Not all search APIs solve the same problem. And in regulated industries like finance, you need to be sure the systems you're building can be trusted to meet compliance, reduce risk, and pass audits. In our blog, we break down three questions you should ask before choosing a web search API for finance, and highlight three examples of financial institutions that are putting Tavily to work for different uses: 1. As a retrieval layer under an investment research agent 2. For preserving source-level attribution in AML workflows 3. For source-attributed context their forward-looking risk models can use directly Here's a quick guide for choosing the right retrieval layer for agents in investment research, AML, and risk workflows: