendor fraud and where does it most commonly enter? Through the front door: a fake vendor added to your system or a real vendor whose banking details have been changed by a fraudster.
Business email compromise and payment redirection fraud work because organizations often can’t quickly confirm whether a request to update vendor banking details is legitimate. A convincing email from a spoofed domain — or a compromised vendor email account — is enough to redirect a large payment.
I struggle with vendor onboarding that’s slow, manual, and buried in email
Learn More About Operational EfficiencyProblems with your manual vendor onboarding process don’t stay contained. What starts as a slow vendor onboarding process bleeds into payment operations, compliance workflows, and vendor master maintenance — creating inefficiency at every stage of the vendor lifecycle.
If your vendor onboarding process backlog looks like a CVS receipt, it’s a signal that your current process has hit its capacity ceiling. When AP teams are overwhelmed with vendor requests, the consequences ripple outward: procurement timelines slip, new vendor relationships start on a sour note, and the risk of shortcuts increases as teams look for ways to keep up.
I struggle with the cost and hassle of paying vendors by check
Learn More About Payments & CostThe cost of processing checks is almost always higher than finance teams realize, and it’s the clearest argument for vendor payment automation.
Migrating vendors to ACH is one of the highest-ROI initiatives available to a modern AP team, and it’s a natural extension of vendor payment automation. It’s also one of the most operationally complex moves you can make, and when it’s done carelessly, it creates exactly the kind of fraud exposure it was meant to eliminate.
I struggle with keeping vendor data accurate and audit-ready
Learn More About Data & ComplianceVendor master data problems are more common—and more consequential—than most finance teams realize until something breaks.
TIN mismatches and missing backup withholding used to be a January problem; now they show up as findings in vendor file audits and financial statement reviews, months before filing season even starts.