Mortgage Brokers + Bankruptcy Filing: The Challenge
As mortgage broker, preparing bank statements for bankruptcy filing is a common but time-consuming task. Bankruptcy attorneys and filers need 6+ months of bank statements for means testing, Schedule I/J preparation, and trustee review in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases.
How BankScan AI Helps Mortgage Brokers with Bankruptcy Filing
Instantly convert applicant bank statements to Excel to verify income, identify regular commitments, and prepare affordability summaries. For bankruptcy filing specifically, BankScan AI extracts Current Monthly Income (CMI) for means test, payments to creditors in the 90 day automatically.
How Mortgage Brokers Handle Bankruptcy Filing
When preparing bank statements for bankruptcy filing, mortgage brokers need to Mortgage brokers request 3-6 months of bank statements from applicants, review them for regular income deposits, identify committed expenditure such a. BankScan AI automates the data extraction step.
Key terms you'll encounter: affordability assessment, committed expenditure, income verification, debt-to-income ratio.
How It Works
Upload bank statement PDFs
Supports all major banks. Upload 6 months of statements for means test (CMI calculation); trustees may request up to 2 years to identify preferential or fraudulent transfers of statements for bankruptcy filing.
AI extracts what you need
Our AI extracts Current Monthly Income (CMI) for means test, payments to cre — formatted for mortgage brokers workflows.
Complete your bankruptcy filing work
Download Excel files ready for bankruptcy filing. Income averaged over 6-month look-back period per means test form (B122A/B122C); expenses categorized per Schedule J; transfers over $600 in prior 2 years identified for SOFA
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Features for Mortgage Brokers — Bankruptcy Filing
- Built for Mortgage Brokers — Saves 30-45 minutes per mortgage application on statement review, which adds up to 5+ hours per week during busy periods with 8-10 applications in progress
- Software compatible — Output works directly with Mortgage Brain, Twenty7Tec, Excel
- Built for Bankruptcy Filing — Convert bank statements to Excel for quick means test analysis, income/expense categorization, and complete financial disclosure required by bankruptcy courts.
- Key data extracted — Current Monthly Income (CMI) for means test, payments to creditors in the 90 days pre-filing (preferential transfers), insider payments in prior year, cash on hand at filing date
Compliance: Mortgage Brokers + Bankruptcy Filing
When mortgage brokers prepare bank statements for bankruptcy filing, specific compliance requirements apply.
- FCA regulations require mortgage brokers to conduct thorough affordability assessments under MCOB rules. They must verify income sources against bank statements, document their analysis, and retain records for at least 3 years. Anti-money laundering checks require scrutiny of the source of deposit funds.
- Legal basis: 11 USC section 707(b) (means test for Chapter 7); 11 USC section 521 (debtor duties including document production); Bankruptcy Rules 1007 and 4002
Bankruptcy Filing — Built for Mortgage Brokers
Bankruptcy petition triggers automatic stay immediately; however, required documents (including bank statements) must be filed within 45 days or the case may be dismissed
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