Supplier Payment Guide is an independent, small editorial resource. It brings together public payment-fraud guidance and practical examples of recurring supplier work in food production.
Editorial scope
These notes explain how to separate invoice approval, supplier identity, bank-detail verification and payment release. They are not a bank service, a regulatory direction, legal advice or a substitute for a business's own AP procedure. Illustrations and examples are illustrative.
Sources used
- Australian Cyber Security Centre — business email compromise: the risk of payment redirection and independent confirmation.
- Australian Payments Plus — Confirmation of Payee for businesses: what a bank-side name match does.
- Dairy Food Safety Victoria — licensee register: the scope of the public dairy business register.
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand guidance on dairy product tracing: the purpose of immediate-supplier records in a dairy food safety program.
Using the material
Use the guides as a prompt to check your local process. Keep evidence of a supplier call, independent approval and bank-side checks in the systems your business controls. A notice or page on this site does not confirm that a bank account belongs to a supplier.
Content reviewed 22 September 2026. External sources may change; follow the current version from each publisher.