Putting the AP in hAPpy
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.
Episodes
360 episodes
Episode 360: Fraudsters Have a Way to Pass Payee Positive Pay for Stolen Checks – How it Works and What to do About it
Fraudsters have evolved again – this time with check fraud because they have found a way to bypass payee positive pay. So now what? Keep listening. Check out my website www...
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Episode 360
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30:49
Episode 359: Vendor Is Not Registered in Their State? Here’s What To Do Next
If one of your vendor validations is checking with the State of your vendor but find that the vendor is not registered with the State of their address….now what? Keep listening. Check out my website
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Episode 359
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13:34
Episode 358: 3 Ways AI In Your Existing Automation Software Can Help The Vendor Team That You May Not Have Thought About
Many automation software platforms including email to invoicing have artificial intelligence embedded in them. You may not think that email or invoicing software can help fight fraud in the vendor process, but yes they can and here’s how....
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Episode 358
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25:43
Episode 357: The Riskiest Scams For This Age Group is Fake Jobs – How the BBB Recommends You Avoid Them
If you are in this age group (or not) and looking for a job…..Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques...
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Episode 357
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24:14
Episode 356: 5 Ways to Speed Up the Vendor Onboarding and Change Process
I asked ChatGPT what vendor onboarding professionals have been searching for in the past week – and one of the blaring results was how to onboard vendors faster. I have five tips to speed up the vendor process….Keep listening. ...
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Episode 356
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27:07
Episode 355: Before Allowing Non-Vendor Team Members to Make Confirmation Calls, Put These Steps in Place
Do you have a non-vendor team member performing the confirmation call? I don’t recommend that certain steps are put into place to reduce the potential for both internal and external fraud. What are they?Keep listening. <...
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Episode 355
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26:46
Episode 354: Tariffs May Affect Your Vendor Validations
Tariffs are here and many vendor team members may be busier than ever with how they have caused changes in the vendor process. There may be additional validations involved in four areas…Keep listening. Check out my webs...
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Episode 354
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29:36
Episode 353: Low-Cost But High-Impact Vendor Validation Step to Prevent Fraud
If you’re looking for a low-cost vendor validation step to deter fraud – I have one for you in today’s episode. Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com ...
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Episode 353
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15:33
Episode 352: Recurring Vendor Validations: Ensure Post-Onboarding Compliance – In 5 Steps
Validating vendor information and checking that they are not on any applicable sanction lists is a part of your vendor on-boarding process, but what about after the on-boarding process? Today’s episode is a webinar that not only has a five-step...
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Episode 352
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33:35
Episode 351: What To Do When Your Company Wants to Do Business With An Inactive Vendor
A vendor in your vendor master file is inactive – and for good reason, because the last time your company paid that vendor was four years ago. Now your company wants to use that vendor again – don’t just change the status that can lead to...
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Episode 351
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31:26
Episode 350: 3 Things I Learned From Attending the IRIS Working Group Meeting – And How You Can Attend the Next One
Did you know that the IRS has working group meetings for the Information Returns Intake System (IRIS)? To find out three things I learned when I attended, what the IRS says FIRE users should do now and how you can attend the next one..
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Episode 350
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13:57
Episode 349: Is That Your Co-Worker or Colleague Contacting You On Social Media - Or Is It a Fraudster?
If a co-worker or colleague contacted you on social media – how do you tell if it’s them or not?Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help impl...
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Episode 349
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18:28
Episode 348: Converting Vendors From Check to ACH Payment? Five Do’s and One Big Don’t Before You Start
Check fraud is increasing, they take longer to settle, and they cost more in supplies and manpower. All great reasons to convert your check payment vendors to ACH payment. But don’t use that as a way to clean your vendor master file...
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Episode 348
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28:35
Episode 347: Access Gone Wrong - 4 Times When Employees Exploited Their Access And Colluded With Fraudsters
Are you performing security audits, so you know who has access to your systems? Listen to today’s episode to for 4 scenarios when employees or contractors used their system access for fraudulent purposes. Then see how you can get a ...
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Episode 347
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21:25
Episode 346: A Big IRS Tax Reporting Change Effective For Tax Year 2026 That Can Help Your Team – But Don’t Forget About This
After last week’s episode revealing an IRS announcement, once the big, beautiful tax bill was passed there is at least more tax reporting change for Tax Year 2026 that can reduce a huge burden, but there is one more factor to keep in mind. &nbs...
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Episode 346
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14:39
Episode 345: What The IRS Just Announced About The FIRE System
Check out the IRS’s announcement about changes to e-filing just before the July 4th holiday! Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help im...
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Episode 345
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7:36
Episode 344: Another Fraudulent Payment After A BEC Scam Goes to Court – Who Won?
When it comes to the vendor and buyer and who is responsible when there is a fraudulent payment can depend on the country. Here is what happened in another court case….Keep listening. Check out my website
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Episode 344
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18:23
Episode 343: Bank Account Ownership Validation Issues > What About Vendors With Different Names?
There is a common scenario for those Accounts Payable or Vendor teams that can do bank account ownership validations when setting up or changing vendor data: many vendors have legitimate reasons why their bank account holder names do not match ...
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Episode 343
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29:30
Episode 342: Top 2 Reasons Vendors Reach Out to Me About You!
You may be listening to this podcast to find out what your vendors are doing, but guess what? Your vendors are reaching out to me to understand what you are doing! If you want to know the top 2 reasons vendors reach out to me about ...
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Episode 342
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26:10
Episode 341: Why the Vendor Confirmation Call is Not A Silver Bullet to Avoid Payment Fraud
The confirmation call has long been hailed as a safeguard against fraud. But it’s not. Let’s delve into why and what can improve the process.Keep listening. Check out my website
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Episode 341
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23:01
Episode 340: Part 2 with Troy Baker of the BBB: Is Your Company an SMB? You’re At Risk for Fraud and the Better Business Bureau’s Resources Can Help
If you’re company is a small or medium sized business, don’t get comfortable about fraud – you’re being targeted too. Troy Baker is back to talk fraud and how the fraud prevention resources at the Better Business Bureau can help you prote...
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Episode 340
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29:06
Episode 339: The Better Business Bureau’s Troy Baker on How to Shield Your Business From Fraud Using BBB Resources
Did you know you can find lots of fraud prevention resources from the Better Business Bureau? In this episode, Troy Baker from the Michigan Better Business Bureau talks about fraud, using the BBB for validations and what we both think is ...
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Episode 339
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47:29
Episode 338: 3 Benefits When the Customer Master File is Also the Vendor Master File
Is your vendor master file and customer master file the same? Don’t miss taking advantage of these key benefits when they are one in the same. What are they? Keep listening. Check out my website
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Episode 338
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