Banking & Fintech

Fintech Penetration Testing for Banks and Payment Platforms

Test payment applications, banking APIs, cloud environments, identity controls, and transaction logic. Get clear findings and reporting that supports PCI DSS, DORA, PSD2, GLBA, and partner security reviews.

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Why it matters

Penetration testing built for financial systems

Fintech companies and financial institutions need evidence that security controls protect payment flows, APIs, cloud, identity, and customer data. Blaze validates exploitable paths and maps relevant findings to PCI DSS, DORA, PSD2, GLBA, and partner reviews.

The challenge

Security challenges in banking and fintech

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Multiple frameworks, one testing program

Support regulatory compliance across PCI DSS, DORA, PSD2, GLBA, and GDPR without repeating the same evidence work.

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Business logic hides the highest-impact flaws

Test authorization, transaction integrity, payment flows, and API abuse for business logic flaws scanners cannot prove.

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DORA TLPT is not a standard pentest

For designated EU financial entities, scope threat-led testing around critical functions, formal governance, and regulator expectations.

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Partners expect independent evidence

Give sponsor banks, assessors, and enterprise customers independent penetration testing evidence for onboarding, risk, and security reviews.

The solution

How Blaze tests banking and fintech systems

Blaze combines manual testing, direct access to the testing team, and reporting designed for remediation, assessors, and partner reviews.

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Applications, APIs, cloud, and payment flows

Test web and mobile apps, REST and GraphQL APIs, payment gateways, cloud identity, configuration, and transaction logic beyond automated scanning.

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One test, reusable evidence

Use mapped findings for PCI DSS, DORA, PSD2, GLBA, assessors, partner banks, and internal risk teams.

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DORA threat-led testing

For designated EU financial entities, test critical functions through a governed TLPT engagement aligned with DORA and TIBER-EU.

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Validate fixes with the testers

Work directly with the testing team, clarify findings, and confirm remediation through fix validation included in the selected package or program.

Blaze has repeatedly proven that they are lightning fast, experienced, and personal.

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PCI DSS Penetration Testing

Test internal, external, and segmentation scope where applicable under PCI DSS v4.0.1 Requirement 11.4.

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DORA Threat-Led Penetration Testing

Threat-led penetration testing for designated EU financial entities, structured around DORA and TIBER-EU requirements.

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Run goal-driven attacks to test whether teams detect, contain, and respond to a realistic intrusion.

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Frequently asked questions

Fintech penetration testing is an authorized security assessment of financial applications, APIs, cloud environments, identity controls, and transaction flows. Testers validate exploitable security weaknesses such as broken authorization, transaction manipulation, and sensitive-data exposure, then document the evidence and remediation.
The requirement depends on product, data, and jurisdiction. PCI DSS applies to cardholder-data environments; DORA governs covered EU financial entities; PSD2 and its Strong Customer Authentication requirements apply to many EU payment services; the FTC Safeguards Rule applies to certain U.S. financial institutions; and GDPR addresses personal-data protection.
Cadence depends on regulatory scope and system change. PCI DSS requires penetration testing at least annually and after significant infrastructure or application changes, with additional segmentation testing where applicable. Fast-moving fintechs often add release-based testing or PTaaS between formal assessments.
Scope commonly includes web and mobile applications, banking or payment APIs, cloud environments, authentication, authorization, network segmentation, and transaction logic. Testing should reflect how money moves, how privileges change, and where sensitive customer or payment data could be exposed.
DORA TLPT is a threat-led exercise for designated EU financial entities that targets live production systems supporting critical functions under formal governance. It uses current threat intelligence and is broader, more controlled, and more intelligence-driven than a standard penetration test.
Blaze reports are structured to help QSAs, examiners, partner banks, and internal risk teams review scope, evidence, severity, remediation, and relevant control mapping. Acceptance remains with the receiving assessor, regulator, or organization and depends on its specific requirements.

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