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Hosted by Debra R Richardson · business · EN-US
A weekly podcast providing fraud prevention and vendor setup training to protect the vendor master file. Immediate takeaways with actionable steps you can implement today into your vendor onboarding and maintenance process to reduce payment fraud, regulatory fines and bad vendor data. Great tips for the Accounts Payable and Procurement teams to clean-up their vendor data, clean-up their vendor processes so that they can pay the right vendor.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA weekly podcast providing fraud prevention and vendor setup training to protect the vendor master file. Immediate takeaways with actionable steps you can implement today into your vendor onboarding and maintenance process to reduce payment fraud, regulatory fines and bad vendor data.
Putting the AP in hAPpy is hosted by Debra R Richardson. The show has published 409 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 410: Don’t Make It Easy For Fraudsters: User Built AI Agents Go Off Script With Jon Odalen" (29 October 2026, 43 minutes), "Episode 409: Don’t Make It Easy For Lazy Fraudsters: Check The Email Address Domain Of Change Requests" (22 October 2026, 20 minutes), and "Episode 408: Don’t Make It Easy For Fraudsters: Is Your Vendor Process Ready for 2027 Nacha ACH Rules?" (15 October 2026, 36 minutes).
Putting the AP in hAPpy publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 409 episodes.
Booking probability for Putting the AP in hAPpy is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Putting the AP in hAPpy requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Putting the AP in hAPpy's contact route on record: verified email.
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Debra R Richardson hosts Putting the AP in hAPpy, a business podcast with 409 episodes published.
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Episode #410
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the AI agent you built to save time starts doing things you never authorized? In this episode, Jon Odalen and I explore how user-built AI agents can expose vendor PII, hand data to the...
Putting the AP in hAPpy
Send us Fan Mail Fraudsters continue to evolve but there are still lazy fraudsters that keep using the same tactics to divert vendor payments, because they keep working. Keep listening. Check out my website...
Episode #408
Send us Fan Mail How confident are you that your current vendor process can avoid tomorrow’s fraud? Without a controlled vendor add and change process to avoid fraud, two upcoming Nacha rule changes will expose your...
Episode #406
Send us Fan Mail You may know about the TIN Match tool provided by the IRS, but do you know about the other free tool you should be using to validate tax-exempt organizations? Keep listening. Check out my website...
Episode #405
Send us Fan Mail We all know that a confirmation phone call for vendor remittance changes is a standard control to avoid payment fraud. Anyone who has ever performed that duty knows how frustrating it can be to reach...
Episode #404
Send us Fan Mail From process failures to managers covering up what was really going on, here are 5 missed chances a fraudulent payment could have been stopped or contained. Plus, what lessons you can take so the same...
Episode #403
Send us Fan Mail As team members that handle vendor data or vendor payments you have a lot on your plate, and we don’t have time to waste on a new compliance requirement that does not apply to our organization. Could...
Episode #402
Send us Fan Mail Treat every failed fraud attempt as a learning opportunity, not just a close call before the next attack is successful. The controls used to block that first fraud attempt, turn into evolved fraudster...
Episode #401
Send us Fan Mail There is still time to process tax reporting files in the IRS FIRE system. For 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC filers, if you want to know what you can file and the deadline you need to file before the FIRE...
Episode #400
Send us Fan Mail An internal employee stole close to $15M from Bridgestone over 4 years and through investments, made and additional $6M. Did they get to keep it and the way the internal fraudster was caught after they...
Episode #399
Send us Fan Mail If these 11 things are happening, they are signs it’s time to review the data in your vendor master file. What are the 11 signs? Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need...
Episode #398
Send us Fan Mail Being a Vendor Process Manager is a little like being a referee, detective, and data janitor all at once. In this episode, we'll cover the key priorities that help you reduce risk, improve compliance...
Episode #397
Send us Fan Mail If you think you don’t have to worry about duplicate vendors because your Accounting System or ERP catches them – just know – that you probably have duplicate vendors. Keep listening. Check out my...
Episode #396
Send us Fan Mail Do you and your team know what you need to do if there is a fraudulent payment? If you want the five steps that are probably not in your IT team’s fraud response plan…… Keep listening. Check out my...
Episode #395
Send us Fan Mail Many organizations have as part of the vendor validation process to verify vendor’s information against state business registrations, IRS TIN Match records, and bank records. If validations are...
Episode #394
Send us Fan Mail Banks merge, get acquired or fail – often. This is not something your vendor normally makes their clients aware of, so if you want three ways to find out before fines or returned payments….. Keep...
Episode #393
Send us Fan Mail Organizations put processes in place when adding new vendors and changing existing vendor information to avoid fraud, regulatory fines and bad vendor data. But are they being followed? Keep listening...
Episode #392
Send us Fan Mail Phase 2 of the Nacha Fraud Monitoring Rule for ACH initiators is here and now everyone has to comply. What are the requirements and are you ready? Keep listening. Check out my website...
Episode #391
Send us Fan Mail An article outlines what’s wrong with traditional cybersecurity awareness training against today’s fraudsters but misses the mark on the resolution to evolving fraudster tactics. Let’s fill-in the gaps...
Episode #390
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The August 1st deadline for filing 1099 corrections is closer than you think—and missing it could cost your company in IRS penalties. In this episode, I’m breaking down which errors demand...
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