Europe implemented VoP and accidentally audited its supplier database.

The results were... enlightening.

✅ One supplier had five different names.

✅ A "simple payment validation feature" became a cross-department governance programme.

✅ Batch payment processing taught everyone that verifying 10,000 payments is slightly more complicated than verifying one.

✅ The biggest fraudster wasn't always a criminal. Sometimes it was a spreadsheet nobody had touched since 2014.

As Nordic banks and corporates prepare for Verification of Payee, there is a rare opportunity to learn from Europe's mistakes rather than repeat them.

Our latest episode looks at the real lessons from the first VoP implementation wave and what CFOs and treasurers should do now.