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Why choose banking analytics solutions from SAS?
Combat fraud and manage risk and compliance – all while improving the customer journey and boosting profitability with solutions using AI agents.
SAS in Banking: Facts & Figures
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86%
of banks on the Fortune 100 or their affiliates are SAS customers
117
countries with SAS banking customers
>5,100
banks are using SAS worldwide
Peer reviews validate SAS solutions for banking
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"SAS Viya delivers a seamless, cloud-native analytics experience that combines speed, scalability and advanced AI capabilities, making complex data analysis both efficient and intuitive." Senior Consultant Banking
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"It is a robust and versatile analytics platform offering significant advantages for enterprise-level data science and analytics initiatives. The cloud-native architecture facilitates seamless integration with existing cloud infrastructure." Data Analyst Banking
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"I like its unified approach to fraud, AML and security use cases, all brought together on a single, analytics-driven platform." Verified User Banking
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"We built a customized version of this tool with SAS that allows us to be one of the most optimized AML shops in the industry." Director of Legal and Compliance Banking
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“SAS is great in monitoring transactions using its smart scenarios, and CDD implementation supports workflow very well.” Verified User Banking
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"SAS Risk Management brings strong analytics, governance, and regulatory support together in one place." Verified User Financial Services
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How can you evolve your banking data and AI strategy to make trusted decisions?
SAS banking analytics solutions help you make trusted decisions with AI and data tools designed for your business needs, from customer experience to fraud detection and risk management.
How SAS Viya empowers banks with trusted data and AI that turns complexity into clarity and insights into impact
Grow the bank and transform the customer experience.
Protect the bank and your customers.
Optimize operations and ensure resilience.
Deliver the future of banking with intelligence and AI at scale.
We help our customers innovate for tomorrow
SAS is a leader in banking analytics
SAS ranks No. 2 overall in the prestigious Chartis RiskTech100®, 2026 – with seven category wins.
Banking analytics from SAS:
Frequently asked questions
What is banking analytics?
Banking analytics refers to the use of data analysis tools and techniques to help banks make better decisions, improve customer experience, manage risks and optimize operations. SAS offers banking software with data-driven, AI-powered solutions designed to accelerate decision making across customer experience, fraud and financial crimes, and risk management in banking.
Why choose SAS for financial services analytics?
SAS is a global leader in data and AI and is recognized as a leader in risk management software and financial crimes compliance. In banking, SAS works with over 1,600 banks globally, including more than 90% of the top 100 largest global banks, across 92 countries.
What software is available for customer experience analytics?
SAS provides comprehensive integrated marketing analytics that enable behavioral analytics, user journey mapping, customer engagement strategies and customer satisfaction metrics using data and AI.
How do banks detect fraud and financial crimes?
Banks use financial crime compliance solutions from SAS for advanced AI and machine learning, including real-time decisioning, to detect application and identity fraud, payment fraud and financial crimes with tools for alert triage, case management and scenario modeling.
What software solutions do banks use to manage risk management?
Banks use a variety of sophisticated software solutions to manage financial, operational, credit and regulatory risks. SAS offers risk management software for asset and liability management, credit risk, enterprise stress testing, expected credit loss, risk modeling and risk governance. SAS is recognized in banking risk management, ranking No. 2 in Chartis RiskTech100 2025 with multiple category wins.
What is SAS Viya, and how does it support banking?
SAS Viya is a cloud-native analytics platform that enables banks to unify data, deploy AI models and make real-time decisions across risk management, fraud and financial crimes, and customer intelligence. It supports banking by accelerating regulatory compliance, enhancing credit scoring and credit risk and optimizing customer experiences through scalable, secure analytics.
How does AI benefit banking?
AI from SAS empowers banks to detect fraud, manage risk and personalize customer experiences with speed, precision and transparency. By combining machine learning, GenAI and explainable models, SAS helps financial institutions automate decisions, streamline compliance and improve outcomes across the entire banking life cycle.
How can banks stay compliant?
SAS can help banks comply with global sanctions with anti-money laundering (AML) software that uses AI-driven analytics to automate watch-list screenings and reduce false positives. Its scalable platform performs know your customer (KYC) checks and transaction monitoring systems for fast, accurate and explainable decisions.
What do banking users say about SAS in G2 and Gartner reviews?
Banking users have left five-star reviews for SAS on both G2 and Gartner, praising solutions for delivering speed, scalability and seamless integration with existing infrastructure. Reviewers highlight SAS' unified approach to risk, fraud and compliance, calling out its strength in transaction monitoring and customer due diligence workflows, along with its ability to support highly optimized AML programs.
BANKING ANALYTICS SOLUTIONS
Solutions That Help Your Business
Ensure your bank's success in an evolving digital world. Leverage analytics, AI, cloud, open banking APIs, fintech and regtech technologies. Manage increasing regulatory demands. Stop fraud in its tracks. Maximize return on capital. Achieve operational excellence. And create personalized customer experiences that increase engagement.
SAS makes Banking Simple, Safe and Rewarding for everyone.
Johnny Steele, Head of Banking, SAS UK & Ireland
SAS helps banks by providing a bank-wide view of every customer.
A holistic picture that spans products (bank accounts, savings, mortgages, loans), departments (fraud, risk, customer experience) and channels (online, mobile or in branch).
We help banks offer customers what they really need in the moments that matter the most.