# VeritasFi: An Adaptable, Multi-tiered RAG Framework for Multi-modal Financial Question Answering Source: [VeritasFi: An Adaptable, Multi-tiered RAG Framework for Multi-modal Financial Question Answering]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2025-10-26T05:55:15.118Z Authors: Zhenghan Tai, Hanwei Wu, Qingchen Hu, Jijun Chi, Hailin He, Lei Ding, Tung Sum Thomas Kwok, Bohuai Xiao, Yuchen Hua, Suyuchen Wang, Peng Lu, Muzhi Li, Yihong Wu, Liheng Ma, Jerry Huang, Jiayi Zhang, Gonghao Zhang, Chaolong Jiang, Jingrui Tian, Sicheng Lyu, Zeyu Li, Boyu Han, Fengran Mo, Xinyue Yu, Yufei Cui, Ling Zhou, Xinyu Wang Published: 2025-10-12T22:45:24.000Z ## Abstract Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is becoming increasingly essential for Question Answering (QA) in the financial sector, where accurate and contextually grounded insights from complex public disclosures are crucial. However, existing financial RAG systems face two significant challenges: (1) they struggle to process heterogeneous data formats, such as text, tables, and figures; and (2) they encounter difficulties in balancing general-domain applicability with company-specific adaptation. To overcome these challenges, we present VeritasFi, an innovative hybrid RAG framework that incorporates a multi-modal preprocessing pipeline alongside a cutting-edge two-stage training strategy for its re-ranking component. VeritasFi enhances financial QA through three key innovations: (1) A multi-modal preprocessing pipeline that seamlessly transforms heterogeneous data into a coherent, machine-readable format. (2) A tripartite hybrid retrieval engine that operates in parallel, combining deep multi-path retrieval over a semantically indexed document corpus, real-time data acquisition through tool utilization, and an expert-curated memory bank for high-frequency questions, ensuring comprehensive scope, accuracy, and efficiency. (3) A two-stage training strategy for the document re-ranker, which initially constructs a general, domain-specific model using anonymized data, followed by rapid fine-tuning on company-specific data for targeted applications. By integrating our proposed designs, VeritasFi presents a groundbreaking framework that greatly enhances the adaptability and robustness of financial RAG systems, providing a scalable solution for both general-domain and company-specific QA tasks. Code accompanying this work is available at https://github.com/simplew4y/VeritasFi.git. ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]()