Fintech Lab
Lesson 32Risk and limitsIntermediate
KYC tier limits at the ledger
Risk controls implemented as accounting code, not application logic.

Your fintech runs three KYC tiers. Tier 1 (basic phone-number verification) caps wallet balance at ₦300,000. Tier 2 (full ID) caps at ₦5,000,000. Tier 3 (biometric + address) is unlimited. When a deposit would push a user's wallet over their tier cap, you don't just block it, you accept the cash AND park the overflow in a 'Pending KYC Upgrade' liability. The user is notified to upgrade. This is risk control implemented at the LEDGER level, where it's bulletproof, instead of in application code where every new code path is a new bypass.

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