No. 3-ranked SAS extends its unmatched 22-year run in the Top 5
CARY, N.C., Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Chartis Research has awarded SAS a dozen solution category winners in the Chartis RiskTech100® 2027 – a company record for the data and AI leader – while ranking SAS No. 3 overall among the world's leading risk management solutions vendors.
Since its 2005 debut, the RiskTech100 has grown into the industry's most established and comprehensive annual ranking of the world's foremost risk technology providers. SAS has the distinction of being the only vendor to earn a spot in the Top 5 throughout the RiskTech100's 22-year history.
"Not only does SAS lead in a dozen diverse RiskTech100 categories critical to banks and insurers, ranging from asset and liability management and credit risk to enterprise stress testing and model risk management, among others. SAS also is impressively consistent, being at or near the top of the RiskTech100 overall ranking for the last 22 years," said Sid Dash, Chief Researcher at Chartis. "SAS' ongoing innovation, diversity of offerings and long-term commitment to the financial services industry sets it apart as a premier provider of risk management technologies."
"The diversity of SAS' wins reflects how interconnected risk has become – and how critical it is for banks, insurers and other financial firms to manage it across functions," said Stu Bradley, Senior Vice President of Risk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions at SAS. "The real value of this recognition is what it represents: decades of sustained innovation helping organizations turn fragmented signals into an integrated view and coordinated action. As SAS marks 50 years, we remain as focused as ever on preparing our customers for what they'll face next."
12 solution awards
With a deep and diverse portfolio of risk management solutions powered by data and AI platform SAS® Viya®, SAS topped a dozen solution awards categories within this year's RiskTech100. The awards can be viewed in three broad categories:
Better Decisions
These awards underscore SAS' ability to help financial services firms assess risk, predict outcomes and make better decisions across the enterprise.
1. Behavioral Modeling – Markets. SAS helps banks predict how customers and markets will react to changing economic conditions, improving the banks' ability to forecast earnings, liquidity, risk and performance and the decisions they make.
2. Credit Risk for the Banking Book – Retail. This new category for 2027 recognizes SAS' ability to help banks assess and manage risk in consumer lending portfolios (including mortgages and credit cards). SAS analytics help banks predict defaults, estimate losses, meet regulatory requirements and make better lending decisions.
3. Cross-functional Behavioral Analytics. Another new category, this one highlights SAS' strengths in helping banks understand how customers are likely to behave in response to changing conditions and applying this analysis across the bank to drive better decisions in credit risk, lending, liquidity, balance sheet management and more.
Better Financial Performance
This group of awards spotlights how SAS strengthens the ability of banks and insurers to optimize earnings, liquidity, capital and balance sheet performance.
4. ALM Analytics. A new RiskTech100 category for 2027, SAS asset and liability management (ALM) analytics help financial service firms understand how changing customer behavior and market conditions affect earnings, capital and balance sheet performance. The foundation of integrated balance sheet management, ALM analytics drive strategic decisions and regulatory compliance.
5. Balance Sheet Risk Management. In today's turbulent economy, marked by volatile interest rates and liquidity mismatches, SAS' portfolio leads the way in helping banks better manage balance sheet and liquidity risk through ALM, credit risk modeling and regulatory capital management. This is the fourth consecutive year SAS has won this RiskTech100 category.
6. Capital Optimization. SAS provides capital optimization solutions to banks and insurance companies to help them strategically plan their use of capital, while ensuring regulatory compliance and managing risk. This is the second consecutive year that SAS has claimed this award.
7. Enterprise Stress Testing. Financial institutions need to assess their stability and resilience in response to potential economic shocks, such as a recession or market crash. SAS' leadership in enterprise stress testing and this award are based on a comprehensive solution that integrates risk and finance data, streamlines the stress test process and drives better decisions. This is the fourth consecutive year SAS has won this RiskTech100 category.
8. Risk and Finance Integration. A very strategic award for SAS, this one underscores SAS' core strength in connecting risk and finance teams at banks and insurers through a single unified analytical platform. With a consistent view of risk, capital, liquidity and profitability across the firm, planning is more consistent, regulatory compliance is stronger, and decisions are more accurate.
Better Governance
This third group of awards highlights how SAS supports financial services firms in meeting regulatory requirements, maintaining trust in models, and delivering transparent reporting.
9. IFRS 9. Credit risk modeling requirements under this global financial standard are complex. SAS addresses these requirements with focused workflows and advanced analytics. Designed to ease complexity and comply with regulatory mandates, SAS solutions earned top marks here for the fourth straight year.
10. IFRS 17 – Accounting Systems. This new award for 2027 recognizes SAS' ability to help insurers comply with the complex IFRS 17 international accounting standard through integrated calculations, financial reporting, governance and auditability. IFRS 17 governs how insurance contracts are measured, valued and reported.
11. IFRS 17 – Data Management & Reporting. Also new for 2027, this award spotlights SAS' ability to help insurers bring together data from across the business, ensure it is accurate and traceable, and turn it into the reports required under IFRS 17.
12. Model Risk Management (MRM) – Credit. A pioneer in model risk management, SAS is now the dominant provider of MRM solutions. Chartis recognized this by awarding SAS the top spot in this category for the fourth consecutive year. SAS' MRM capabilities ensure the accuracy, fairness and regulatory compliance of the AI models that increasingly drive banks' core risk management efforts.
Only companies that sell their own risk management software products and solutions are eligible for the Chartis RiskTech100. Chartis scores candidate firms using a proprietary methodology based on functionality, core technology, strategy, customer satisfaction, market presence and innovation.
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