diff --git a/.forge/BAIS-CI-1783819034-attempt-3.md b/.forge/BAIS-CI-1783819034-attempt-3.md
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-# BAIS-CI-1783819034-attempt-3
-
-Forge 이슈 작업 브랜치 `forge/BAIS-CI-1783819034-attempt-3`.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.14</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <groupId>com.klaro.bais</groupId>
-    <artifactId>bais-platform</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <modules>
-        <module>services/payments</module>
-    </modules>
-</project>
diff --git a/services/payments/pom.xml b/services/payments/pom.xml
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-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.klaro.bais</groupId>
-        <artifactId>bais-platform</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <artifactId>payments</artifactId>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.18.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/services/payments/src/main/java/com/klaro/bais/payments/PaymentReferenceService.java b/services/payments/src/main/java/com/klaro/bais/payments/PaymentReferenceService.java
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-package com.klaro.bais.payments;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-
-public class PaymentReferenceService {
-    public String normalize(String input) {
-        return StringUtils.trimToEmpty(input);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/services/payments/src/test/java/com/klaro/bais/payments/PaymentReferenceServiceTest.java b/services/payments/src/test/java/com/klaro/bais/payments/PaymentReferenceServiceTest.java
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-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-class PaymentReferenceServiceTest {
-    private final PaymentReferenceService service = new PaymentReferenceService();
-
-    @Test
-    void testNormalize_NullString() {
-        assertEquals(""); // null should be normalized to empty string
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testNormalize_EmptyString() {
-        assertEquals(""); // empty string should remain empty
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testNormalize_ValidString() {
-        String input = "  some text  ";
-        assertEquals("some text", service.normalize(input)); // should trim spaces
-    }
-}