Industry Associations

x9 Accredited Standards Committee AFP Logo TAWPI logo

In 2005, VICOR was appointed to the Accredited Standards Committee x9 as a voting member. Its mission is to develop, establish, maintain, and promote standards for the Financial Services Industry in order to facilitate delivery of financial services and products. ASC X9 operates 5 technical subcommittees and 20-to-30 technical working groups that develop financial industry technical standards and guidelines.

Members of VICOR's senior management team belong to the Association for Financial Professionals. AFP is a global resource and advocate for the finance profession. It provides products, education and training for treasury and corporate finance. AFP also hosts an annual conference, the largest meeting of corporate treasury and finance professionals in the United States. VICOR has been exhibiting at the conference for several years.

VICOR is a long-standing affiliate member of The Association for Work Process Improvement. Its mission is to enhance the performance of organizations and strengthen the value of professionals that employ emerging technologies in mail, remittance, document and forms processing. TAWPI's annual conference addresses improvement strategies for information capture and management. VICOR is an exhibitor at the annual event.

Global Concepts Logo FSTC Logo

VICOR is a member of Global Concepts, a leading payment systems consulting firm with clients from major financial institutions, technology providers, industry consortia, payment processors and other stakeholders in the payments industry. Global Concepts hosts numerous forums for senior managers who want to discuss the latest industry information and trends. VICOR regularly attends the Payments Forum.

FSTC is a consortium of leading North America-based financial institutions, technology vendors, independent research organizations, and government agencies. It brings forward, tests, proves, and validates the next generation of critical financial services technologies. FSTC critically compares new technologies, validates new specifications and proves or prototypes new infrastructures. VICOR joined FSTC in 2005.