# Risk-Based Data Quality Testing for Reliable Finance Pipelines

DevFeed: [Risk-Based Data Quality Testing for Reliable Finance Pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/test-smarter-not-harder-risk-based-data-quality-without-pipeline-paralysis-20446.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://vinted.engineering//2026/03/11/risk-based-testing/>)

Author: Jeremy Chia

Published: 2026-03-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Vinted](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/vinted.md>)

Topics: [Data Quality](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-quality.md>), [DataOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dataops.md>), [Finance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/finance.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-quality.md>), [finance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/finance.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parquet.md>), [pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipeline.md>), [pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipelines.md>), [quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quality.md>), [reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reporting.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Vinted addressed frequent upstream schema and format changes affecting finance reporting pipelines. It describes shifting testing closer to the source, applying materiality-based checks, and balancing data quality with pipeline reliability and timely availability.

## Source excerpt

Upstream schema changes were breaking our finance pipelines daily. With monthly reporting deadlines looming, we needed to balance data quality with pipeline reliability. Here's how we solved it without compromising either.