Challenge

Fraudsters love your “controls.”

Fraudsters are tech savvy. Whether it is a deepfake, WormGPT (aka evil ChatGPT) or your friendly coworker who bakes cookies. They prey on outdated, manual controls.

85

%

Most fraud losses are never recovered.

Recovering fraud losses is a major challenge due to the complex methods used by fraudsters. As a result, a significant portion of these losses remains uncovered.

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M

Nearly 1 in 4 scams involve losses of $1 million or more.

High-value scams are alarmingly common, with nearly 1 in 4 involving losses of $1 million or more.

2

 years

The average fraud runs 2 years before being detected.

The average fraud scheme persists undetected to over 2 years allowing criminals to steadily drain funds while controls fail.

Solution

apexanalytix Fraud Prevention

Layers of Protection. Prevent the event.

Robust Access Controls

• Role-based view and access restrictions
• Multi-factor authentication for password resets, new device or new IP address
• Email change restrictions (based on supplier domain and country)
• Frequency limits on password and security question changes

01 PreventTheEvent

Bank Account Change Controls

• Bank account information obscured after accepted
• Current bank account information required to change it
• No phone or email bank account change requests
• Automatic alerts if a bank account is in different country
• Email or text sent to all authorized vendor contacts

02 PreventTheEvent

User Behavior Monitoring

• Alerts for suspicious login and activity patterns
• Automated IP address blocking for suspicious IP addresses or locations
• Detailed logging of sign-on and changes

03 PreventTheEvent

Real-time Bank Account Ownership Validation

• Validates bank account is owned by supplier through integration with global banking consortium and government authorities (US, UK, India, Sweden, Poland)
• Confirms that the bank account does not have a negative balance (high risk attribute)
• Flags change requests for bank accounts that have been recently opened

04 PreventTheEvent

Multi-enterprise Global Network Intelligence

A score to provide guidance on whether to accept or further investigate the legitimacy of the bank account change. Tap the largest network to identify fraud.

• Was the bank account paid by any of apexanalytix clients?
• Are any other clients using this supplier?
• How recently was the bank account change accepted?
• How frequently that bank account is used by that vendor?
• How many companies pay that same vendor with the same account number?
• Is the bank in the right country based on the change requested?

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Early Payment Programs

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Customer Stories

Peak performers
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Whether long-form webinars or in-person conference presentations, our clients love to share best practices - what drives measurable value - with their peers.

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faster average supplier onboarding
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“Game changing speed. We previously had a paper-based onboarding process and now we can do same day onboarding.”

Chuck Stefanosky, Supplier Diversity Director

53%

increase in supplier discounts taken annually
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“apexportal has exponentially changed our whole supplier onboarding process.”

Amy Platis, Director of Finance, APM
Resources

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Hundreds of product overviews, reports, customer-led webinars and on-demand product demos.

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Eliminating Bank Fraud Risk with apexportal

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The Impact of Technology on Fraud Prevention

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Preventing Payment Fraud: The New Standard in Bank Account Change Controls

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