OCC Enhances Operational Efficiency with AWS GenAI Solutions
November 20, 2025 - Chicago. OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, implemented AWS generative AI to streamline internal development workflows. The focus: reduce cycle time, improve accuracy, and keep security tight.
Why this matters for Operations leaders
OCC is the sole central counterparty for U.S. listed options. When a systemically important utility moves first on GenAI inside core engineering processes-and keeps governance front and center-it signals a practical path others can follow.
What OCC improved with GenAI
- Code testing: Time spent documenting software tests dropped by as much as 80%, freeing teams from hours of manual documentation.
- Software deployment: Faster checks and updates help developers spot issues earlier and ship fixes with fewer handoffs.
- Knowledge management: Quicker creation of release notes, technical summaries, and procedures so information moves cleanly across teams.
Security and governance stayed non-negotiable
OCC established comprehensive governance frameworks to align AI use with regulatory requirements and industry best practices. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility, OCC operates under the oversight of the SEC, CFTC, and the Federal Reserve-so controls, auditability, and consistency had to be built in from the start.
Leadership perspective
"As the sole central counterparty for U.S. listed options, OCC continuously seeks to enhance our operational efficiency to deliver cost-effective clearing and settlement to our clearing members," said Andrej Bolkovic, Chief Executive Officer at OCC. "Our goal with using GenAI technologies is to explore how we can continue to achieve operational excellence through prudent and thoughtful innovation."
"By building with AWS GenAI technology, OCC has established a framework for continued innovation that supports their crucial role in the U.S. financial market," said Scott Mullins, Managing Director, Worldwide Financial Services at AWS. "The success of OCC's AI implementation demonstrates the transformative potential of generative AI in financial services operations, particularly for systemically important financial market utilities where reliability, accuracy and efficiency are paramount."
A simple playbook you can adapt
- Start where friction is measurable: Test documentation, deployment checks, and release notes are high-volume and low risk.
- Quantify outcomes early: Track hours saved, defect discovery lead time, and deployment frequency.
- Embed controls: Access management, model usage policies, PII guardrails, and audit trails from day one.
- Keep humans in the loop: Require expert review for generated tests, summaries, and deployment changes.
- Stage your rollout: Pilot with a small team, lock in standards, then scale across repositories and services.
What's next at OCC
OCC plans to expand GenAI across development operations, including requirements coverage verification and security reviews. The direction is clear: use AI to shorten feedback loops while preserving certainty and compliance.
Context
OCC clears and settles options, futures, and securities lending transactions for more than 100 clearing members and 20 exchanges and trading platforms. Learn more at theocc.com.
AWS provides a broad set of cloud services used by enterprises and public sector organizations. Explore AWS at aws.amazon.com.
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