We already have accounting software. Isn't that enough?
Software records what happened. Verification decides what gets to happen — that human checkpoint is the layer fraud is designed to bypass.
Build Secure Systems
Put Verification and Escalation Between a Suspicious Request and a Loss
Fraud prevention with explicit verification steps and audit trails.
Direct answer
Fraud-Prevention adds dual-control and verification to W-9, invoice, and vendor changes with immutable audit trails.
Business payment fraud rarely looks like a hack. It looks like a normal Tuesday request — from a familiar name, with a plausible reason, and a deadline. The defense isn't suspicion; it's a checkpoint every high-risk request must pass , with escalation a person can actually follow at 4:47 PM.
Process + verification, not just software · Built around your approvals
Pause by rule
Triggers (amount, new payee, changed details) stop the request automatically — no heroics needed.
Verify out-of-band
Callback on a known number, never the one in the suspicious message. Identity proved, not assumed.
Check context
Does it match the real project, invoice, person, timing? Mismatches escalate instead of processing.
Approve or escalate
A named approver decides, and the decision is recorded — the audit trail writes itself.
🚩 Urgency + secrecy
“Wire it now, don't discuss it.” Speed is the weapon; slowness is the defense.
🚩 Changed bank details
New account, new instructions — the classic swap, caught by callback.
🚩 Unusual executive ask
Out-of-pattern requests from familiar names — including familiar voices.
🚩 Credential / payroll changes
Resets and direct-deposit edits are high-value targets. Verify out-of-band.
🚩 New vendor onboarding
First payments to unknown payees get extra checks, every time.
🚩 Out-of-hours pressure
Requests timed when verifiers are away. The clock is part of the con.
Escalation Matrix (Yours Will Be Specific)
Honest boundary: verification processes reduce this risk dramatically but cannot promise zero losses — anyone who guarantees that is selling something. What we build: triggers people actually hit, verification that takes minutes, escalation that doesn't depend on memory, and records that prove what happened.
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Tell us how payment and account-change requests currently get approved.
Review first. Process scoped and priced after.
Fraud-Prevention Questions
Software records what happened. Verification decides what gets to happen — that human checkpoint is the layer fraud is designed to bypass.
Designed to take minutes, and only for triggered requests. Normal payments flow; suspicious ones wait for proof.
Same answer: out-of-band verification that doesn't trust the channel the request arrived on. See our deepfake verification page.
No — and don't buy from anyone who does. We materially shrink the window and prove decisions.
One stopped wire pays for this forever. Put the checkpoint in before you need it.
Frequently asked questions
Won't this slow down real payments?
Designed to take minutes, and only for triggered requests. Normal payments flow; suspicious ones wait for proof.
What about deepfake voice/video?
Same answer: out-of-band verification that doesn't trust the channel the request arrived on. See our deepfake verification page.
Can you guarantee we won't be defrauded?
No — and don't buy from anyone who does. We materially shrink the window and prove decisions.
How Custom AI Works delivers
1. Map the real workflow
We map the highest-cost workflow first — the calls, forms, inboxes, CRMs, and handoffs involved — before anything is built.
2. Build the smallest useful fix
A scoped build with approval gates and human-in-the-loop exception paths, around the tools you already use.
3. Prove it in production
The workflow runs live with logs your team can inspect, so value is proven — not promised.
4. Hand over ownership
Docs, logs, and the code itself are yours. No lock-in, no renting your own system back.
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