While no one currently alive witnessed the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution in mid-18th century Britain, we’re all now spectators and participants in the AI revolution – AI is accessible and entrenched everywhere. While AI is not new, 2023 ushered in a tsunami of AI innovation with the emergence of
2023 delivered a raft of notable bank failures, the largest since the 2008 financial crisis. Silicon Valley Bank and others succumbed to collapse, triggering widespread reverberations and heightened market uncertainty. We also saw a tsunami of AI innovation, expanding fraud and financial crimes, workforce transformation and climate risk. And let’s
In 2024, fraud and financial crimes are rising in global banking due to an evolving economic environment and expanding technological capabilities that create new opportunities for fraudsters. In 2023, consumer-focused fraud increased, with attackers posing as energy firms, lottery companies and banks to extract sensitive information from unsuspecting victims. Inflationary pressure saw
급변하는 대외 환경 변화와 지속 가능한 성장을 위한 금융기관 조기경보시스템의 조건 최근 국내 대외 환경은 경기변동성 증가와 저성장 국면 진입의 가속화로 요약할 수 있습니다. 또한, 최근 30년을 돌아보면 ‘97년 외환 위기, ‘08년 글로벌 금융 위기와 ‘20년 COVID19 팬데믹 등 주기적인 경제위기 발생과 더불어 글로벌 경기 민감도 역시 증가한 상황입니다.
SAS, 권위 있는 Chartis RiskTech 100®에서 2위 기록 새롭게 선보인 ‘행동 모델링’ 및 ‘금융기관을 위한 인공지능’ 포함 7개 부문 수상 AI 및 분석 부문 선두기업 SAS가 리스크 기술 공급업체 상위 100대 기업을 평가하여 순위를 발표하는 Chartis RiskTech 100(차티스 리스크텍 100)에서 종합 2위를 차지하는 동시에, 7개 주요 부문에서 수상하는 쾌거를 거두었습니다.
Despite the wild ride and changing market conditions of the past few years, global banking has proven to be largely resilient and generally sees a more positive outlook. Inflationary pressures have brought the “low for long” interest rate era to an end (or at least to a sustained pause), allowing
The world’s a hot mess – literally. We're facing unprecedented weather patterns fueled by climate change, uncertainty stemming from financial volatility and worsening business results. All while carriers struggle to determine which AI solutions (among thousands) to choose. It’s enough to make you want to shut the doors and windows
In today’s world of financial services, a well-crafted decisioning system is paramount, whether you're dealing with credit risk, fraud prevention, financial compliance, or any other critical aspect. Occasionally, financial services organizations decide whether to buy a risk decisioning system or build one using in-house resources. This quandary demands careful consideration
Prepare for the best – and the worst – when it comes to generative AI and health care fraud.
The 2023 International Congress of Actuaries (ICA2023) brought together industry leaders and actuaries worldwide to explore the challenges and opportunities for actuaries. Over the years, SAS has emerged as a variance and regression analysis software, revolutionising the actuarial field. Since then, it has evolved into SAS Viya 4.0, a cloud-native
The reverberations of SVB’s collapse continue to be felt in the banking industry. Markets remain jittery and the negative news headlines keep coming. First Republic Bank had its credit rating downgraded into junk territory by S&P Global, causing its share price to plummet by 47 percent before rallying. On the
A customer's initial onboarding journey is often the most interaction they will ever have with a company. This series of touchpoints provide the applicant with their first insight into what being a customer will be like. Unfortunately, disjointed and unconnected processes often create gaps for customers to fall through or
With an industry skills gap upon us, an estimated 85% of Fortune 500 organisations are still looking for talent today. SAS remains committed to helping university students with SAS® skills gain work placement with SAS customers today – as they’ve done for over a decade. Westpac is Australia’s first bank
One of Warren Buffett’s most famous quotes goes like this: “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” That time is now for interest rate risk managers, who have been basking in the warm sea of declining interest rates for most of the last four
As the world moves toward a low-carbon future, the power and utilities industry faces significant financial and reputational risks due to the potential stranding of resources and assets. This transition to carbon-free energy sources could render carbon-intensive assets – such as coal- and gas-fired power plants, coal mines and hydrocarbon
Fraud remains a huge challenge for governments and inspectors at all levels, as fraudsters today are more successful than ever. Because many cases are so difficult to detect, there is tremendous potential for technologies such as analytics and AI to support investigations. The social inspectorates in Belgium have recently set
One of the reasons I got involved with the trustworthy AI movement is because automated systems enabled by our past will hurt people – at scale – if we aren’t careful. Worse yet, and from a personal perspective, it concerned me that if such systems were deployed in justice and
Con la llegada del nuevo año, también llegan nuevos riesgos y formas en que las organizaciones criminales buscan realizar diversos crímenes financieros, como los fraudes o lavado de dinero. El 2023 traerá tres principales tendencias en temas de crímenes financieros a las que las entidades de esta industria deberán ponerle
Las diferentes crisis locales y mundiales del presente siglo, al igual que las normas y mejores prácticas del mercado aplicadas y en vías de instaurar, han exhibido los retos del sistema financiero. Situado en el marco de un mercado creciente, competitivo, voraz, exigente e innovador, afianzado, en buena medida, por
La aplicación de NIIF 9 (IFRS, sus siglas en inglés), respecto a pérdidas crediticias esperadas (ECL, sus siglas en inglés), ha significado para las instituciones financieras desafíos importantes, los cuales se derivan de la propia naturaleza del estándar, basado en principios. Su esencia e iniciativa reside en poder estimar adecuada
Liv Boeree answers our questions about the game of poker – and life.
Los acontecimientos de los últimos años han cambiado radicalmente el panorama en el que se desenvuelven las empresas aseguradoras. La pandemia, las amenazas de una recesión económica, la inestabilidad de las cadenas de suministro, e incluso el conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania han movido todas las piezas y acelerado la
It’s a challenging time to be a risk manager. The world is facing a global climate crisis, enduring the worst economic downturn since the great depression, war and a recovery period from a global pandemic. In addition to these challenges, changes in customer behaviour and expectations give financial services no
SAS가 하와이 호놀룰루 소재 리스크 관리 전문기업 가마쿠라(Kamakura Corporation)를 인수했다는 소식을 전해 드립니다. 가마쿠라는 은행, 보험사, 자산운용사, 연금 기금 등 광범위한 금융 기관들이 다양한 유형의 금융 리스크를 관리할 수 있도록 전문 소프트웨어, 데이터 및 컨설팅을 제공하고 있는 비상장기업입니다. 치솟는 인플레이션과 경기 침체가 세계 경제에 먹구름처럼 드리워지면서, 크고 작은 금융 서비스
Hace algunas semanas, el FMI (Fondo Monetario Internacional) pidió que se elevara la regulación y la supervisión de las entidades Fintech y de los llamados Neobancos con el fin de dar una mayor protección a consumidores e inversores expuestos a mayores riesgos en comparación con los bancos tradicionales. “Se necesitan
SAS' Bahar Biller reveals how simulations enable KPI generation, risk quantification, risk management and more.
COVID-related lockdowns around the world resulted in changes to the way that we work, study and live. Some of these changes were positive: better access to remote learning and working for those who want it, for example. However, there were other less positive developments, including a huge rise in cybercrime.
In this third article, we will introduce an alternative approach that surfaces the CMS-HCC Risk Adjustment Model execution through SASPy integration to a Flask application. We will demonstrate how this integration allows a user to score an individual patient/member on-demand, using inputs to an interactive web form to execute the model score code, surfacing the resulting score to the user.
The CMS-HCC Risk Adjustment models are used to reimburse Medicare Advantage plans based on the health status of the plans’ members. CMS-HCC Risk Adjustment is the practice of assigning a risk score based on demographics and diagnoses to an individual beneficiary of Medicare for the purpose of calculating an expected cost of care, relative to the average beneficiary. Accurate risk adjustment requires an accurate diagnostic profile of an individual on an annual basis, documenting diagnoses via submitted claims or within a provider's medical record.
Within both the business world and our personal lives, data is becoming increasingly intrinsic to everything we do. Whether it’s picking which restaurant to order from, a tailored advert or figuring out the quickest route home, data is a part of our everyday decision making. For businesses, the value of
