Breana Patel CEO | Thought leader in Bank Risk & Regulations at Bonova Advisory | Risk &Regulatory Advisory
A Difficult Task, But a Necessary One The Challenges of Gauging Effective Risk Appetite Managing a bank’s risk appetite strategy is unique to each organization. Unlike some areas that are more clearly regulated — for example, FDIC-insured deposit accounts — the level of risk an institution is willing to incorporate into its overall management port...
16 July 2018 /regulation /wholesale Financial Services Regulation
Imagine a capital markets desk of a financial institution where a trader is about to press enter on the keyboard to initiate a market position when a message pops up on the computer screen from a regulatory agency notifying of a compliance violation before the trade is entered. With the emergence of SupTech, that day is closer than you think. As...
16 July 2018 /ai Financial Services Regulation
The ever-increasing risks that financial institutions face include market risk, credit risk, and operational risk. As a result, there’s a race to explore the benefits of Block chain technology for its capabilities in improving risk management and operational efficiencies. For example, the distributed ledger technology could allow asset managers to...
10 July 2018 Digital Asset Class (DAC)
I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. S. Isaac Daniel, scientist, entrepreneur, founder and Chief Executive Officer, the pioneer and visionary force behind the Elite Influential Club (EIC), Isaac Daniel Inventorship Group, Abanacle Corp (Government-Mission Project), MiNiT IP Holding LLC and MiNiT Financial Service LLC. Former scientific analyst f...
26 June 2018 /security Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Jay Clayton SEC chairman mentioned in recent news that ICOs will be treated as securities. Crypto exchanges are being placed in increased scrutiny by the regulators. A good enterprise risk management approach is one that is proactive and not reactive after the damage has occurred. What will set crypto exchanges apart will be the ability to have a r...
26 June 2018 /regulation Digital Asset Class (DAC)
The task of integrating a Project Management Office (PMO) in an agile environment could prove difficult, but if done with thorough research and implementation, it can substantially improve efficiency in project execution and production, lowering costs and reducing risks for the organization. Getting Buy-In In order to do this, there first has to b...
14 June 2018 /wholesale Transaction Banking
When it comes to Corporate Risk Management and Governance, a company’s Board of Directors will play a vital and pivotal role for the effective governance of its bank. This isn’t always easy to understand, though. A board’s role in corporate risk management and governance can be a tangled web, leading members of the company to ask questions like, “...
06 June 2018 /regulation Trends in Financial Services
Robotic Process automation, otherwise known as RPA, is a significant, rapid change that’s encroaching upon many industries. Quickly evolving, implementing RPA into your industry could help to digitize labor using machine intelligence, capitalize on engagement, create big data, manage social media, and solve mobile technology issues, as well as c
21 May 2018 /ai Innovation in Financial Services
Best Practices in Managing Internal Capital AdequacyGuaranteeing a Solid Base of Capitalization Cooked down to its essence, the convulsion that overtook the international banking system in 2008 came down to institutions lacking adequate capitalization. The failure of Lehman Brothers — due to its holdings in the subprime market not being sufficientl...
30 April 2018 /regulation /wholesale Banking Regulations
Enterprise Risk Management. Arguably the largest evolutionary change in risk management for financial institutions has been the elevation of the risk management function to a key role in firm management. Risk is truly an overriding firmwide concern in modern financial institutions and a centralized oversight group is needed to provide governance
19 April 2018 /regulation Operational Risk Management
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