STAC - Strategic Technology Analysis Center

STAC - Strategic Technology Analysis Center is a company that facilitates the STAC Benchmark Council, a community comprising over 350 financial institutions and 50+ vendor organizations. Founded in 1952, STAC's primary objective is to conduct substantive discussions on critical technical challenges faced by the financial services industry and to develop technology benchmark standards useful to financial organizations. Its user firms include the largest global banks, brokerage houses, exchanges, asset managers, hedge funds, proprietary trading shops, and other market participants, while vendor firms encompass innovative providers of hardware, software, and cloud services. Through hands-on research, testing systems, and hype-dispelling discussions, STAC aims to provide valuable insights and solutions for the financial technology sector.