Field notes

Guides and observations from audits for fintech firms—written for compliance and finance leads who prepare evidence, not for general productivity audiences.

Payment terminal and card on a retail counter

11 November 2025

What Taiwan payment firms usually miss before a controls walkthrough

Reconciliation packs look tidy until someone asks who owns the overnight exception queue. Here is what we ask for first.

Calculator and printed financial worksheets on a desk

7 January 2026

Sampling lending exception logs without drowning in volume

Consumer lenders often keep enormous exception files. A practical sampling approach keeps the audit honest without reading every row.

Bright office interior with desks and large windows

19 February 2026

Preparing a Taoyuan office for hybrid audit fieldwork

Hybrid audits only work when rooms, access badges, and evidence folders are ready before the first walkthrough day.

Business meeting with notebooks open on a conference table

2 April 2026

How boards ask better questions after a controls report

A findings report is useful only if directors can turn severity ratings into owners and dates.