What It Actually Means to ‘Know Your Vendor’ in 2026
The phrase "know your vendor" has been circulating in AP and procurement circles for years. It sounds straightforward. It sounds like something most organizations already…
Resources
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Vendor Verification
Supplier Portal Software: Identifying What You Need
Supplier portal software has become a standard part of the AP technology stack. Most mid-market and enterprise organizations now have some form of vendor-facing portal,…
How Fraud Insurance Protects B2B Transactions
Vendor payment fraud is a financial risk. Like most financial risks, it can be managed through a combination of prevention, process controls, and coverage.
Vendor Payment Management Software Is Only Half the Picture
Vendor payment management software has gotten very good at what it was designed to do.
What Should Your Vendor System Actually Do? The Capabilities Most Organizations Discover Too Late
Most organizations don't go looking for a better vendor system until something breaks.
Press Release: PaymentWorks Launches Payee Profile to Make Vendor Identity Portable Across B2B Payments
WALTHAM, Mass. , Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PaymentWorks, the vendor identity platform for secure B2B payments, today introduced Payee Profile, a standardized, reusable…
Vendor Risk
The Supplier Risk Assessment Process: A Step-by-Step Framework
“Supplier risk assessment process” sounds like the kind of phrase you read in a whitepaper while reaching for a third cup of coffee. That said, it shouldn’t be boring, because…
Why Supplier Lifecycle Management Is the New Frontline of Cybersecurity
Welcome to the new frontier of cybersecurity: supplier lifecycle management.
Supplier Risk Assessment Starts at Onboarding
Let’s start with a hard truth: most supplier risk horror stories don’t happen years into a relationship. They happen on…
Featured Takes
What We’re Talking About
From Paperwork Passing to Profit Center
Sharon Loosman and Megan Catt of North Carolina State University talk about their virtual card program and how the benefits of automation extend far beyond the elimination of administrative paper-pushing tasks.
Vendor Onboarding
What It Actually Means to ‘Know Your Vendor’ in 2026
The phrase "know your vendor" has been circulating in AP and procurement circles for years. It sounds straightforward. It sounds like something most organizations already…
Supplier Portal Software: Identifying What You Need
Supplier portal software has become a standard part of the AP technology stack. Most mid-market and enterprise organizations now have some form of vendor-facing portal,…
How Fraud Insurance Protects B2B Transactions
Vendor payment fraud is a financial risk. Like most financial risks, it can be managed through a combination of prevention, process controls, and coverage.
Vendor Payment Management Software Is Only Half the Picture
Vendor payment management software has gotten very good at what it was designed to do.
What Should Your Vendor System Actually Do? The Capabilities Most Organizations Discover Too Late
Most organizations don't go looking for a better vendor system until something breaks.
What Your Vendor Payment Software Can’t Protect You From (And What Fills the Gap)
You've invested in vendor payment software. Maybe it automates your payment runs, integrates with your ERP, handles ACH and wire payments, reduces check volume, and…
Vendor Compliance
Sanction Screening Services: Why Vendor Identity Data Determines Compliance Success
Every organization that sends payments globally eventually confronts the same challenge: compliance.Every organization that sends payments globally eventually confronts the same challenge: compliance. Regulators expect companies to avoid doing business…
Nacha 2026 Rule Changes: A White Paper
The Nacha 2026 rule changes that, in June, expanded fraud monitoring and risk management requirements, signal a change in the…
Automating Nacha’s Risk-Based Processes for Proactive Fraud Detection
Organizations are facing a growing wave of sophisticated fraud, and relying on compliance alone just doesn’t cut it anymore. With…
Vendor Fraud
Press Release: PaymentWorks Launches Payee Profile to Make Vendor Identity Portable Across B2B Payments
WALTHAM, Mass. , Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PaymentWorks, the vendor identity platform for secure B2B payments, today introduced Payee Profile, a standardized, reusable…
Accounts Payable Process Transformation Starts Before the First Invoice
When organizations discuss accounts payable process transformation, the conversation usually starts in the wrong place. Most teams focus on invoice automation, payment workflows, or approval…
How to Choose the Right Bank Account Verification Tool
Digital payments keep getting faster, and vendor ecosystems grow more complex each year. As a result, organizations face a simple but critical question: how do…
What Is Bank Account Ownership Verification — And When It’s Too Late
Every organization that pays vendors electronically eventually faces the same question:is our bank account ownership verification process good enough to truly confirm that the bank…
The Real Consequences of Fraud (And Why Most Organizations Underestimate Them)
Vendor fraud rarely begins with something dramatic. Instead, it often starts with a simple request: an email asking to update banking information, a new vendor…
Fraud Mitigation: Why Vendor Identity Is Your First Line of Defense
In 2026, the conversation around fraud mitigation has fundamentally changed. What was once treated as a downstream compliance exercise is now a board-level priority. Cybercriminals…
Vendor identity resources are educational content, tools, guides, and frameworks that help finance and procurement professionals understand, build, and maintain vendor identity authentication programs. They cover topics including vendor onboarding best practices, fraud prevention, OFAC and 1099 compliance, know your vendor standards, supplier portal authentication, and vendor payment security. The primary audience is AP leaders, controllers, CFOs, and procurement teams at mid-market and enterprise organizations that manage significant vendor payment volume and need to close the gap between collecting vendor data and actually authenticating vendor identity.