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title: Controlled Data Movement
description: A configuration-driven, secure data movement pattern built at USAA to
  move 25B+ records a day, then carried to Wells Fargo as a bank-wide framework for
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# Overview

A configuration-driven, secure data movement pattern built at USAA to move 25B+ records a day, then carried to Wells Fargo as a bank-wide framework for analytics and AI.[^s1]

Organization: USAA and Wells Fargo. Period: 2020 – 2024.

# Read the original

The case study is on muthub.org: [Controlled Data Movement](https://muthub.org/initiatives/controlled-data-movement-archetype).

[^s1]: Controlled Data Movement, muthub.org case study, revised 2026-10-16.

# See also

* [Agent-first data architecture: five principles](agent-first-data-architecture-five-principles.md) - Data platforms built for people asking questions will strain when the main consumer is software taking actions. Five principles for designing data platforms where agents are first-class users, and why an open lakehouse helps.