Glossary/Four-eyes principle

Four-eyes principle

The four-eyes principle requires two qualified individuals to review a decision before it takes effect.

Banking usage

Common for payments, KYC disposition, and large manual journals in European and global banks.

How FinanceAI handles this

KYC dispositions and high-dollar journals route to second approvers per policy.

Questions

Same as maker-checker?

Often used interchangeably; some firms require two approvers above thresholds.

Run it on your own document

Upload a dummy bank statement, KYC pack, or trial balance. Agents read it, apply policy checks, and show each step before a human would approve.