Payment fraud remains pervasive globally as sophistication increases
by Ben Poole
Corporate payments fraud remains a costly and persistent threat with wide-reaching financial consequences.
Minimizing Fraud Procedures
Background
Corporate treasury departments need a fraud prevention strategy that not only keeps pace, but is one step ahead of the fraudsters. To be truly effective, systems and processes needs to be able to spot…
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