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Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Mike McDonough |
Centralized and Single-Platform Operations Reduce Overall Trade Finance Risk Banks with centralized operations and banks with all of their operations on a single platform will have a distinct advantage because there is lower operational risk generally associated with these structures.  |
CFO October 1, 2007 Rob Garver |
One Nation, Left Behind The race to cut compliance-based capital has begun, and U.S. banks are trailing the pack -- badly.  |
U.S. Banker February 2008 Glen Fest |
Risk Without Reward Finding a path forward from the ashes of the subprime mess will require stronger leadership overseeing risk, a culture more respectful of interdependent risks and new technologies measuring them across the enterprise.  |
Bank Technology News August 2009 John Adams |
The New Generals CROs are being charged with a broader swath of IT-related risk management.  |
Wall Street & Technology September 21, 2004 Paul Allen |
Basel II: Coming to America Now that the Basel II Accord will apply to the U.S. securities industry, some firms are playing catch-up.  |
Bank Technology News January 2008 Glen Fest |
Risk Without Reward The subprime mess has exposed how fragile banks are today to market pressures, and how much can fall on the shoulders of risk officers. Finding a path forward from the ashes will require stronger leadership overseeing risk.  |
CFO December 1, 2003 Randy Myers |
Basel's New Balance A new accord may soon help banks lend more for less.  |
Bank Technology News June 2003 Karen Krebsbach |
Basel II: Burden Or Opportunity? Savvy banks know the price is worth it: Banks that embrace rather than resist Basel II, the mammoth proposal designed to control operational and credit risk, will claim a greater competitive advantage in the marketplace, say technology analysts.  |
CFO March 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn |
Missing Pieces How poor risk-management techniques contributed to the subprime mess.  |
Bank Systems & Technology March 30, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Managing Risk No longer solely about complying with regulations and protecting cost centers, risk management is being used by banks as a strategic tool to support product development and revenue-generation strategies. Collecting, storing and analyzing real-time data is the key.  |
IDB America July 2001 Ann Moline |
How to navigate in financial storms New book offers a practical approach to financial risk management in emerging markets...  |
FDIC FYI January 14, 2003 |
Basel and the Evolution of Capital Regulation: Moving Forward, Looking Back How much capital is enough? How bank regulators have answered this question during the post World War II period has been shaped by two contending strands of thought.  |
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2005 Maria Wakem |
Restructuring Risk As new risks such as data loss and regulatory litigation continue to impact the financial services industry, what falls under the risk management umbrella is changing.  |
Wall Street & Technology March 18, 2008 Cory Levine |
Lack of Standardization in Data, Reporting to Hinder Basel II Compliance Lack of standardization in the reporting process will be a major hurdle for financial institutions in complying with Basel II requirements.  |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Here Come the Mortgage Regulators With subprime lending continuing to plummet, House and Senate hearings run the risk of further retarding a recovery in housing.  |
U.S. Banker May 2008 |
As the Credit Crisis Grinds On, Lending Falls Off the Cliff The current climate for loan production might not be Great Depression 2.0, but try telling that to someone with less than perfect credit.  |
FDIC FYI August 29, 2002 |
Strong Bank Earnings Reflect Nature of U.S. Downturn Second quarter 2002 earnings results for commercial banks show that the benefits of a steep yield curve continue to outweigh the costs of higher credit losses.  |
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Greg MacSweeney |
The Fallout From CDOs Will Last Through 2008 Banks' inability to price and measure risk on complex financial products is alarming and needs to be improved to avoid another market meltdown.  |
Bank Systems & Technology November 29, 2004 Ivan Schneider |
The Calculus of Basel II Basel rules allow banks to choose how granular they want to get.  |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Gerd Hausler |
The Globalization of Finance Financial globalization has brought considerable benefits to national economies and to investors and savers, but it has also changed the structure of markets, creating new risks and challenges for market participants and policymakers...  |
Bank Technology News May 2007 |
The Six Regulatory Areas That Are Altering Bank Life Regulation is a part of bank life. Failure to comply shouldn't be.  |
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Michael Grebb |
The War to Keep Compliance Talent Financial institutions wade through an ever-deepening regulatory swamp, and therefore an escalating war for compliance talent.  |
BusinessWeek April 17, 2008 |
The Lowdown on Basel II Its No. 1 goal is to smooth out financial crises, and its main method is fine-tuning banks' capital requirements.  |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Nothing's Changed in Banking The recent upending of the financial world seems to have yielded few results.  |
FDIC FYI April 11, 2002 |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The report describes recent signs of a consumer-led recovery in the U.S. economy that may have begun in the first quarter...  |
OCC Bulletin January 5, 2007 |
Complex Structured Finance Transactions: Notice of Final Interagency Statement Modifications to the initial statement address issues and concerns raised by commenters.  |
Bank Technology News February 2007 Andrea Klein |
Losses Rise If Reputation is Compromised The banking industry has begun to recognize the true cost of a tarnished reputation. The next and more challenging step for many is mitigating reputational risk, especially as it relates to online security breaches.  |
Bank Systems & Technology May 5, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Fraud Techniques Evolve in Parallel with Bank Products and Defenses As fraudsters' techniques evolve alongside the products and services offered by financial institutions, new steps must be introduced to stop them.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Cem Karacadag & Michael W. Taylor |
Toward a New Global Banking Standard: The Basel Committee's Proposals The Basel Committee's new capital framework proposals will have important implications for developed and developing countries alike. Although many details remain to be worked out, it is not too early for countries to start preparing for the proposals' implementation.  |
CFO April 1, 2004 Ronald Fink |
Playing Favorites Why Alan Greenspan's Fed lets banks off easy on corporate fraud.  |
Bank Systems & Technology May 25, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz |
First Things First A new study find banks are ready to invest in innovation, but SOX, Basel and other regulatory compliance comes first.  |
Finance & Development September 2009 Andrew Crockett |
Rebuilding the Financial Architecture What needs to be done to strengthen financial regulation and supervision?  |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Merrill Lynch's Lapse Merrill Lynch announces that its third-quarter numbers will be very, very disappointing.  |
U.S. Banker October 2007 Glen Fest |
Subprime Woes: Amid the Chaos, Big Banks Are Finding Opportunities Consumer lending divisions are still under fire.  |
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Operational Risk Poses Challenges to Financial Institutions and Regulators Operational risk is the chance that an institution may be laid low by an internal system failure -- such as not guarding against a rogue trader's activities -- or an external event.  |
OCC Bulletin May 9, 2006 |
Revised Interagency Statement Open for Comment The attached interagency statement describes revised sound practices for managing complex structured finance activities that may pose heightened legal or reputational risks to financial institutions.  |
Finance & Development June 2009 |
The Perfect Storm The IMF's Chief Economist explained in a November 2008 lecture how a crisis that began in mortgage-backed securities turned into the worst recession since the 1930s.  |
Bank Technology News April 2006 Michael Sisk |
Compliance: The New Rule Book Is Still Like A Maze There are so many new regulations that banks are having difficulty organizing their corporate structure to ensure these new rules are being adequately followed.  |
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 David Conroy |
Corporate Clients Increasingly Looking to Banks to Mitigate Trade Finance Risks How can banks pursue growth opportunities in global trade finance in, for example, emerging markets? What technology investments must banks make to meet these new demands?  |
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Avid Modjtabai |
The Intersection of Compliance and Risk Management As businesses develop risk-management initiatives, they should keep the following points in mind.  |
Bank Systems & Technology February 22, 2007 Nancy Feig |
A Happy Marriage: Finding the Right Technology Mate for Compliance Programs Banks are turning to GRC software platforms to maximize compliance technology's effectiveness and gain greater return on investment.  |
U.S. Banker December 2009 Michael Dumiak |
Unmet Capacity Underscores Emerging Market Woes Financial institutions in developing countries face huge hurdles in politicking for reduced Basel II capital requirements on short-term loans. But they may open debate on competition.  |
U.S. Banker May 2005 Michael Dumiak |
The Thousand Cuts When financial services firms look to venture abroad, politically motivated violence goes right to the top of how to consider disaster planning and daily operations. But it's much more likely that banks will face more basic risks -- like petty corruption, natural disasters and disease.  |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Seth Jayson |
The Lesson From E*Trade In its quest for growth, E*Trade put far too much of its asset base into residential real estate loans or related derivatives -- at the top of a since-crumbled market. The result? Shares that have tumbled 60% and an analyst's prediction of bankruptcy.  |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Der Hovanesian & Goldstein |
Who Will Get Shredded? As the subprime business tanks, the pain is spreading to a wide swath of investors.  |
U.S. Banker May 2009 Michael Sisk |
The Repercussions of Reform After months of Congressional hearings, debates and some hysterics, only the broadest outlines of the new banking regulatory regime have emerged.  |
U.S. Banker November 2007 Lee Conrad |
Buckle Up! Next Year will be A Bumpy Ride. Maybe the best thing economists can say about the 2008 outlook for banks is that it won't be as bad as the third quarter of 2007.  |
FDIC FYI November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Randall Dodd |
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt.  |
Bank Systems & Technology August 2, 2005 Phil Britt |
Fighting the New Face of Fraud Technology plays a critical role in banking fraud, both in creating new opportunities for fraud and offering new methods to defend against it. Financial services institutions must take a holistic approach to combating fraud.  |