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, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments, regulatory fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team. Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources: ...
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. 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 the Vendor Process Training Center fo...
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. 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 the Vendor Process Training Center for ...
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 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 the Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly li...
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 if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments, regulatory fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team. Links mentioned in the...
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 process for recurring vendor validations, but lots of five downloads to help you get started. Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and bes...
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 failed payments and bad vendor data. Why and what should you do instead? ` Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to preve...
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.. 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 the Vendor Pr...
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 implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments, regulatory fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team. Links mentioned in the podcast + other help...
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, that task needs to be done first. Here are five do’s and one big don’t that you need to think about before you get started. Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication t...
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 5-step plan to perform a system audit. 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...
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. 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 the Vend...
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 implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments, regulatory fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team. Links mentioned in the podcast + other he...
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 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 the Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly live and on-demand t...
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 their legal name. So, how are you supposed to know whether this is legitimate or fraudulent? Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best p...
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 you (and what you can do to avoid this), then… 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 ...
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 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 the Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendo...
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 protect your payments from fraudsters. 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 ...
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 the best thing to do that will keep your company protected from fraud. Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to pre...
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 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 the Vendor Process Training Center for 116+ hours of weekly live and on-demand...