The Power of Partnership

At FSTC's heart are the world's leading financial institutions and the technology and service providers they use. Our subject matters experts comprise the leading technologists and business strategists of the financial services industry. Our project teams are staffed by industry-acknowledged thought leaders who provide trusted expert direction to FSTC investigations. Our staff and oversight groups assure outstanding service to FSTC's members. Our results are authoritative and relied upon by institutions, technology firms, and regulators.

Financial institutions established FSTC in 1993 as the industry's original forum for collaboration on technical issues affecting the financial services industry. Today, FSTC provides a safe, proven and reliable venue where institutions and technology companies explore today's pressing technical issues to strengthen the industry by facilitating competition in an increasingly interactive environment.

FSTC Board of Directors

FSTC aims to achieve one goal: unite those in the industry to work collaboratively in a non-competitive, open forum to solve shared problems and challenges, as well as pioneer next generation technology that benefits us all. The board of directors plays an integral role in the achievment of this goal.

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Standing Committees

Current committees include:

• Business Continuity
• Security and Infrastructure
• Payments and Check Imaging
• Bank Technology Operations

Our Standing Committees drive our studies and articles, offering forums for the open discussion of challenges, issues, and ideas facing leading financial services organizations.

Project News

FSTC, DigitalThinking, and KPMG
Mobile Payments and Banking Project
Identify and document technology-enabled opportunities for banks in the mobile arena

FSTC and Carnegie Mellon CERT Collaborate on Resiliency Management and the Resiliency Engineering Framework

The Framework is available for public comment at www.cert.org/resiliency_engineering .

Get involved with this industry leading initiative. Learn More.

Monthly Highlights

July 2008 Highlights - Are now available for download.
Review previous monthly highlights

Annual Report

The 2007 FSTC Annual Report is now available.

FSTC Innovator

The new edition of FSTC Innovator, is now available.

This Issue: Managing Resiliency, Taking a Strategic Approach

If you are interested in contributing to the next issue of FSTC Innovator, “Innovation in the Financial Services Industry: Taking up the Challenge” due out in July-August, please contact Dan.schutzer@fstc.org if you are interested in contributing to this issue

ICANN Advisory

SSAC Advisory on Fast Flux Hosting and DNS

Download the advisory document