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Tapping a card or sending money abroad feels instantaneous. Behind it sits a layered architecture of messages, ledgers and central bank accounts that determines when a payment is truly final.
Before a story is published, someone has to ask of every sentence: how do we know this? A look at a discipline readers rarely see.
Behind every result is a vast logistical operation run largely by civil servants and volunteers. Its credibility rests on procedures designed so that anyone can check the work.
