Payments fraud is a key issue for treasury professionals as it relates to disbursements. Because of the nature of companies’ disbursement activities, they will always be a target for fraud, both internal and external. Collaborating with partners; adopting robust processes, controls and audit trails; and educating employees can help protect against the risk of fraud. MORE.
AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey
The 2024 AFP® Payments Fraud and Control Survey Report documents 80% of organizations were victims of payments fraud attacks/attempts in 2023. This is a 15-percentage point increase over the previous year. Over 500 treasury practitioners participated in this survey and their responses form the basis of this report. The survey, now in its 20th year, is underwritten by Truist.
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2024 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey Report
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2023 AFP Risk Survey
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Combating Fraud in a Remote Working Environment
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Payments Fraud 2023/2024
As finance professionals, we must be ever vigilant against the schemes that could undermine our company or our career. In this series, we will cover the categories of fraud that we see around payments and provide some best practices on how to detect and prevent your company for unwittingly being caught up in one of these ploys.