Field notes

Notes from readiness work, sampling, and questionnaire packs.

Short articles for compliance and operations leads preparing audits for fintech firms in Taiwan.

Two colleagues discussing papers across a meeting table

2026-05-12

What Taiwan supervisors usually ask for in a payment-institution visit

A practical list of folders, logs, and interview topics that recur when payment firms in Taiwan prepare for a supervisory walk-through.

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2026-04-03

Sampling customer due diligence files without drowning in volume

How audit teams pick a defensible sample of CDD files when a fintech onboards thousands of accounts each month.

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Desk with laptop, charts, and coffee during analysis work

2026-02-18

Building a partner-bank questionnaire pack that survives legal review

Correspondent banks expect consistent answers across AML, operational resilience, and outsourcing. Here is how fintech teams assemble a pack that holds up.

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Team collaborating around documents in a bright office

2026-01-09

When an incident file is ready for the board (and when it is not)

Boards and auditors need a closed narrative: timeline, customer impact, root cause, and lasting control changes—not a folder of chat exports.

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