B2B transactions are at the heart of any business. Any payment process you employ should be as quick and secure as possible because that is where income is made and expenses are reduced. However, some companies still don’t consider safeguarding B2B payments their priority, while they absolutely should.
In this article, we’ll explore why safeguarding B2B payments are so important and how you can do it effectively.
Overcoming Payment Fraud
The amount of money lost to payment fraud is growing and is expected to keep increasing. Fraudsters are getting smarter, and as technology advances, so must our prevention methods. Here are some common types of payment fraud:
- Card-not-present (CNP) fraud occurs when a cardholder does not physically present the card at the time of purchase, such as online or over the phone.
- Account takeover (ATO): When an individual gains access to another person’s account information and purchases or withdraws funds from their account without permission.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC), also popularly known as email account compromise (EAC), is one of the most exploited forms of online fraud. There can be many ways to mask this fraud, such as fake invoice schemes or attorney personification.
Building Your Defenses
The global cybercrime loss crossed $6 trillion in 2021. This goes on to show that It’s crucial to implement a multi-layered security strategy in order to protect your payment infrastructure and the sensitive data it handles. This means ensuring the security of your payment infrastructure, applying appropriate fraud detection and prevention tools, and ensuring that your process complies with regulations.
A thorough review of these elements will help ensure that you use secure technology, have robust authentication procedures, and protect against outbound threats like phishing attacks.
Leveraging the Role of AI
One of the most significant benefits of AI is its ability to help mitigate fraud. AI can help detect and prevent fraudulent transactions, accounts, IP addresses, devices, and locations. It also offers a number of other advantages:
- AI can be used for more than just detecting fraud costs. It can also be used to prevent it from happening in the first place.
- By leveraging AI technology, you’ll have access to more data than ever before, which is an invaluable resource when the time comes to identify trends or patterns that indicate potential risks involving your business’s finances or operations.
The potential of automation cannot be underestimated as the economy as a whole is shifting toward algorithms for remotely controlling everything from bulky machines to payment processing. AI adds a layer of excellence to the processes by finding its own triggers through better visibility and transparency through real-time updates. Thus, bypassing human intervention and, with it, the errors and delays associated with the same. The use of data encryption, tokenization, and fraud monitoring can all be embedded in AI-powered engines for almost impenetrable defenses.
Adopting Safer Payment Solutions
Before choosing a solution, you must consider your business needs and the security measures which will be in place to protect your business from financial losses.
The first thing to consider is whether the chosen solution will be secure enough for the money transfers you make on a daily basis. You should check that it has been tested by an independent third-party certification body such as PCI DSS (the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). This ensures that all possible risks have been accounted for before choosing a payment method, so if any issues arise during testing, they will be picked up early on rather than after they occur.
B2B payments should be safer
Today’s businesses must be on guard and act smartly to implement better payment systems. It is important to note that companies must take responsibility for their own security in the B2B space. It is too easy for companies to leave this task up to the bank and assume that they have it covered, but this is not always the case. Banks will do what they can, but they are not on-site at your company and may not be aware of all security risks as you are.
By protecting itself from fraud and cyber-attacks, a company can focus on what matters most, its customers. Our team is here to help you adopt better payment solutions and offer customers the inimitable experience they are demanding.
