diff --git a/src/integration/alchemy/services/alchemy-webhook.service.ts b/src/integration/alchemy/services/alchemy-webhook.service.ts
index 866dba04aa..fbe7be66ef 100644
--- a/src/integration/alchemy/services/alchemy-webhook.service.ts
+++ b/src/integration/alchemy/services/alchemy-webhook.service.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ export class AlchemyWebhookService implements OnModuleInit {
     const signingKey = this.webhookCache.get(webhookId);
     if (!signingKey) {
       this.logger.warn(`Webhook Id ${webhookId} has no signing key`);
-      this.logger.warn(`Webhook cache: ${JSON.stringify(this.webhookCache)}`);
       return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/integration/bank/controllers/__tests__/yapeal-webhook.controller.spec.ts b/src/integration/bank/controllers/__tests__/yapeal-webhook.controller.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..248b958269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integration/bank/controllers/__tests__/yapeal-webhook.controller.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { ForbiddenException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Config, ConfigService } from 'src/config/config';
+import { YapealWebhookService } from '../../services/yapeal-webhook.service';
+import { YapealWebhookController } from '../yapeal-webhook.controller';
+
+describe('YapealWebhookController', () => {
+  let controller: YapealWebhookController;
+  let yapealWebhookService: jest.Mocked<Partial<YapealWebhookService>>;
+
+  const setExpectedKey = (key: string | undefined): void => {
+    (Config.bank.yapeal as { webhookApiKey?: string }).webhookApiKey = key;
+  };
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    new ConfigService();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    yapealWebhookService = { processWebhook: jest.fn() };
+    controller = new YapealWebhookController(yapealWebhookService as unknown as YapealWebhookService);
+  });
+
+  it('processes the webhook when the api key matches', async () => {
+    setExpectedKey('secret');
+
+    await expect(controller.handleYapealWebhook('secret', { foo: 'bar' })).resolves.toEqual({ received: true });
+    expect(yapealWebhookService.processWebhook).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ foo: 'bar' });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a wrong api key', async () => {
+    setExpectedKey('secret');
+
+    await expect(controller.handleYapealWebhook('wrong', {})).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+    expect(yapealWebhookService.processWebhook).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('fails closed: rejects every request when no expected key is configured', async () => {
+    setExpectedKey(undefined);
+
+    await expect(controller.handleYapealWebhook('anything', {})).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+    await expect(controller.handleYapealWebhook(undefined, {})).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+    expect(yapealWebhookService.processWebhook).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/integration/bank/controllers/yapeal-webhook.controller.ts b/src/integration/bank/controllers/yapeal-webhook.controller.ts
index 5fd28de571..7ced0e5a61 100644
--- a/src/integration/bank/controllers/yapeal-webhook.controller.ts
+++ b/src/integration/bank/controllers/yapeal-webhook.controller.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ export class YapealWebhookController {
 
   private validateApiKey(apiKey: string): void {
     const expectedKey = Config.bank.yapeal.webhookApiKey;
-    if (!expectedKey) return;
 
-    if (!apiKey || apiKey !== expectedKey) {
+    // fail closed: a missing expected key must reject every request, not wave them all through —
+    // this endpoint marks bank payments as received, so any unauthenticated path is forgeable
+    if (!expectedKey || !apiKey || apiKey !== expectedKey) {
       throw new ForbiddenException('Invalid API key');
     }
   }