PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) came out with some scary statistics this month: B2B payments fraud is not only on the rise, but at its highest levels ever since the AFP began recording this information. But there are other ways the AFP found businesses are exposed to payments fraud, most notably through the BEC scam.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

In what has become a highly cited statistic from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), there was actually 1 percent increase in the use of paper checks for B2B payments between 2013 and 2016. And the way the world of B2B payments works today is very often with paper checks. Businesses love [checks],” he stated.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) released its 2016 Electronic Payments Survey earlier this year and found that use of paper checks in B2B payments actually rose 1 percent compared to 2013 levels. About 44 percent of payments received are in the form of a paper check too, the report noted.

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