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Corporate Payments Fraud Jumps Despite Stronger Internal Controls

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While corporates are adopting stronger internal controls to combat the threat of payments fraud, new data from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) reveals the number of incidents has continued to climb to new heights. ”

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Business Email Scams Spin Even Wider Webs

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If the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam isn’t on the radar of every corporate finance executive, it certainly should be. The problem is getting worse, according to the Association for Financial Professionals’ (AFP) latest Payments Fraud and Control Survey Report.

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Breaking Down The Data Behind Record Levels Of B2B Payments Fraud

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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. The huge increase last year was so big that I didn’t think it would continue this way.

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Standard Chartered Woes Extend To Expense Account Fraud

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In an illustration of just how widespread payments fraud can be, consider the 2018 AFP Payments Fraud Survey , underwritten by JPMorgan, which a few weeks ago found that such activity hit a new high last year. As for other avenues, business email compromise showed up mightily, experienced by 77 percent of organizations in 2017.

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Accountants Find Their Place In SMB FinTech Disruption

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“Most businesses and accountants still rely on antiquated, paper-based methods to manage some stages of their process,” he said in an emailed interview with PYMNTS, pointing to the continuing popularity of checks and wire. About 44 percent of payments received are in the form of a paper check too, the report noted.

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CFOs Failing Their Boards In Fraud, Risk Management

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Separate research released in April by the Association for Financial Professionals in its 2017 AFP Payments Fraud Survey found that corporate payments fraud is now higher than ever, with analysts citing a “dramatic” increase in fraud compared to levels seen in 2015. The Data Connection.

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What’s Up With SMEs: Payments Fraud, Mobile Lending, And Inflation

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corporations were hit with payment fraud than ever before, according to the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). The AFP’s newest report found 75 percent of companies fell victim to payments fraud in 2016, up from 71 percent in 2015. Corporate payments fraud , marking 2016 as the year in which more U.S.

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