In financial services organizations, the degree of automation is usually high, while the human intervention low. Banks depend on information technology and information management, complex infrastructure and applications, thus controls are required to support the business processes. Furthermore,...

On December 2017, the Basel Committee published the "Basel III: Finalising post-crisis reforms" (also known as Basel IV) that introduces the Standardised Measurement Approach (SMA) to define the Pillar I operational risk capital requirement that is foreseen to entry into force on the 1st of...

Basel III regulation intent is to increase the resiliency of banks through effective risk management practices that can reduce significant idiosyncratic operational losses. A systemic risk event that leads to significant losses in a bank holding company (BHC) can expose them to become insolvent...