Generative AI in Finance

Generative AI in finance that reads the documents your analysts shouldn't have to.

Financial services are generating more documents, data, and decisions than teams can process manually. Generative AI in finance applies LLMs to the work that's currently bottlenecked on human review, contract analysis, financial report generation, underwriting support, regulatory document processing, and client communication.
We build generative AI applications for financial services that work within your compliance constraints, handle sensitive data with appropriate security architecture, and deliver accuracy standards that financial decisions require.

  • Financial document analysis, extraction, and summarisation using LLMs trained for accuracy

  • Automated financial report generation from structured data with human review workflow

  • Underwriting support tools that surface relevant policy and risk data for decision makers

  • Compliance-ready architecture with data handling that meets your regulatory requirements

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The problem

Sound familiar?

  • Financial document review (contracts, prospectuses, regulatory filings) consuming analyst time that LLMs could handle more efficiently?

  • Report generation, client communication drafting, and compliance documentation being produced manually at high cost per document?

Short answer

RaftLabs builds generative AI applications for financial services across the US, UK, Europe, Canada, and the UAE: document analysis, report generation, underwriting support, and compliance review. A focused v1 starts around $25,000 and reaches production in about 12 weeks, then expands into a full platform.

Key takeaways

  • RaftLabs builds generative AI applications for financial services covering document analysis, report generation, underwriting support, and compliance review.
  • A focused v1 launches in about 12 weeks at a fixed price, then expands into the full platform, with compliance-ready architecture designed in from week one.
  • Deployments use private LLM infrastructure (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock) so financial document content never passes through a model provider's training pipeline.

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The 50-page loan file that used to eat an afternoon.

An underwriter opens a 50-page loan application. Income statements, credit agreements, three years of filings. Two hours of reading before a single judgment call gets made, and then the next file in the queue looks exactly the same.

Now an LLM reads the file first. It pulls the figures, the dates, and the terms into a structured summary, flags the low-confidence fields for a human, and routes the rest. The underwriter opens the file already knowing where to look.

The model does the reading. The person does the deciding. That is the whole point.

The economics of generative AI in finance are not about replacing financial judgment. They are about removing the information-processing bottleneck that sits in front of it. An underwriter reading 50-page loan applications, an analyst summarising quarterly filings, a compliance team checking contract language: the model handles the reading and extraction, and the person handles the decision.

McKinsey estimates that generative AI could add $200 billion to $340 billion a year to the global banking sector. Most of that comes from higher productivity in document-heavy work: credit analysis, compliance review, and client reporting (McKinsey Global Institute, "The economic potential of generative AI", 2023). The demand is not in question. Turning it into production software a regulator will accept is.

potential annual value gen AI could add to global banking, mostly from productivity in document-heavy work
$200B-$340B
McKinsey Global Institute, 2023
of banks were already using generative AI tactically by 2024, yet few had moved it into governed production
78%
eMarketer, 2024

Where most finance AI stalls is accuracy under audit. A general-purpose chatbot that is right most of the time becomes a liability the moment its output feeds a credit decision, a suitability assessment, or a regulatory filing. An LLM will state a fabricated figure with the same confidence as a real one. So every extraction runs through confidence scoring and a human review queue, and every AI-assisted decision is logged with the model version, the prompt, and the retrieved sources. That is what US model risk management guidance (SR 11-7) and the FCA's expectations on accountable AI ask for in practice: a system whose reasoning you can reconstruct after the fact.

Data residency is the other decision that comes early. Financial document content and PII cannot pass through a public model provider's training pipeline. We deploy on private LLM infrastructure (Azure OpenAI Service, AWS Bedrock) inside your own cloud tenancy and region, under data processing agreements that prohibit training on your data.

RaftLabs has been shipping production software since 2015, with products in production across fintech, healthcare, hospitality, and logistics, for clients including Vodafone, T-Mobile, Aldi, Nike, Cisco, and Lockheed Martin, and a 4.9/5 rating on Clutch. One team scopes the workflow, builds the system, and hands it over, with GDPR, FCA, SEC, and ASIC requirements designed in from week one.

Generative AI pays off where document review sits before the decision.

Everything on the left should already be true for your operation. Even one thing on the right, and a general-purpose tool or a manual process is the safer call for now.

A fit
01

Document-heavy financial workflows (contracts, filings, underwriting, reporting) consuming analyst time that follows the same pattern every time.

02

Compliance and data-security constraints that rule out public AI tools, with regulatory requirements the system has to meet.

03

Budget for a scoped build and a decision-maker who can define what accuracy standard 'done' means.

Not a fit
  • A workflow that needs regulatory-grade accuracy with no human review in the loop.
  • A standard need a configured off-the-shelf tool already covers well.
  • No sensitive-data or compliance dimension, just a simple question-and-answer responder.

What we build

Generative AI applications we build for finance

  • 01
    Financial document analysis
    LLM pipelines that extract structured data from financial documents at the accuracy financial decisions require: loan applications, credit agreements, financial statements, insurance policies, and regulatory filings. Extraction accuracy typically reaches 90 to 98% on well-formatted documents, with low-confidence fields routed to a human review queue. We deploy on private infrastructure such as Azure OpenAI Service and AWS Bedrock, so document content never passes through a model provider's training pipeline.
  • 02
    Automated report generation
    Financial report generation from the structured data already in your portfolio management system, risk platform, or CRM: portfolio performance reports, credit risk assessments, client investment summaries, and management information packs. Your compliance-approved templates define the structure while the LLM fills in narrative commentary, and every report routes to an analyst for review and sign-off.
  • 03
    Compliance document review
    Automated review of financial documents against regulatory requirements, internal credit policy, and consumer protection obligations before execution or distribution, covering loan agreements (FCA, Regulation Z/TILA, ASIC), derivative contracts, and fund prospectuses. Output is a pass/fail report per check with the triggering passage, the regulatory basis, and a recommended fix, with material issues flagged separately from wording preferences.
  • 04
    Underwriting support tools
    AI-assisted underwriting tools that compress information gathering so underwriters spend more time on judgment. The tool does not make decisions. It assembles structured applicant summaries, retrieves policy guidance and comparable historical cases via RAG with citations, and summarises risk factors. Every AI-generated input is logged with model version and sources to meet FCA and US model risk management guidance (SR 11-7).
  • 05
    Client communication automation
    Personalised client communication drafts generated from data already in your portfolio system and CRM, so relationship managers review and approve rather than draft from scratch. Covers quarterly performance letters, onboarding welcomes, rebalancing recommendations, and event-triggered updates, with compliance guardrails enforcing required disclaimers and flagging regulatory risk language for mandatory human review.
  • 06
    RAG pipelines for financial knowledge
    RAG systems purpose-built for financial knowledge: credit policy manuals, product approvals, regulatory guidance, and credit committee minutes. Hybrid retrieval combines vector search with exact term lookup for regulatory references like "IFRS 9". Access control filters results to authorised documents. Every response cites its source, and every query is logged to an immutable audit record.

Which financial workflow is buried in document review?

Walk us through it. We'll tell you what an LLM can handle, what stays with a human, and what it costs to build.

How it works

From scope to shipped

Every project follows the same four phases. Scope is locked and price is fixed before development starts.

  1. Week 1
    01

    Discovery and scope

    We map the financial workflow, the document types, the regulatory constraints, and the accuracy requirements. You leave week 1 with a written scope document and a fixed-price quote. No development starts without your sign-off.

  2. Weeks 2-3
    02

    Design and architecture

    Data architecture decisions, LLM deployment model (private cloud vs API under a data processing agreement), extraction pipeline design, and human review workflow. Decisions made here cost ten times less than the same decisions made in week 8.

  3. Weeks 4-12
    03

    Build, integrate, and QA

    Working pipeline at a staging environment by end of sprint one. Bi-weekly demos. Accuracy testing runs in parallel with every sprint using your document samples, not after build completes.

  4. Weeks 12+
    04

    Launch and post-launch support

    Production deployment with monitoring and accuracy dashboards activated on launch day. 8 weeks of post-launch support included in every project.

What clients say

What clients say about our AI work

Three-year average engagement. Founders and operators describing the work in their own words. No marketing varnish.

Amer Abu Khajil
Amer Abu Khajil
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Founder, Peak Studios & Perceptional

I found RaftLabs to be the perfect partner for Perceptional, with their expertise in helping startup founders build MVPs, a free consultation, a prototype that matched my vision, and their unwavering support.

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What generative AI for finance costs

We price by project, not by the hour. Cost depends on document variety, integration requirements, accuracy validation depth, and compliance controls. Where you land depends on scope, not negotiation:

Focused document analysis tool, $25,000-$60,000
LLM extraction, a document upload interface, structured output, and a human review workflow.
Full financial AI platform, $60,000-$150,000
Multi-document analysis, report generation, compliance checking, and core system integration.

What it costs

Fixed scope, starting at $25,000. Compliance built in.

A written scope, a timeline, and a number, agreed before development starts. A validated v1 reaches production in about 12 weeks, then expands.

Starts at $25,000

Focused builds start at $25,000 and reach production in about 12 weeks, with 8 weeks of post-launch support included. Start with document analysis, then expand into the full platform.

Start with the focused document analysis tool. Expand into multi-document analysis, report generation, and compliance checking once the first phase is proven.

No hourly billing

Once we scope your first phase, that price is locked in writing. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices as the platform grows.

Compliance built in

GDPR, FCA, SEC, and ASIC requirements, plus US model risk management guidance (SR 11-7), are scoped in week 1, not retrofitted before launch. Private LLM deployments with data processing agreements, and audit trails for every AI-assisted financial decision from day one.

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Frequently asked questions

Generative AI delivers the most value in financial services for: (1) Document analysis, reading and extracting structured data from loan applications, contracts, insurance policies, financial statements, and regulatory filings at a fraction of the manual review time. (2) Report generation, producing first drafts of financial analysis reports, client summaries, and portfolio updates from structured data that analysts then review and approve. (3) Compliance document review, checking documents against regulatory requirements, flagging non-compliant clauses, and generating compliance summaries. (4) Client communication, drafting personalised client updates, investment summaries, and advisory correspondence that relationship managers review before sending. (5) Underwriting support, surfacing relevant policy, precedent, and risk data to underwriters during the decision process. Workflows requiring regulatory-grade accuracy without human review are not yet appropriate candidates.

Financial data security requires specific architectural decisions. We use private LLM deployments (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude on private infrastructure) with data processing agreements that prohibit training on your data, rather than sending sensitive financial data to public APIs. For data that can be processed via public API under an appropriate data processing agreement, we implement data minimisation (sending only the relevant excerpt, not the full document). All financial data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Access is role-controlled and audited. We confirm the appropriate architecture based on your specific data classification and regulatory requirements during scoping.

LLM accuracy for structured extraction from financial documents (pulling specific values, dates, and terms from contracts and financial statements) typically reaches 90-98% with prompt engineering and validation layers, higher with fine-tuning on your document types. For unstructured summarisation and analysis, accuracy is harder to measure precisely, which is why human review workflows are standard for any AI output used in a financial decision. We implement validation pipelines: LLM extraction, confidence scoring, human review queue for low-confidence extractions, and accuracy reporting over time. We build in the measurement from day one so you can track and improve accuracy systematically.

A focused financial document analysis tool with LLM extraction, document upload interface, structured output, and human review workflow typically runs $25,000 to $60,000. A full financial AI platform covering multi-document analysis, report generation, compliance checking, and core system integration typically runs $60,000 to $150,000. Cost depends on document variety, integration requirements, accuracy validation depth, and compliance controls. We scope every project before pricing it.

Yes. Most financial AI projects we build connect to existing core banking systems, CRMs, document management platforms, or portfolio management systems via API. Common integrations include Salesforce, Temenos, Finastra, and custom-built policy or case management systems. We confirm integration feasibility and scope the connection points in week 1 before any development starts. Integration complexity is a major cost driver, so this is a question we ask early.

Yes. We sign NDAs before any discovery conversation where financial document types, system architecture, or client data is discussed. For production systems handling actual financial data, we also sign data processing agreements and confirm the appropriate LLM deployment model (private cloud, API under a data processing agreement, or on-premise) before scoping begins. Client confidentiality is standard practice, not a negotiation.

Work with us

Tell us what you need. We'll tell you what it would take.

We scope Generative AI in Finance in 30 minutes. You walk away with a clear cost, timeline, and approach. No commitment required.

  • Scope and cost agreed before work starts. No surprises. No obligation.
  • Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
  • Pay by milestone. You see progress before each invoice.
  • 60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and deployment support. No retainer.
  • All conversations are NDA-protected.