PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

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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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

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Paper checks for domestic suppliers, wire transfers for international ones. 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.

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