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Business Email Scams Spin Even Wider Webs

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The problem is getting worse, according to the Association for Financial Professionals’ (AFP) latest Payments Fraud and Control Survey Report. While the continued strength of BEC scammers may not come as a surprise, the research finds that the scam no longer only reigns in targets with a request for wire transfer.

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Accountants Find Their Place In SMB FinTech Disruption

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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.