SAS - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

Two-thirds of consumers will switch providers due to fraud experience or for better safeguards

The scams deluge that flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic and proliferates yet today has heightened the public’s fraud anxiety.

14 September 2023

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SAS names industry heavyweight Thundercliffe Northern Europe banking advisor

SAS, the global leader in analytics, today announced the appointment of Mark Thundercliffe as an advisor for the Northern Europe region.

31 January 2023

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Orange Bank deploys real-time sanctions screening with SAS and Neterium

The volume, velocity and complexity of today’s sanctions screening landscape require extraordinary vigilance, backed by best-of-breed analytics and data orchestration that empower always-on monitoring and immediate action.

10 October 2022

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SAS buys Kamakura

Global AI and analytics leader SAS has acquired Honolulu-based Kamakura Corporation. Privately held Kamakura provides specialised software, data and consulting that helps financial organisations across the spectrum – banks, insurance companies, asset managers, pension funds and more – manage a variety of financial risks.

27 June 2022

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Quarter of customers say they will never set foot in a UK bank branch again

One in four UK banking customers say they will avoid local branches for a digital-only experience, according to new research from analytics leader SAS.

02 November 2021

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EBF and SAS join forces to fight financial crime

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that US$800 billion to $2 trillion is laundered through worldwide financial systems each year. That’s an astonishing 2-5% of global GDP.

14 October 2021

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SEB and SAS co-invest in Combient mix to build AI hub for Nordic industries

Backed by their network of Nordic large enterprises, Combient is scaling its leading AI service with SEB and SAS co-investing in the spin-off Combient mix.

10 July 2019

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ABN Amro Chooses Wolters Kluwer and SAS for regulatory compliance project

ABN AMRO, the third largest bank in the Netherlands with more than 22,000 employees, has chosen Wolters Kluwer and SAS to provide a truly integrated finance, risk and regulatory reporting software solution.

07 March 2018

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Jack Henry and SAS team on financial crime

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) has introduced JHA Enterprise Risk Mitigation Solutions™, a single, fully hosted anti-money laundering (AML), fraud identification and analysis solution for regional and community financial institutions. .

16 October 2017

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Nearly half of UK adults polled intend to activate new personal data rights

Nearly half (48 per cent) of UK adults plan to activate new rights over their personal data, according to a poll of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by SAS.

13 July 2017

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Sopra Steria signs SAS Analytics deal for new entrant banks

Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation, has today announced that it has become a SAS Managed Analytic Services Provider (MASP).

02 February 2017

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SAS updates AML tech

Faster validation of suspicious activities. Better, more accurate alerts. Quicker click-through to critical data. The newest release of SAS® Anti-Money Laundering goes further than ever to help analysts in financial institutions comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and counterterrorist financing regulations.

10 August 2016

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