[November 21, 2009] Bank of the West Selects SAS Software for Credit Risk Program Upgrades Tweet Nov 20, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- To enhance its credit risk management capabilities and help comply with Basel II regulation, Bank of the West has selected software from SAS, a provider of business analytics software and services. With SAS Credit Scoring for Banking, the bank plans to help generate, deploy, validate and monitor critical risk models in an integrated and auditable platform, according to a release. "Bank of the West wished to improve performance and service benefits through better analytics and risk management," said Schyler Thiessen, Senior Vice President, Risk Governance, Policies and Modeling at Bank of the West. "In addition to the comprehensive analytic framework and implementation platform, SAS provided the right blend of functional, operational and financial specification we required." More Information: www.bankofthewest.com http://www.sas.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]