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Before Traveling to France 2022: EU PLF

If you never heard of the European Digital Passenger Locator Form, join the club. I learned the hard way and I’m hoping my experiences will help you, as well as your international travelers, If you are traveling to France, for any reason, you need to know about this form – before you go! This session might be titled, “What you need to know about EU PLF?” #EUPLF #dPLF #EuropeanDigitalPassengerLocatorForm

Before traveling to France, you will need to fill out a European Digital Passenger Locator Form, sometimes referred to as a dPLF. This form will also need to be filled out if you are going to Malta or Slovenia. When traveling to France, each family will need to fill this out. This is the case when traveling to France 2022. In this video we share who has to complete the European Digital Passenger Locator Form as well as where it can be found.

This online form, the European Digital Passenger Locator Form, has to be filled out before a traveler going to France, Malta or Slovenia can check in. The information required isn’t extensive but must be
put on the form in the exact format asked for. There is no room for variances. You cannot board a flight to France from the United States until this form is filled out.

The European Digital Passenger Locator Form is a requirement for international travel to France, Slovenia and Malta as of July 2022.

Link to Funny Expense Reimbursement Stories
https://youtu.be/UyViUb0v9PE

Learn more about AP Now at www.ap-now.com

Host: Mary Schaeffer www.ap-now.com

Facts about Zelle Scams 2022 [Protection]

We’ve got some facts about Zelle Scams, Zelle fraud in 2022. We’re here with Lynn Larson to share this newest twist on current Zelle scams. Plus, she’ll do a quick review of some of the other ways Zelle scams are perpetrated.

As Zelle accounts become more popular, crooks looking to get their hands on your money are getting more innovative and creative. In this episode we discuss yet another innovation criminals are using to defraud ordinary citizens of their hard-earned money. They are doing this using Zelle.

Zelle payments or payments made using the Zelle app are sometimes referred to as Instant Payments or Real Time payments. Although many sign up for Zelle through their bank, the bank does not have ultimate responsibility for these accounts. This has led to a lot of heartache and complaints when there was a fraud or scam perpetrated using a Zelle account.

Don’t let the Zelle dream turn into a Zelle nightmare, because you fell for one of the many Zelle scams. In this episode we review a number of ways crooks are scamming ordinary citizens who just happen to be Zelle users. This handy payment app makes it easy to
transfer money from person to person simply by using an app on your phone. But without the proper care and controls, the app can become a nightmare. We take a look at some safety precautions every Zelle user should take to ensure they don’t get Zelle scammed. Stick around until the end when we share an often-overlooked Zelle safety precaution.

Listen to Lynn Larson’s longer explanation of Zelle Frauds
https://youtu.be/L02mUitjsKc

Guest: Lynn Larson (recharged-education.com)

Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)

One Time Vendor Set Up: Yes or No?

Do you set up one-time vendors in the master vendor file? How do you handle these vendors in the master vendor file? We’ve got five possible solutions, none are perfect. Which you select will depend on your philosophy and how many purchases your organization makes from one-time vendors. What should #accountspayable do with a #onetimevendor in the #mastervendorfile?

What to do with vendors who you are only going to do business with once is a tricky question? Do you set them up in the master vendor file or not? There are pros and cons to both setting up the vendor in the master vendor file and not setting up the one-time
vendors and clogging the master vendor file. One-time vendors present a really tricky issue. How you handle them will depend largely on philosophy and how many you have. Clearly this is a different issue for the company that gets only a handful of one-time vendors compared with those who have hundreds if not more one-time vendors each year.

There are many ways to handle one-time vendors in the master vendor file. None of them are perfect, unless perhaps you only have a few each year. But for the majority of the companies out there who have a bucketload, the problem is less that clear.

Link to Fraud in the Vendor File: How to Stop It
https://youtu.be/6r9I5d-li-U

Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)

3 Automation Mistakes: Shooting Yourself in the Foot

Whether you are going to start an ap automation project, an invoice automation project, a p2p automation project are some other automation initiatives, avoiding these 3 simple mistakes could mean the difference between success and failure of your project. Yet, it is
amazing how many companies ignore these issues.

3 Automation Mistakes: Shooting Yourself in the Foot focuses on 3 Automation Mistakes commonly made by companies starting an automation project. These invoice automation mistakes or invoice automation errors are the invoice automation pitfalls that result in a
project that should have been a success actually failing.

These automation pitfalls are easily avoidable, if you know where to start. The accounts payable automation mistakes are similar. Unfortunately, accounts payable automation pitfalls or p2p automation mistakes result in a less-than-optimal outcome for the ap automation project. Mary Schaeffer, AP Now’s founder and a nationally recognized accounts payable expert, explains how you can avoid these problems.

Regardless of whether you are going to start an ap automation project, an invoice automation project, a p2p automation project or some other automation initiatives, avoiding these 3 simple mistakes could mean the difference between a winning and losing project. Yet, it is amazing how many companies don’t understand these very basic issues and end up with a sub-par result.

Link to 9 Reasons Why Your Automation Project Fails: Vendor Issues
https://youtu.be/Z3oITKT0LR0

Wordle Tips for Advanced Players [Win More]

Looking to take your Wordle game to the advanced level? It’s not that hard. In this short Wordle video we have five Wordle tips that will help you do just that. Once you’ve played a few rounds of Wordle and have the knack of the #Wordle game, you probably want to improve your game a little, especially if it doesn’t involve much effort. We’ve got 5 advanced Wordle tips in this short video or podcast. #Wordletips for #AdvancedWordle players shows you how.

Whether your just getting started with Wordle, or have been playing wordle for a while, these advanced wordle tips will help you win faster and leave you feeling less aggravated. 5 advanced Tips [that will benefit experts as well] shares 5 simple strategies that any wordle player of any level of expertise can take advantage of. These Wordle r tips will help both the beginner and the expert, structure their game so as to win in fewer rounds without aggravating themselves too much.

Wordle tips for advanced players provides insights that will help the Wordle player achieve Wordle success without too much stress. Wordle tips, whether you are just getting started or have been playing for a while, takes some of randomness out of the way a player might approach a Wordle round by giving them a Wordle framework to operate in. These wordle strategies address several key components of the wordle game, a game that is loved and played by millions. The very best wordle tips will take the wordle player to the advanced level within playing their first few hands.

Wordle is the game that has been sweeping the Internet. With only one hand each day, players have six chances to guess the daily five-letter word. A green square indicates a correct letter in the correct spot and a yellow letter reveals a correct letter in a different spot.

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Link to The Book: Wordle: The Rules, Strategy and Expert Tips
https://www.ap-now.com/snip/111.htm

Link to How to Always Win Wordle in Fewer Rounds
https://youtu.be/20eVJ7gNnAw

Link to the Wordle Play List: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HefxYm4ymJ0RSWKFC_c9Lys

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Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)

 

Highlights from AP Tech Week

AP Technology Week had five sessions focuses on Fraud, Data, Invoice Automation, AP Automation and Payments.

Some of the issues discussed in data session include advice to younger self, how to learn about the latest technology, misconceptions about technology and what it can do, changes coming in the next few years likely to impact careers, data and dark data, insights that can be extracted from data, Excel and the best career advice related to technology and data the B2B community needs to hear.

Some of the issues discussed in the fraud session include the biggest fraud innovations, the most bizarre frauds, the most frustrating thing panelists see companies ignoring when it comes to fraud protection, pink collar crime, Friday fraud, fraud and scams involving instant payments and real time payments, frauds involving the master vendor file, or the master supplier file, internal or employee fraud, sometimes referred to as occupational fraud, credit card or p-card fraud including weak practices that facilitate fraud and of course, the best fraud protection advice the B2B community needs to hear.

Some of the issues discussed in this session include a discussion of common misconceptions about different payment tools, a discussion about some of the change that has occurred in the payment space over the last few years, an in-depth discussion on the finality of payment issue, tips on moving away from paper checks, the obstacles companies encounter when trying to move to new payment tools, what the business community can expect from the payment world in the next few year and the best advice related to payments the B2B community needs to hear.

Accounts Payable Technology Week is devoted to discussing the most current issues related to AP and P2P and technology. One of the ways professionals can stand out from the crowd is to learn how to get the most out of whatever AP automation solution their organization selects.

Some of the issues discussed in the AP Automation session include the biggest innovation in AP automation, the issues impacting the success of an accounts payable automation project, the lack of utilization of some AP automation solutions and what you can do to improve usage, the importance of having someone from accounts payable eon the team that selects an AP automation solution, advice for those just starting the AP automation jourvey and what the business community can expect from AP Automation service providers in the next
few years.

Playlist of the 2022 AP Technology Week Sessions
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HeTeFa4eBOVeHvE2NbY4KEz

Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)

The Half DeepFake Fraud [New Problem for All Businesses]

Wordle Starting Word: The Vowel Question

Vowels are critical when playing Wordle. But should you start with a word with 4 vowels, or 3 vowels or 2 vowels? And which ones? In this episode we delve into the role vowels play in Wordle. Wordle is the extremely popular game where you are given six chances to guess one five letter word. The correct responses are all based on the American spelling. If you are very careful when you play you have a very good chance of winning. #wordle and how many #Vowels the #wordlestarting word has in it is a critical question for many.

Wordle is the game where you are given six chances to guess one five letter word. If you are careful about it you have a good chance of winning. This video focuses on whether to use a starting word with 4 3 or 2 vowels. What is the best starting Wordle word? Is it one with 4 vowels or 3 vowels or 2 vowels. And once you’ve decided how many vowels are optimal, which vowels should be in that word and what about the other letters.

The Wordle starting word sets the player on the road to success or failure. And making sure the Wordle starting word has what the player considers to be the optimal number of vowels in it is part of that decision. Are some vowels better choices than others? Absolutely. In this broadcast we reveal which vowels will give you the best chance of winning Wordle.

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Link to The Book: Wordle: The Rules, Strategy and Expert Tips
https://www.ap-now.com/snip/111.htm

 

Link to Wordle Best Second Word
https://youtu.be/IhKbe3Essqc

 

Link to the Wordle Play List: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HefxYm4ymJ0RSWKFC_c9Lys

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Now’s free ezine at: www.ap-now.com

Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com )

 

Accounts Payable Lingo [Test Yourself]

Do you speak accounts payable? Do you know what all the accounts payable terms or accounts payable abbreviations stand for? In this very short video we share 20
abbreviations or short cuts used in the accounts payable function and reveal what they mean. #Accountspayable, like many other #accounting functions has a language all its own, filled with jargon and special lingo. While we all know we shouldn’t use it, as it confuses others, somehow, it manages to slip in.

The accounts payable lingo or the accounts payable terminology is often strange to those who don’t use it everyday. That’s why we advise people not to use it, but somehow, many (myself included) can’t help ourselves and the accounts payable jargon we are all so familiar with slips in. That’s why we should ask outsiders, “do you speak accounts payable” before slipping into the accounts payable lingo or accounts payable jargon. It’s like accounts payable has a language of its own. Who knew there were so many different areas.

List of terms explained:
1. AP
2. P2P
3. ERS
4. T&E
5. ACH
6. P-card
7. TIN
8. W-9
9. 1099
10. AI
11. RPA
12. DPO
13. S-OX
14. SUT
15. VAT
16. YE
17. YTD
18. ME
19. P&L
20. 2/10 net 30

Link to watch Who Knew AP Was So Complicated (30 Topics)
https://youtu.be/UGFaUkiNPP0

Hiring Questions You Should NEVER Ask

Hiring questions you should NEVER ask! Ask these questions and you could be exposing your organization to big liabilities. The rules are changing as to what you can ask and what you can’t. HR expert Barbara Mitchell agreed to join the AP Now platform to explain some of the new rules. #interviewquestionsnottoask #interview #accountspayable

What was a perfectly respectable question just a few short years ago, today is an interview questions not to ask a candidate. And the rules are changing every day. So what was acceptable in your state just a few months ago, today in on the list of interview questions not to ask. A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself before asking a question, do I need this information to determine if the person can do the job. If the answer is no or probably not, you might want to consider adding it to the list of interview questions to avoid asking.

Bad interview questions are often asked out of ignorance, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be asked. You might want to plan a little ahead of time about illegal interview questions and how to answer them. One of the biggest issues currently revolves around salary. You might want to plan ahead how to respond to salary questions in an interview so when someone asks inappropriate interview questions, you have an answer and are not left there staring that they even asked.

For additional information about the Big Book of HR (and to purchase)
www.bigbookofhr.com

Link to Career Killers: 3 Big Fears that Can Ruin Your Accounting Career
https://youtu.be/lE7SPjN2wiY (254)

Guest: Barbara Mitchell (www.bigbookofhr.com)
Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)