7 Practical Steps to Prevent Modern Accounts Payable Fraud
In early 2024, a finance employee at a multinational authorised a transfer worth more than US$25 million after joining what looked like a routine video call with senior colleagues. The faces looked familiar. The voices sounded right. The direction felt urgent and plausible. Only later did the organisation learn the people on screen were synthetic replicas designed to pressure one person into bypassing the process. Cases like this show why accounts payable fraud prevention is now a critical priority for modern finance teams, especially across broader finance and P2P workflows.