Briefing
Fintechs and digital‑asset firms prepare for bank diligence like a technical audit, then lose the partnership months later without a clear reason. This checklist is written from the bank's side of the table — the questions the risk team is actually asking, in the order they ask them.
What's inside
Governance, BSA/AML reliance, custody and key management, information security, vendor management, incident response, and financial condition — each phrased the way a third‑party‑risk analyst writes it up.
A policy is not evidence. For every check: the artifact that satisfies it, and the answer that quietly ends the conversation.
The five roles a bank expects a person, not a committee, to own — and how to fill them before the process starts, fractionally if needed.
Written for founders, COOs, and heads of compliance at fintech and digital‑asset firms. Fifteen minutes to read; built to become your diligence prep list.
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The 40 things a bank's risk team checks before partnering with a fintech or digital‑asset firm, what counts as evidence for each, and who has to own it. Written from the bank's side of the table. No sales sequence follows it.