THE NEWSROOM
How Fintechly
does the work.
Premium readers and serious sources are entitled to know how a publication is built. This page is the public version of our internal standards — the sourcing, the conflicts policy, the corrections log, and the channels that protect people who tell us things.
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OUR PROMISES TO READERS
Three commitments
we will not bend.
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We verify before we publish.
If a story is not ready, it does not run. We would rather be second and right than first and sorry.
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We protect our sources.
We never burn a source. We absorb legal risk before we expose anyone who told us the truth.
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We tell you when we were wrong.
Corrections are public, dated and named. Significant errors are republished in the next Ledger.
The standards.
The eight rules every reporter and editor at Fintechly works to. Read in full, in plain English.
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Sourcing
Every piece of original reporting is sourced. We aim for at least two independent, knowledgeable sources on any material claim. We do not run anonymous quotes that exist only to attack named parties. Where we cite documents, we have read them in full ourselves.
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Anonymity
We grant anonymity to sources who would face professional, legal or personal consequences for speaking on the record. We do not grant it for convenience. We disclose, in plain language inside the story, why a source has been granted it.
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Embargoes
We honour reasonable embargoes that are agreed in advance. We do not honour retroactive embargoes. We will not embargo information that is materially in the public interest.
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Conflicts of interest
Reporters and editors cannot own equity in any company they cover, or write about a company in which a spouse, partner or first-degree relative is an employee, board member or material shareholder. Recusals are documented internally and disclosed to readers when relevant.
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Sponsored content
Anything paid for by a sponsor is marked PARTNER CONTENT in the same mono label as our own sections, in equal weight, on every surface. Sponsors do not see editorial copy before publication and have no influence over headlines, framing or selection.
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Use of AI
We use machine-assisted tools for transcription, translation, code search and visual production. We do not generate quotes, paraphrase sources, fabricate scenes or auto-publish copy. Every published sentence is read and approved by a human editor.
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Right of reply
Anyone named in a critical piece is contacted in advance with a fair opportunity to comment, with sufficient notice for a considered response. Their position is represented in the published piece, in their own words wherever possible.
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Corrections
When we get something wrong, we correct it in the original piece, mark the change clearly, and log the correction publicly on this page. Significant corrections are also republished in the next edition of The Ledger.
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