Backend API and services for Asante Trade platform. Handles authentication, transactions, KYC/AML, Stellar integration, and business logic for agents, customers, and administrators.
# Asante Trade Backend
> **Backend API and core services powering the Asante Trade financial services platform.**
Asante Trade Backend is the central API and business-logic layer of the **Asante Trade ecosystem**, providing secure and scalable services for authentication, user and agent management, customer operations, financial transactions, wallets, KYC/AML, reporting, and blockchain integration.
The platform is designed to support **accessible digital financial services across Africa**, enabling organizations to provide services such as digital wallets, savings, remittances, bill payments, and agent banking to underserved communities.
The backend is being built with future integration into the **Stellar blockchain and Soroban smart contracts**, enabling fast, secure, and low-cost financial transactions.
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## ✨ Features
### 🔐 Authentication & Authorization
* User registration and authentication
* JWT-based authentication
* Role-based access control
* Permission management
* Secure session management
### 👥 User & Agent Management
* Administrator management
* Manager management
* Trainer management
* Agent management
* Customer management
* User profile management
* Agent onboarding and lifecycle management
### 💰 Financial Services
* Wallet management
* Transaction processing
* Savings products
* Bill payment services
* Remittance services
* Financial account management
* Transaction history
### 🪪 KYC & Compliance
* Customer KYC management
* Identity verification workflows
* AML-related controls
* Compliance records
* Audit trails
### 📊 Reporting & Analytics
* Transaction reporting
* Agent performance reporting
* Customer activity reporting
* Financial analytics
* Administrative dashboards
* Audit logs
### 🔔 Notifications
* Transaction notifications
* Account notifications
* System notifications
* Notification management
### ⛓️ Blockchain Integration
* Stellar blockchain integration *(planned)*
* Stellar asset and payment services *(planned)*
* …