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From 5 Days to 8 Minutes: How AI Transformed Credit Analysis While Increasing Approvals by 30%

XCodeIT built an explainable AI credit analysis system using Python, TensorFlow, and Azure ML that reduced analysis time by 95%, achieved 94% accuracy, increased credit approvals by 30%, and maintained full GDPR compliance with transparent decision-making.

Client: SecureBank

https://SecureBank.xcodeit.io/dashboard

Credit Risk Analysis

GDPR Compliant

Analysis Time

8 min

was 5 days

Accuracy

94%

+2.3%

Approvals

+30%

increase

Today

1,247

analyses

ML Risk Score Distribution

750

Low Risk

45%

Medium

35%

High Risk

20%

XAI Factors

Income Stability +18

Credit History +15

Debt Ratio -8

Employment +12

95%

Time Reduction

94%

Prediction Accuracy

+30%

More Approvals

100%

GDPR Compliant

The Challenge

CreditoIA's manual credit analysis process was drowning in inefficiency and lost opportunity. Credit analysts spent an average of 5 days evaluating each application, manually reviewing hundreds of data points, financial documents, and risk indicators. This glacial pace meant qualified applicants went to competitors, operational costs were unsustainable, and the business couldn't scale.

But speed alone wasn't the answer. The company needed to maintain or improve accuracy, ensure decisions were explainable to regulators and customers, comply with GDPR's right to explanation for automated decisions, eliminate human bias while preserving expert judgment, and handle a diverse range of credit products from personal loans to business financing.

Previous attempts at automation had failed—black-box AI systems produced decisions analysts couldn't trust or explain, and simplistic rule-based systems missed nuanced risk factors that experienced analysts caught. The company needed a solution that combined the speed of automation with the intelligence and transparency of human analysis.

Our Solution

XCodeIT engineered an explainable AI credit decisioning platform that combines machine learning accuracy with regulatory compliance and human oversight:

Developed ensemble learning models using TensorFlow that analyze 200+ data points including financial history, behavioral patterns, and market indicators, achieving 94% prediction accuracy while continuously learning from outcomes.

Implemented SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) to provide transparent, human-readable explanations for every credit decision, showing which factors influenced the outcome and by how much—critical for regulatory compliance and customer trust.

Built a lightning-fast REST API using FastAPI that processes credit applications in real-time, integrating seamlessly with existing CRM and banking systems while maintaining sub-second response times even under heavy load.

Designed a robust PostgreSQL database architecture optimized for high-speed data retrieval and complex analytical queries, with automated data validation and cleansing pipelines to ensure model input quality.

Leveraged Azure Machine Learning for model training, versioning, and deployment, enabling continuous model improvement, A/B testing of model variants, and zero-downtime updates to production systems.

Created an intuitive Python-based dashboard allowing credit analysts to review AI recommendations, understand the reasoning, override decisions when appropriate, and maintain audit trails for regulatory compliance and quality control.

Technologies Used

Python TensorFlow FastAPI PostgreSQL Azure ML SHAP

The Results

95%

Time Reduction

From 5 days to 8 minutes average analysis time

94%

Prediction Accuracy

ML model accuracy validated against historical outcomes

+30%

More Approvals

Increased qualified applicant approvals through better risk assessment

100%

GDPR Compliant

Fully explainable decisions meeting regulatory requirements

"XCodeIT didn't just automate our process—they made it smarter. The AI catches risk factors our analysts used to spend days uncovering, but it also identifies qualified applicants we would have rejected under our old criteria. The explainability is game-changing; we can show customers and regulators exactly why decisions were made. We've gone from a bottleneck to a competitive advantage."

Dr. Ricardo Almeida

Chief Risk Officer , CreditoIA

Project Details

Industry: Fintech / Credit & Lending
Services: AI & Machine Learning, Data Science, API Development, Compliance Solutions
Duration: 5 months
Team Size: 5 specialists