Policy Challenge: All Checks Should Be Mailed Directly to the Payee

By Pam Miller, APMD There are a number of reasons why mailing all checks directly to the payee is sound policy. For example, mailing direct to the payee: Guarantees that the check will be sent to the payee (trusting the efficiency of the USPS). Makes the would-be fraudster work harder for the money. The fraudster must go through the extra work of establishing a valid address different from their own (assuming that AP runs checks of new vendors against the employee file, another best practice…