Vine, a commercial and agricultural lending accelerator for banks and credit unions, announced the launch of its AI Assistant, a new capability within the Vine platform designed to help lenders analyze borrower documents, compare the loan package to bank policies, surface insights, and prepare robust credit memos.

Vine’s AI Assistant allows lenders to ask questions directly within a loan file and receive responses grounded in the borrower information already uploaded to the platform, complete with references to support each insight. The feature can quickly summarize financial statements, review supporting materials, identify missing information or generate structured credit narratives, saving credit teams valuable time and further cutting down on manual work. Institutions can also incorporate any regulatory considerations and internal credit policies, so every insight from the AI Assistant is aligned with the institution’s lending standards.

AI tools can often raise regulatory concerns, especially when they are associated with credit decisions. It’s critical that banks are using these tools in the right applications. Vine’s AI Assistant has been carefully constructed to be regulation-friendly, empowering the banks to make informed decisions rather than letting technology make the decision for them.

With the flexibility to apply AI to select workflows, institutions have the power to choose where they maintain control and where technology can step in. The AI Assistant works alongside lenders, providing actionable insights as they evaluate borrower information and assemble credit documentation. By reducing the time spent gathering information, assembling documentation and drafting credit materials, lenders can move more quickly and spend more time on meaningful credit analysis.

“Most banks today are at a crossroads. They can either stick with inflexible legacy systems that dictate how they lend or take a risk with AI solutions that were not built to be bank-friendly. The goal with each of our AI capabilities is to give lenders the best of both worlds,” said David Eads, CEO and co-founder of Vine. “Every feature is built with bankers in mind: this is about supporting better decisions, not replacing human judgment. Technology can often override what makes lenders stand out, but we’re choosing to add configurability so no one has to sacrifice their standards in the name of speed.”