Finastra Enhances Commercial Loan Origination with Cloud-Native LaserPro Evaluate

WHY THIS MATTERS: This announcement from Finastra signals a critical phase in the Commercial Lending market’s digital migration, moving beyond simple front-end applications to tackling the core engine of the process: complex workflow and credit evaluation. The primary significance is the death knell for legacy, manual systems—specifically the spreadsheets and non-integrated tools—that still govern large parts of commercial loan origination. By introducing a modern, Cloud-Native Architecture solution, Finastra is providing banks and credit unions with a necessary, scalable path to de-risk their operations and meet increasing digital expectations. In an environment defined by competitive pressure and regulatory scrutiny, the ability to rapidly reduce “time-to-close” and improve operational efficiency is no longer optional. This product launch validates the principle that the next wave of bank-fintech collaboration will be focused on integrating flexible, modular tools that leverage AI and analytics to transform the back-office P&L

Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced the launch of LaserPro Evaluate, a modern, cloud-native solution designed to streamline commercial loan workflows for banks and credit unions. Built to support institutions currently relying on non-banking solutions or manual tools such as spreadsheets, LaserPro Evaluate reimagines the origination and processing experience for today’s digital-first lending environment.

“LaserPro Evaluate is a major step forward for institutions looking to modernize their lending operations,” said Mitch Lucas, VP, Product Management, Retail Lending at Finastra. “It’s designed to meet customers where they are, offering flexibility, efficiency, and future-ready capabilities.

Key benefits include:

• Streamlined loan workflows – Reduces manual effort and accelerates time-to-close, improving both customer and employee experiences.
• Cloud-native architecture – Hosted on Finastra’s Total Lending platform, it enables secure, scalable operations with automatic updates.
• Modern user experience – Enables an intuitive and frictionless experience, leading to increased productivity and satisfaction.
• Purpose-built for flexibility and growth – The solution is designed for future extensibility, with support for AI, analytics, and third-party integrations, enabling financial institutions to stay ahead of industry trends.

With modular deployment and licensing, LaserPro Evaluate works independently or alongside other LaserPro Lending Platform components to analyze financials and securely exchange documents, giving financial institutions the flexibility to scale as needed.

“As banks and credit unions race to meet digital-first expectations, cloud-native origination and processing platforms have become essential for streamlining complex workflows, reducing operational risk, and delivering faster, more transparent lending experiences,” said Craig Focardi, Principal Analyst at Celent. “Secure document automated financial analysis and secure document exchange improve decisioning speed and accuracy, which improves customer satisfaction and the lender’s bottom line.”

LaserPro Evaluate forms an important piece of the LaserPro Lending Platform, an industry-leading solution that empowers financial institutions to efficiently manage loan documentation, ensure regulatory compliance, streamline end-to-end lending workflows, and strengthen borrower relationship management.

FF NEWS TAKE: This launch strongly signals a mandatory shift toward next-generation LendingTech for mid-tier financial institutions. The ability to deploy this solution modularly, or alongside existing components of the LaserPro platform, will accelerate adoption by lowering the barrier to transformation. The pivotal development to monitor is the rate at which institutions embrace the future-extensibility features, specifically the promised AI and third-party integrations, as that will truly determine how quickly the solution can deliver a competitive advantage over simply eliminating manual tasks.