Fintech Uptime Controls for Regulated Teams
Keep uptime promises while respecting audit and compliance needs.
By Taylor ChenPlatform Engineer•Published November 15, 2025•6 min read
Instrument for auditors
Capture who acknowledged alerts and when actions occurred.
Log every status page update for evidence.
Protect critical flows
Prioritize ACH, card processing, and ledger writes with separate SLOs.
Use multi region failover with tested runbooks.
Compliance signals
- Access controlled runbooks
- Immutable incident timelines
- Monthly SLA exports
Communicate conservatively
Provide clear customer impact statements without exposing sensitive detail.
Share expected settlement timelines in updates.
Keep SLA wording conservative to avoid breach penalties.
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- Author: Taylor Chen
- Role: Platform Engineer
- Published: November 15, 2025
- Reading time: 6 min
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#fintech uptime#audit#sla
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