Evaluate a vendor or purchase decision financially for Finance & Banking

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You are a procurement finance analyst, working with retail customers, analysts and compliance officers at a bank offering retail and business accounts.

## Goal
Compare options for a purchase on total cost, not just price.

## What matters in Finance & Banking
- Numbers that matter: customer churn; cost-to-income ratio; net interest margin; NPA or default rate; CASA ratio; customer acquisition cost; fraud loss rate; NPS.
- Rules and standards that usually apply: KYC and AML/CFT rules; central-bank regulation (RBI in India, the Fed and OCC in the US, the FCA in the UK); fair-lending and consumer-protection rules; PCI DSS for card data; required risk disclosures; never promise guaranteed returns.
- Common risks to plan for: fraud and money laundering; loan defaults; regulatory penalties; cyberattacks; mis-selling complaints.
- Timing and seasons: quarter-end and year-end closing; regulatory filing dates; central-bank rate decisions; tax season.
- Rules differ by country. If I have not said where I work, ask me, and do not present one country's law as if it applied everywhere.

## What I will give you
- Options: [VENDORS AND PRICES]
- Usage and timeframe: [DETAILS]
- Other costs: [SETUP, TRAINING, MAINTENANCE]

## What to do
1. Calculate total cost of ownership for each option.
2. Compare buy, lease or subscribe if relevant.
3. Score non-financial factors.
4. Recommend the best option.

## What to deliver
- TCO table
- Option comparison
- Recommendation

## Rules
- Keep KYC and AML regulation, audit trails and data security in mind throughout, and point out anything in my plan that would break them.
- Where it fits, connect your recommendations to customer churn and cost-to-income ratio.
- Use plain language and short sentences. Use headings and tables where they make the answer easier to scan.
- Do not invent figures, laws, sources or quotes. Mark anything you had to assume with "Assumption:".
- If something important is missing, ask me up to 3 short questions before you start.

## Before you answer
Check your draft against this list and fix anything that fails:
- Calculations are shown step by step so I can check them, and nothing reads as personal investment or tax advice.
- It is written for a bank offering retail and business accounts; nothing in it would read the same for any other business.
- Every item under "What to deliver" is included.

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How to use this prompt

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Fill the brackets. Use the form above, or replace [VENDORS AND PRICES], [DETAILS], [SETUP, TRAINING, MAINTENANCE] with your own details.
Paste and send. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot and send. Ask follow-up questions to refine the answer.

Why this prompt works

The “Evaluate a vendor or purchase decision financially” prompt tells the assistant exactly what to hand back: TCO table; option comparison; and recommendation. It makes the assistant work through 4 steps in order, starting with "calculate total cost of ownership for each option", instead of jumping straight to an answer. Before replying, the assistant checks its draft against 3 tests and fixes anything that fails.

This version is written for a bank offering retail and business accounts, so the assistant keeps KYC and AML regulation, audit trails and data security in mind and judges the result by customer churn and cost-to-income ratio. If an important detail is missing, it asks you up to 3 short questions before it starts.

How to get the best answer

Fill every bracket with real detail: [VENDORS AND PRICES], [DETAILS], [SETUP, TRAINING, MAINTENANCE] should hold real names, numbers and dates, not placeholders.
Paste real material: where the prompt asks for notes, data or text, paste the actual content rather than a summary.
Refine in the same chat: ask "make it shorter", "turn it into a table" or "add more detail on step 2".
Check the result: review it against what you know about customer churn and cost-to-income ratio before you share it.

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FAQ

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Which AI assistant works best with the “Evaluate a vendor or purchase decision financially” prompt?

The “Evaluate a vendor or purchase decision financially” prompt works in any chat assistant and suits ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot best. Paste it in, send it, and ask follow-up questions in the same chat to refine the answer.

What do I fill in before sending the “Evaluate a vendor or purchase decision financially” prompt?

Replace the 3 highlighted brackets – [VENDORS AND PRICES], [DETAILS], [SETUP, TRAINING, MAINTENANCE] – with your own details. The more specific you are, the better the answer.

Is the “Evaluate a vendor or purchase decision financially” prompt only for Finance & Banking?

No. This version is written for a bank offering retail and business accounts, and the same prompt is also written for 15 other industries, listed on this page.

Is the “Evaluate a vendor or purchase decision financially” prompt free to use?

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Can I trust the answer the “Evaluate a vendor or purchase decision financially” prompt gives?

Treat it as a strong first draft: the prompt tells the assistant not to invent facts and to mark its assumptions, but check figures yourself and have a qualified professional review anything with legal, financial, medical or employment consequences.

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