# We Built Bank-Grade Security for Immigrants. Here's What Broke First.

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Podcast: [Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/programming-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6364125)
Published: 2026-05-06T16:01:52+00:00
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/we-built-bank-grade-security-for-immigrants-heres-what-broke-first . How we built bank-grade security for 45 million immigrants the US financial system ignores, and what I got wrong along the way. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming . You can also check exclusive content about #kubernetes , #fintech , #security , #gcp , #startup , #immigration , #infrastructure , #software-engineering , and more. This story was written by: @svetlanadevops . Learn more about this writer by checking @svetlanadevops's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Building fintech for immigrants isn't a design problem — it's a security and infrastructure problem. I share the 3 technical decisions that made YPA Finance trustworthy for users the system was never built for, and the three assumptions that nearly broke us.

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