Build Financial Software with Generative AI (from Scratch)

Build working and regulation-compliant financial software—from scratch!

The software used by banks, trading firms, and other financial services has special requirements at every level, from securing the UI to making sure backend services comply with a host of regulations. Build Financial Software with Generative AI (From Scratch) shows you how to deliver full stack financial services software—and how generative AI can make you even more productive.

In Build Financial Software with Generative AI (From Scratch) you will:

• Explore the core concepts of FinTech
• Speed development with generative AI tools
• Develop and deploy containerized services
• Create and document APIs
• Effectively visualize your data

In Build Financial Software with Generative AI (From Scratch) you’ll build working software for processing Automated Clearing House (ACH) files, a cornerstone technology of banking that moves trillions of dollars every year. You’ll work with generative AI technology throughout the full stack application, including researching the tech for your application, spinning up a bare bone starting project, answering domain questions, clarifying functionality, and troubleshooting. Along the way, you’ll learn what sets FinTech projects apart from normal web apps.

About the technology

The financial industry is awash with regulatory and compliance challenges, complex technical requirements, and stringent security demands. There’s a huge demand for developers who can create financial services software and this book will get you started. You’ll build your own FinTech app from the ground up—with a big productivity boost from Generative AI!

About the book

Build Financial Software with Generative AI (From Scratch) guides you through modernizing a full-stack Automated Clearing House (ACH) application, layer-by-layer. You’ll start with a quick review of FinTech basics and an introduction to GenAI tools. Then, you’ll develop a data visualization dashboard with React, containerize components with Docker, create and refine APIs, implement backend processing, and even design a custom database. Throughout, you’ll see how AI tools aid with coding, testing, research, security, documentation, and even Agile practices.

What's inside

• Learn the core concepts of FinTech development
• Create and document APIs using Generative AI
• Build an awesome data visualization dashboard

About the reader

Examples are in Python. No experience with generative AI or financial services required.

About the author

Christopher Kardell and Mark Brouwer have both spent more than 20 years working in the Fintech industry.

Table of Contents

Part 1
1 Exploring FinTech and generative AI
2 Parsing payments
Part 2
3 Getting started with Docker
4 APIs: The piping between our components
5 Storing our ACH files
6 Taking the next step with Next.js
7 Our minimum viable product
Part 3
8 Exceptions
9 Searching and auditing
10 Company information
11 International ACH transactions and OFAC scanning
12 Where to go from here

Christopher Kardell has 20 years of experience working in the Fintech industry. He has Master degrees in both Computer Science and Data Analytics. Over the years he has held various certifications as his roles have required from SAFe Agile, Lean Six Sigma, Cloud Computing, and JavaScript to name a few.

Mark Brouwer has 30 years of experience working in the Fintech industry. He is an experienced project lead on numerous Automated Clearing House projects, including developing a brand new ACH system from the ground up.