Putting the AP in hAPpy

By 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. 


Episode Date
Episode 289: ChatGPT-4o Is Here and Triggers These Reminders to Avoid Exposing Vendor Data That Can Lead to Fraud
May 16, 2024
Episode 288: New Nacha Rule Could Help To Avoid Payment Fraud. Here is What to Look For
May 09, 2024
Episode 287: Replay! Bank Failures, Mergers and Acquisitions – What the Vendor Team Must Do
May 02, 2024
Episode 286: I Experimented With Voice Cloning, Here is What it Sounded Like
Apr 25, 2024
Episode 285: 4 Ways to Secure Your Vendor Remittance Address From Unauthorized Changes
Apr 18, 2024
Episode 284: Free and Paid Resources to Validate Vendor Banking Details - Updated for 2024
Apr 11, 2024
Episode 283: 8 Most Common Behavioral Warning Signs of Internal Fraud According to the ACFE
Apr 04, 2024
Episode 282: What if the IRS TIN Match is Unsuccessful? 3 Options
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 281: According to the FBI – BEC Scams Still Worked in 2023 and This Stat Continues to Increase
Mar 21, 2024
Episode 280: 6 Next Steps Now That the IRS Has Published Form W-9 Rev March 2024
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 279: What Fraudsters Are Doing That Pass Bank Account Ownership Validation
Mar 07, 2024
Episode 278: Discover Deepfakes on Video Conferencing with Authentication
Feb 29, 2024
Episode 277: 20 Tips For Avoiding Six Fraud Trends From 2023 in 2024
Feb 22, 2024
Episode 276: Is Your Vendor Team Compliant with Watch List Requirements? 3 Reasons Why The Answer is Probably No
Feb 15, 2024
Episode 275: Here is What a Fraudster Gets for $500 to Defraud You and Your Company
Feb 08, 2024
Episode 274: Here is What To Do When Your Vendor’s Policy is Not to Confirm Banking Via Phone
Feb 01, 2024
Episode 273: 3 Vendor Data Risks You Can Uncover With a Security Role / Access Audit
Jan 25, 2024
Episode 272: 20 Tips For Handling US Federal and State Reportable Vendors
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 271: Plug Up The Gaps In Your Vendor Process
Jan 11, 2024
Episode 270: 4 Free Official Sources to Find a Vendor Address Just in Time for 1099 Distribution
Jan 04, 2024
Episode 269: #Scamolidays Wrap-Up: 15+ Content Pieces To Help the Vendor Team Avoid Fraud This Holiday Season and into 2024
Dec 21, 2023
Episode 268: The 4 Most Common Money Transfer Codes for Vendor Setup
Dec 14, 2023
Episode 267: The Most Effective "Ishing" Scams In Your Inbox
Dec 07, 2023
Episode 266: Positive Pay + This Step to Mitigate Check Fraud
Nov 30, 2023
Episode 265: 2 Tips to Avoid the “Turkeys” in Shipping Scams
Nov 23, 2023
Episode 264: Internal Fraudster > Check Fraud Acts Like A Ponzi Scheme
Nov 16, 2023
Episode 263: When You May Need More Than One TCC for IRS E-Filing
Nov 09, 2023
Episode 262: 3 Free Ways to Obtain Your Vendors Missing Tax ID In Time For 1099s
Nov 02, 2023
Episode 261: Tips from the IRS to Avoid Tax Scams This Tax Season
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 260: The Benefits of a Substitute W-9 and Recommendations for Vendor Data to Collect
Oct 19, 2023
Episode 259: 20 Tips For How Vendor Teams Can Avoid Business Email Compromise in 2023
Oct 12, 2023
Episode 258: It’s Time to Clean Your Vendor Master File & Here are 3 Tips
Oct 05, 2023
Episode 257: FAQ: Where Do I Enter the Data on the IRS Form W-9 in My Accounting System?
Sep 28, 2023
Episode 256: FAQ: When a Vendor Has a New Tax ID Do I Have to Create A New Vendor Record?
Sep 21, 2023
Episode 255: 3 Types of Positive Pay to Mitigate Check Payment Fraud
Sep 14, 2023
Episode 254: Job Hunting? One Huge Risk If You Use ChatGPT For Resume Building
Sep 07, 2023
Episode 253: Best Practices For Your AP Automation Project With Wayne Schulz of Schulz Says
Aug 31, 2023
Episode 252: Draft Version of the IRS Form W-9 October 2023: What’s Different For The Vendor Team & What’s Missing
Aug 24, 2023
Episode 251: 2 Quick Email Handling Tips to Help You Avoid Fraud
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 250: Can The Vendor Team Combat B2B Synthetic ID Fraud?
Aug 10, 2023
Episode 249: Are You Performing Too Many Vendor Validations Too Often?
Aug 03, 2023
Episode 248: Replay! Vendor Banking Update? Why Calling the Vendor is Not Enough for Fraud Prevention
Jul 27, 2023
Episode 247: Start These Two IRS Activities Now to Prepare for the 2023 Tax Year
Jul 20, 2023
Episode 246: The Burden of Spotting That Fraudulent Email
Jul 13, 2023
Episode 245: Create Your Own Benchmarking for Vendor Data
Jul 06, 2023
Episode 244: FedNow(SM) Instant Payments Launches July 2023 – What Does it Mean for the Vendor Team?
Jun 29, 2023
Episode 243: 20 Tips To Protect Your Company Against Check Payment Fraud
Jun 22, 2023
242: Do You Need to Collect A W-9 When Paying US Vendors by Credit Card?
Jun 15, 2023
Episode 241: 2 Types of Non-IRS Compliance Fines in the Vendor Process And How To Avoid
Jun 08, 2023
Episode 240: 7 Reasons Why Paper Checks Are Still Used for B2B Payments in the US
Jun 01, 2023
Episode 239: 3 Things I Learned From Practitioners About Avoiding Fraudulent Payments
May 25, 2023
Episode 238: I Asked ChatGPT for Types of Business Email Compromise – One Was A Surprise!
May 18, 2023
Episode 237: 3 Tips to Manage Your Inbox When Collecting Vendor Supporting Documents by Email
May 11, 2023
Episode 236: No Cost Fraud Prevention - 4 Reports To Pull From Your Accounting System/ERP
May 04, 2023
Episode 235: 5 Tips From The United States Postal Inspection Service That Your Team Can Use To Combat Fraud
Apr 27, 2023
Episode 234: Should You Remove Your Vendor’s Banking and Tax ID When You Inactivate Them? + A Need I Don’t Have An Answer For
Apr 20, 2023
Episode 233: Mitigate the Risk When Using Internal Employees to Collect Vendor Information
Apr 13, 2023
Episode 232: Two Step Process When You’ve Made a Fraudulent Payment
Apr 06, 2023
Episode 231: Is Your Accounts Payable Team Still Taking Phone Calls from Vendors? Updated for 2023
Mar 30, 2023
Episode 230: Top 5 Ways Occupational Fraud is Detected and Who Reports It
Mar 23, 2023
Episode 229: Bank Failures, Mergers and Acquisitions – What the Vendor Team Must Do
Mar 16, 2023
Episode 228: Debra R Richardson and Angela Sarno Discuss a Whole In-Person Day Dedicated to the Vendor Master File - and It’s At No Cost To You (With CPEs Too!)
Mar 09, 2023
Episode 227: Two Million Dollar “Easy” Questions I Get All the Time That Are Not Easy to Answer
Mar 02, 2023
Episode 226: Why Is Check Fraud Exploding Right Now?
Feb 23, 2023
Episode 225: Two Fraudulent Payment Cases – Where The Vendor Took the Loss
Feb 16, 2023
Episode 224: Vendor That is a Subsidiary + The IRS Form W-9
Feb 09, 2023
Episode 223: ChatGPT – Good News and Bad News for the Vendor Team
Feb 02, 2023
Episode 222: Didn’t Get a Chance to Clean Your VMF? Do These 3 Steps Before Distributing and Filing 1099-MISC/NECs to Avoid IRS Penalties
Jan 26, 2023
Episode 221: 5 Steps To ReDesign Your Vendor Process to Avoid Payment Fraud
Jan 19, 2023
Episode 220: Two Tips to Prevent Business Email Compromise (BEC) From The Real Estate Industry
Jan 12, 2023
Episode 219: Mark Penserini on Outsourcing Your Vendor Payments and Another Outsourcing That I Agree With – Do You?
Jan 05, 2023
Episode 218: 5 Free Vendor Validations US Entities Should Be Doing to Avoid Fraud, Compliance Fines and Bad Vendor Data
Dec 29, 2022
Episode 217: Vendor Master File Clean-Up Tools To Make Your Life Easier
Dec 22, 2022
Episode 216: Business Email Compromise Scams History with Darrell R James, Former FBI Agent
Dec 15, 2022
Episode 215: Just in Time For the Holidays – 5 Gift Card Scams Trending Now
Dec 08, 2022
Episode 214: Segregation of Duties – One Area May Be Hiding SoD Conflicts
Dec 01, 2022
Episode 213: Analysts at CoFense Finds Out What Happens When You Give Scammers $500 Worth of Gift Cards!
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 212: Why Setting Up Hotels and Restaurants May Be Bad for Your Bottom Line
Nov 10, 2022
Episode 211: 11 Scam Alerts on LinkedIn and Counting – and What LinkedIn is Doing About It
Nov 03, 2022
Episode 210: Is There A Difference When Onboarding a “Non-US” Vendor That is an Individual Versus Company? Yes!
Oct 27, 2022
Episode 209: Is There A Difference When Onboarding a Vendor That is an Individual Versus Company? Not Really, But Yes
Oct 20, 2022
Episode 208: It’s Time to Clean Your Vendor Master File – Updated for 2022
Oct 13, 2022
Episode 207: What is Business Identity Compromise (BIC)? How the FBI Says You Can Identify and Mitigate It
Oct 06, 2022
Episode 206: Are You Converting Your Check Payment Vendors to ACH? 4 Reasons You May Want To Rethink
Sep 29, 2022
Episode 205: One Possible Reason Your Match Rates May Be Lower Than Expected For Bank Account Ownership Validations
Sep 22, 2022
Episode 204: 3 AP Organization Appreciation Weeks Are Almost Here: 9 Remote Friendly & No Cost Ways to Appreciate the Vendor Team
Sep 15, 2022
Episode 203: Two IRS Changes for 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC Forms the 2022 Tax Year
Sep 08, 2022
Episode 202: A Confirmation Phone Call Was Done and the City of Portland Still Lost $1.4 Million to a Fraudster – What Went Wrong?
Sep 01, 2022
Episode 201: Critical Vendor Data The Vendor Team Should NEVER Reveal to Vendors
Aug 25, 2022
Episode 200: Celebrating My 200th Episode by Giving Away a Free Template ($24.99 Value) to Help Fight Business Email Compromise (BEC)
Aug 18, 2022
Episode 199: Pros and Cons of Using Micro Deposits over Early Warning/GIACT to Validate Vendor Bank Account Ownership
Aug 11, 2022
Episode 198: A Data Security Requirement for the Vendor Bank Account Number? Yes! Learn More from Nacha’s Amy Morris
Aug 04, 2022
Episode 197: Is That Job Posting Real? Job Fraud is Back and Can Result in Fraud To Your Company
Jul 28, 2022
Episode 196: Replay! Vendor Banking Update? Why Calling the Vendor is Not Enough for Fraud Prevention
Jul 21, 2022
Episode 195: Two Truths that Break Your False Sense of Security With Vendor Confirmation Phone Call – and What Can Help
Jul 14, 2022
Episode 194: 5 Do’s and Don’ts of NOCs from Your Bank When Your Vendor’s Bank Has a New Routing Number
Jul 07, 2022
Episode 193: Occupational Fraud Has Changed from 2012-2022 + An Internal Control Can Help With a Surprising Change
Jun 30, 2022
Episode 192: Behavioral Red Flags of Occupational Fraud and How it Effected Former President Ronald Reagan’s Hometown
Jun 23, 2022
Episode 191: 3 of the Biggest Mistakes Vendor Teams Make
Jun 16, 2022
Episode 190: Still Accepting Vendor Supporting Documentation Via Email? 4 Tips To Organize Your Email Inbox
Jun 09, 2022
Episode 189: US Entity: Validations Required to Set Up A Non-US (Foreign) Vendor – Updated!
Jun 02, 2022
Episode 188: Working While Traveling? Why You Should Not Use Your Cell Phone For Vendor Request Emails
May 26, 2022
Episode 187: Documents and Validations When Setting Up US Non-Profit Vendors
May 19, 2022
Episode 186: Are You Still Accepting Existing Vendor Changes Via Email? 4 Vendor Forms You Need To Prevent Fraud
May 12, 2022
Episode 185: What AP Teams Need to Know about Supplier Diversity and the Vendor Master File with Neeraj Shah, Founder of supplier.io
May 05, 2022
Episode 184: How To Handle Vendors That Will Only Submit Past Versions of the IRS Form W-9
Apr 21, 2022
Episode 183: FBI Stats on Business Email Compromise (BEC) in 2021 and Their "RAT"
Apr 21, 2022
Episode 182: 3 Options to Identify Diverse Suppliers in Your Vendor Master File
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 181: Add This Internal Control to Prevent Fraudulent Payments (No It’s Not the Phone Call – But It Can Make Sure It’s Done!)
Apr 07, 2022
Episode 180: Does AP or Purchasing Own the Vendor Master File? Views from Both Sides on Key Issues
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 179: The Russian Invasion Against Ukraine – One Critical Effect on the Vendor Team
Mar 24, 2022
Episode 178: Replay! Which Vendors Should be Considered “Active” in Your Vendor Master File?
Mar 17, 2022
Episode 177: 12 Tips to Add Efficiency as Vendor Team Members Leave Your Organization
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 176: 4 Ways To Do the IRS TIN Match
Mar 03, 2022
Episode 175: Offset the Great Resignation with Employee Appreciation Day
Feb 24, 2022
Episode 174: 6 Tips for Getting Ready for the IRS 1042-S
Feb 17, 2022
Episode 173: A Pre-Valentine’s Day Message: Don’t Become a Money Mule
Feb 10, 2022
Episode 172: Free and Paid Resources to Validate Vendor Banking Details in 2022
Feb 03, 2022
Episode 171: Top 3 Fraud Risks Accounts Payable Teams Need to Watch Out For in 2022
Jan 27, 2022
Episode 170: Avoid Email Fraud in the Vendor Process - 20 Tips in 20 Minutes
Jan 20, 2022
Episode 169: Debra R Richardson and Jess Sheer Talk Fraud Mitigation for Those Pesky Fraudulent Emails and Vendor Bank Change Requests
Jan 13, 2022
Episode 168: 5 FAQs For AP Team Processing Both the 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC Forms
Jan 06, 2022
Episode 167: 5 Steps to Handle Returned 1099s
Dec 30, 2021
Episode 166: 3 Top Frequently Asked Questions When Onboarding New Vendors (Yes They All Have To Do With The W-9)
Dec 23, 2021
Episode 165: 3 Not So Frequently Asked Questions When Onboarding New Vendors
Dec 16, 2021
Episode 164: What is the COI of Your Bad Vendor Data?
Dec 09, 2021
Episode 163: What the Vendor Team Needs to Know About the Updated IRS W-8 Forms
Dec 02, 2021
Episode 162: How to Collect Missing Vendor W-9s Before Year-End or Anytime of the Year
Nov 18, 2021
Episode 161: It's Time to Clean Your Vendor Master File – Updated for 2021
Nov 11, 2021
Episode 160: Charity Fraud - Don't Send Crooks Money on Giving Tuesday - Replay!
Nov 04, 2021
Episode 159: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Prioritizing Cybersecurity in a Hybrid Workplace
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 158: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Why You May Want to Switch to A Cybersecurity Career
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 157: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month > 3 Fundamentals for Shoring Up Phishing Defenses
Oct 14, 2021
Episode 156: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and What the Vendor Team Can Get Out of It
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 155: 8 Validations Using the Data from the IRS W-9 Form
Sep 30, 2021
Episode 154: Vendor Validations Using the Data on Invoices, Banking Forms and Contracts
Sep 23, 2021
Episode 153: Which Vendors Should be Considered “Active” in Your Vendor Master File?
Sep 16, 2021
Episode 152: A "Simple" Way to Mitigate Fraud is Just Not That Simple & The Missing Step
Sep 09, 2021
Episode 151: Debra R Richardson Talks With Casey Allen on Steps Your IT Team is Taking to Prevent Email Fraud in Accounts Payable And Conversations You Should Be Having with IT
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 150: In 2017 A City Paid a Fraudster and In 2021 It Almost Happened Again – Here’s Why
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 149: Top 4 Ways Internal Fraudsters Conceal Occupational Fraud and the Top 3 Ways to Detect
Aug 19, 2021
Episode 148: Why You Still Need to Authenticate Vendors Even When Their Email Address Is Legitimate – Updated for 2021
Aug 12, 2021
Episode 147: Use TINCheck.Com to Validate Your Vendor’s Bank Is Not on a Sanctions List
Aug 05, 2021
Episode 146: 9 Ways to Collect Missing Vendor Email Addresses to Update the Vendor Master File – Updated for 2021
Jul 29, 2021
Episode 145: Is Your Accounts Payable Team Still Taking Phone Calls from Vendors? Updated for 2021
Jul 22, 2021
Episode 144: Implement a 3 Step Process to Change Vendor Banking and Avoid Fraud
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 143: Tales from an Audit: Findings for Management of the Vendor Master File and Best Practices to Avoid
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 142: What Is Vishing and How Can You Protect Your Vendor Team?
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 141: Recommendations to Include in Your Company’s Fraud Response Plan for Your Vendor Processes
Jun 24, 2021
Episode 140: Tales from A Dark Side: 5 Cases of Recent Occupational Fraud (And How To Avoid)
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 139: Debra R Richardson Talks With Shakari Tucker About the IRS CP2100/CP2100A Notification, Best Practices for the B-Notice Process and Tips to Avoid it Next Season
Jun 10, 2021
Episode 138: 4 Questions to Ask of Your Vendor Setup and Maintenance Process For 2021
Jun 03, 2021
Episode 137: Replay! Best Practices to Protect Your Vendors’ Sensitive Data from being Exposed on Desks, Printers and File Cabinets
May 27, 2021
Episode 136: Two Advantages Using TINCheck.com For Vendor Validations
May 20, 2021
Episode 135: Debra R Richardson and Mo Miah Discuss the AP Association’s AP Appreciation Week 2021
May 13, 2021
Episode 134: Don’t Miss These 2021 Opportunities to Celebrate With Your AP Team
May 06, 2021
Episode 133: 5 Considerations You May Not Be Thinking About for Your Vendor Process
Apr 29, 2021
Episode 132: 3 Ways to Speed Up the Vendor Onboarding Process
Apr 22, 2021
Episode 131: A New Vendor Validation to Make Sure Your Vendor Is Real
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 130: What To Do When Your Vendor Does Not Know How To Complete the IRS Form W-9
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 129: A Lesson Learned From A 2020 Tesla Insider Threat To Protect Your Vendor Team
Apr 01, 2021
Episode 128: FBI Stats on Business Email Compromise (BEC) in 2020 and What They Say You Should Do If Your Company Falls Victim
Mar 25, 2021
Episode 127: 3 Vendor Onboarding Best Practices for US Government Vendors
Mar 18, 2021
Episode 126: Should You Change Your Vendor Banking Based on An Invoice?
Mar 11, 2021
Episode 125: How Do You Split Your Vendor Process Tasks? Plus, an Example
Mar 04, 2021
Episode 124: Do You Have Vacant or Inactive Vendor Addresses in Your Vendor Master File?
Feb 25, 2021
Episode 123: A Conversation with Josh Kunkel on Employee Appreciation – The Remote Version
Feb 18, 2021
Episode 122: Do IRS Forms W-9 Expire? When Should You Collect a New One?
Feb 11, 2021
Episode 121: Here’s How A Vendor Self-Registration Portal Can Add Security and Validation to Vendor Banking
Feb 04, 2021
Episode 120: What is Smishing and How Can You Protect Your Vendor Team?
Jan 28, 2021
Episode 119: 7 Steps to Transition the Vendor Process to A Shared Service Environment
Jan 21, 2021
Episode 118: Let’s Get Happy About Brexit and Accounts Payable with Heather Peters – Updated for 2021
Jan 14, 2021
Episode 117: Top 3 Fraud Risks Accounts Payable Teams Need to Watch Out For in 2021
Jan 07, 2021
Episode 116: Quick Episode on a Company Branded ACH Form
Dec 31, 2020
Episode 115: Quick Episode on Authentication
Dec 24, 2020
Episode 114: Lessons Learned Implementing A Vendor Self-Registration Portal Part 3 – The Vendor Team
Dec 17, 2020
Episode 113: Lessons Learned Implementing A Vendor Self-Registration Portal Part 2 – The Users
Dec 10, 2020
Episode 112: Lessons Learned Implementing A Vendor Self-Registration Portal Part 1 – The Portal
Dec 03, 2020
Episode 111: Quick Episode on Bank Validations
Nov 26, 2020
Episode 110: Are These Happening to You? 7 Warning Signs it's Time to Clean Your Vendor Master File
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 109: AP General Mailboxes Are Being Attacked – 2 Resources to Validate Vendor Domains
Nov 12, 2020
Episode 108: Getting the Vendor Team Ready for the Busy Year-End
Nov 05, 2020
Episode 107: Are You Putting Your Vendors’ Banking at Risk in Your VMF
Oct 29, 2020
Episode 106: 5 Recommendations to Train Your New Vendor Maintenance Team Member
Oct 22, 2020
Episode 105: Non-US Vendors? Collect and Use Vendor Registration Numbers
Oct 14, 2020
Episode 104: 14 Achievable AP Certifications That May Help Your Career
Oct 08, 2020
Episode 103: Free and Paid Resources to Validate Vendor Banking Details
Oct 01, 2020
Episode 102: Is Your Vendor Add/Change Process Included in Your Audit? 3 Steps to Start
Sep 24, 2020
Episode 101: Why You Still Need to Authenticate Vendors Even When Their Email Address Is Legitimate
Sep 17, 2020
Episode 100: Why You Need to Get Vendor Sensitive Information Out of Email and 2 Options To Use Instead
Sep 10, 2020
Episode 99: Using Vendor Risk Management Tools to Keep Vendor Data Clean
Sep 03, 2020
Episode 98: Vishing: Should Your AP Team Be Taking Calls From Vendors Anyway?
Aug 27, 2020
Episode 97: Why You May Need to Collect the I-312 South Carolina Form for Non-Resident Vendors
Aug 20, 2020
Episode 96: Do You Need to Collect the NC W-4NA Form When Setting Up New Vendors
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 95: Do You Need to Collect the PA REV-1832 Form When Setting Up New Vendors?
Aug 06, 2020
Episode 94: Do You Need to Collect the California 587 or 590 Forms When Setting Up New Vendors?
Jul 30, 2020
Episode 93: How To Setup Canadian Vendors
Jul 23, 2020
Episode 92: 3 Tools to Help You Clean Your Vendor Master File
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 91: 3 Critical Areas For AP To Focus On During a Merger or Acquisition
Jul 09, 2020
Episode 90: Machine Learning in Accounts Payable
Jul 02, 2020
Episode 89: Why Sox Compliance Is Not Complete Protection Against Fraud
Jun 25, 2020
Episode 88: Cyber Safety Education With CSNP
Jun 18, 2020
Episode 87: Audits to Evaluate Cloud Based Software Providers for Your AP Automation Project
Jun 11, 2020
Episode 86: Don’t Make Your Vendor Self-Registration Portal Too Complicated or Vendors Won’t Register
Jun 04, 2020
Episode 85: 3 Ways to Increase Vendor Adoption for Your Vendor Self-Registration Portal
May 28, 2020
Episode 84: Leveraging Invoice Fraud Tools to Fight Fraud in Vendor Changes
May 21, 2020
Episode 83: Are Your Vendor Processes Manual? Here Are Automated Options for Authenticating Vendor Bank Change Requests
May 14, 2020
Episode 82: Debra R Richardson and Diogène Ntirandekura Talk SAP S4 Hana Modules and the Vendor Master File
May 07, 2020
Episode 81: Debra R Richardson and Keith Wasnok Discuss Document Scanning, a Critical Part Of Your Business Continuity Plan
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 80: The NIST Framework. Free Guidance to Manage and Reduce Cybersecurity Risk with Korinne Jackman
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 79: A Conversation with Dr. Germaine Walker on Leading a Highly Skilled Workforce, Cybersecurity and the Future of Remote Work
Apr 16, 2020
Episode 78: Pain Points and Challenges in Source to Pay and Purchase to Pay. 2020 Survey Results From Consider Solutions
Apr 09, 2020
Episode 77: AP Automation and Social Distancing
Apr 02, 2020
Episode 76: Working Remotely? How Vendor Self-Registration Portals Can Help
Mar 26, 2020
Episode 75: Working Remotely? Confirming Vendor Changes When You Can’t Make That Phone Call
Mar 19, 2020
Episode 74: AP Vendor Team Working from Home? Stay Productive With 4 KPIs Today
Mar 12, 2020
Episode 73: Privacy Laws and Vendor Data – You Need to Check
Mar 05, 2020
Episode 72: Protect Yourself from an Email Scam Today
Feb 27, 2020
Episode 71: It’s Not All About Rebates – How I Made AP More Efficient Using Commercial Cards
Feb 20, 2020
Episode 70: Let’s Get Happy About Brexit and Accounts Payable with Heather Peters
Feb 13, 2020
Episode 69: You Need Vendor Maintenance Team Meetings and Here’s A Recommended Agenda
Feb 06, 2020
Episode 68: Create Your Vendor Onboarding Policy – A Must Have for Vendor Maintenance
Jan 30, 2020
Episode 67: Implementing a Vendor Self-Registration Portal? Tips to Get Your Vendor Master File Ready
Jan 23, 2020
Episode 66: Cybersecurity from an Accounts Payable Manager’s View
Jan 16, 2020
Episode 65: Skills to Learn from a Technology Minded Accounts Payable Manager
Jan 09, 2020
Episode 64: Lessons Learned From One Government Incident to Prevent Employee Fraud
Jan 02, 2020
Episode 63: Best Practices for Accounts Payable vs Accounts Receivable
Dec 26, 2019
Episode 62: 3 Scenarios for One-Time Vendors
Dec 19, 2019
Episode 61: Top 3 Fraud Risks Accounts Payable Teams Need to Watch Out For in 2020
Dec 12, 2019
Episode 60: How Vendor Maintenance May Need to Prepare in 2020 for the Expected IRS 1099-NEC Form
Dec 05, 2019
Episode 59: 4 Questions to Ask of Your Vendor Setup and Maintenance Process For 2020
Nov 27, 2019
Episode 58: Responses to the 3 Most Frequent Reasons Given to Not Submit a W-9 During Year-End
Nov 21, 2019
Episode 57: How Well Does Pre-Notification Protect Your Company from Fraudulent Vendor ACH Payments?
Nov 14, 2019
Episode 56: Charity Fraud in 2019 - Don't Send Crooks Money on Giving Tuesday
Nov 07, 2019
Episode 55: Digital Employees in Accounts Payable - Two Use Cases for Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
Oct 31, 2019
Episode 54: How to Collect Vendor W-9s Before Year-End
Oct 24, 2019
Episode 53: Merger or Acquisition? 5 Steps to Merge Vendors into Your Vendor Master File
Oct 17, 2019
Episode 52: Accounts Payable or Procurement? Owning the Vendor Master File
Oct 05, 2019
Episode 51: 9 Ways To Collect Missing Vendor Email Addresses to Update the Vendor Master File
Oct 03, 2019
Episode 50: How to Prevent or Eliminate Duplicate Vendors in Your Vendor Master File
Sep 26, 2019
Episode 49: Best Practices to Protect Your Vendors’ Sensitive Data from being Exposed on Desks, Printers and File Cabinets
Sep 19, 2019
Episode 48: 6 Scenarios When You Should Return an IRS Form W-9 to the Vendor for Correction
Sep 12, 2019
Episode 47: Should We Require EINs vs SSNs From Our IRS Reportable Vendors to Reduce the Risk in our Vendor Master File?
Sep 05, 2019
Episode 46: IRS B-Notices Are Coming! It's Time to Clean Your Vendor Master File
Aug 29, 2019
Episode 45: 7 Validations Using the Data from the IRS W-9 Form
Aug 22, 2019
Episode 44: Get Help Collecting W-9s from Your Vendors and What We Already Know About the IRS 1099-NEC
Aug 15, 2019
Episode 43: Segregation of Duties in the Accounts Payable Vendor Payment Cycle for Small to Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs)
Aug 08, 2019
Episode 42: Send a Notification to Vendors After Updates in the Vendor Master File
Aug 01, 2019
Episode 41: One Reason to Switch to a Substitute Form W-9
Jul 25, 2019
Episode 40: What Stuck Out from the News Article that Could Have Detected Fraud Faster in One Business Email Compromise (BEC) Incident
Jul 18, 2019
Episode 39: SMBs – Don’t Miss This Cost Friendly, Task Driven Approach to Implement Robotics Process Automation (RPA) to Scale and Stay Competitive
Jul 11, 2019
Episode 38: Get Your Vendor Setup & Maintenance Desktop Procedures in Order
Jul 03, 2019
Episode 37: 25 KPIs for Accounts Payable Vendor Maintenance: Part 2 - Understand Your Vendor Request Activity
Jun 27, 2019
Episode 36: 25 KPIs for Accounts Payable Vendor Maintenance: Understand Your Vendor Master File
Jun 20, 2019
Episode 35: 4 Options to Scrub Addresses in Your Vendor Master File
Jun 13, 2019
Episode 34: Vendor Banking Update? Why Calling the Vendor is Not Enough for Fraud Prevention
Jun 06, 2019
Episode 33: Have RPA Software? 8 Steps to Automate Your Manual AP Processes
May 30, 2019
Episode 32: 4 Vendor Maintenance Fraud Prevention Tasks That Can Be Automated Using RPA
May 23, 2019
Episode 31: Check Payment Method? Still Needs to be Protected from Cybercriminals
May 16, 2019
Episode 30: 4 Steps to Protect Your Vendors Banking from Being Changed by a Cybercriminal. Includes a Critical Step Most Companies Leave Out
May 09, 2019
Episode 29: No Budget for All Team Members To Attend AP Conferences? Network Here for Free
May 02, 2019
Episode 28: Can You Really Drive Employee Secure Behavior? With Perry Carpenter
Apr 25, 2019
Episode 27: Can You Switch to a Substitute IRS Form W-8?
Apr 18, 2019
Episode 26: 3 Reasons Why It Should Take Longer to Add or Change a Vendor
Apr 11, 2019
Episode 25: 3 Ways to Maintain OFAC Compliance Beyond Vendor Setup
Apr 04, 2019
Episode 24: Tracking IRS Form W-8 Expiration Dates... Yet Another Fabulous Task AP Gets To Do
Mar 31, 2019
Episode 23: US Entity: Validations Required to Set Up A Non-US (Foreign) Vendor
Mar 23, 2019
Episode 22: US Entities: Validations Required for US Vendors
Mar 16, 2019
Episode 21: Two Key Transferable Accounts Payable Skills
Mar 08, 2019
Episode 20: A Conversation with Josh Kunkel on Employee Appreciation Day 2019
Mar 02, 2019
Episode 19: How to Make Your Employees Feel Appreciated
Feb 25, 2019
Episode 18: US Based Entities - Explanations for Non-US Vendor Validations
Feb 18, 2019
Episode 17: Three Fictional Stories and a Documentary on Internal and External Fraud
Feb 10, 2019
Episode 16: Treat Inactive Vendors the Same as New Vendors
Feb 03, 2019
Episode 15: 5 Lessons Learned Implementing a Vendor Self-Registration Portal
Jan 28, 2019
Episode 14: 2 Ways to Partner with Systems/IT to Protect Sensitive Vendor Data from Non-Vendor Maintenance Employees
Jan 21, 2019
Episode 13: SMBs – What a Fraud Risk Management Program Can Look Like For You
Jan 13, 2019
Episode 12: What Role Can P-Cards Play to Avoid Fraud in Your Vendor Master File
Jan 06, 2019
Episode 11: Can’t Process That Vendor Request? Here are 8 Ways to Handle the Internal Team Member or Vendor
Dec 30, 2018
Episode 10: This is What Can Happen When an AP Practioner Solves the Biggest AP Question
Dec 24, 2018
Episode 9: Vendor Validations Using the Data on Invoices, Banking Forms, Contracts and Vendor Emails
Dec 17, 2018
Episode 8: Two Case Studies on Occupational Fraud & How Internal Controls Could Have Prevented Them
Dec 03, 2018
Episode 7: Interview with Mary S. Schaeffer, AP SME
Nov 26, 2018
Episode 6: Building Your Personal Brand: How Are You “Putting the AP in hAPpy?”
Nov 12, 2018
Episode 5: 4 Recommendations for Compensating Controls in Absence of Segregation of Duties to Protect the Vendor Master File from Fraud
Nov 05, 2018
Episode 4: 3 Scary Vendor Setup Scenarios: How to Protect Your Vendor Master File from Fraud
Oct 29, 2018
Episode 3: Fake Charities: How to Protect Your Vendor Master File from Fraud
Oct 22, 2018
Episode 2: Social Engineering: Four Internal Controls to Combat Vishing and Protect the Vendor Master File from Fraud
Oct 15, 2018
Episode 1: 5 Ways to Celebrate Your AP Career During AP Appreciation Week
Oct 09, 2018