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International Journal of Management
Volume 1 • Issue 1 • May 2010 • pp.43-58                                   IJM
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           RISK AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN
                                   BANKING INDUSTRY
                                  Dr. N. KANNAN.
           Assistant Professor in Department of Business Administration
                     St.Mary’s School of Management Studies,
                       Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai 600 119

 Abstract                                        already have overseas presence and
                                                 many more are in the process of
 The       Indian      financial     system,     breaking      the     national     barriers.
particularly the banking system is very          Technology caught the fancy of the
diverse.   All      over   India   there   are   Indian banking czars in the ‘80s. Today,
numerous co-operative banks and the              technology has made fair inroads into
Regional Rural Banks. And, there are             the domain of banking in India. Not only
some highly profitable foreign banks.            the entry-level technology but, the core-
There are many odd entities known as             banking technology or the networked
NBFCs       –    Non-Banking         Finance     banking technology has also gained a lot
Companies. The regulatory authority for          of ground. The ‘private banks’ like the
all these, except for the co-operative           HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, are in the
banks, is the RBI – Reserve Bank of              forefront      having         implemented
India. India still does not have world           technology to       the   level   which     is
class banks. However, the huge size of           comparable to the best, from world
the State Bank of India, coupled with the        standards. Risk and Reward go hand in
strength of several subsidiaries, is an          hand.   The    banking     fraternity     best
indication that the Indian banks can go          understands this wisdom. But, the
global. No less is the strength of the           million dollar question is how much risk
“nationalised banks’” share. Some banks          is enough? Where to draw the line?
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 When does risk go out of hands? The              also been relentlessly following up with
 sub-questions arising out of this are            the banks. As a result, the RMA – Risk
 complex enough. Therefore, the answers           management Architecture, is in place at
 are not going to come by easily. As far          most of the banks.
 as the structured Risk Management
                                                  Key Words: Banking, Risk
 mechanism is concerned, we seem to be            Management, Technology Management
 on course. Reserve Bank of India has
 1. Introduction                                  coupled with the range and depth of their
 Financial System is the most important           services    make         the   system   an
 institutional and functional vehicle for         indispensable medium in every day
 economic transformation of any country.          transactions. The virtual monopoly of
 Banking sector is reckoned as a hub and          banks in `Payment Mechanism' touches
 barometer of the financial system. As a          the lives of millions of people every day
 pillar of the economy, this sector plays a       and every where. Thus the banking
 predominant     role in        the economic      sector has been playing a significant role
 development        of    the   country.    The   as growth facilitator.
 geographical pervasiveness of the bank
                                                  and any where banking. The major
 2.     The   Changing          Paradigm     of   challenge faced by banks today is to
 Banking                                          protect the falling margins due to the
 Change is the only constant factor in this       impact     of    competition.      Another
 dynamic world and banking is not an              significant impact of banks today is the
 exception. The changes staring in the            technology issue. There is an imperative
 face    of   bankers        relates   to   the   need for not mere technology up
 fundamental way of banking-which is              gradation but also its integration with the
 undergoing rapid transformation in the           general way of functioning of banks to
 world of today, in response to the forces        give them an edge in respect of services
 of     completion         productivity     and   provided to optimizing the use of funds
 efficiency    of        operations,   reduced    and building up MIS for decision
 operating margins better asset/liability         making and better management of assets
 management, risk management, any time            and liabilities and risk assumed which in

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 turns have a direct impact on the balance           deposit base of Rs. 1,14,272 crores.
 sheet of banks as a whole. Word over,               There are large banks known as the
 technology has demonstrated potential to            ‘nationalised banks’ which have huge
 change methods of selling marketing,                government     ownership     along   with
 advertising,     designing,     pricing      and    significant private share holders. There
 distributing financial products of an               are relatively new private sector banks,
 electronic, self-service product delivery           most of which are multi-nationals. All
 channel. All these changes call for a               over India there are numerous co-
 new, more dynamic, aggressive and                   operative banks and the Regional Rural
 challenging work culture to meet the                Banks. And, there are some highly
 demands     of      customer       relationships,   profitable foreign banks. There are many
 product differentiation, brand values,              odd entities known as NBFCs – Non-
 reputation, corporate governance and                Banking    Finance     Companies.     The
 regulatory prescriptions.                           regulatory authority for all these, except
                                                     for the cooperative banks, is the RBI –
  The       Indian       financial        system,
                                                     Reserve Bank of India.
 particularly the banking system is very
                                                      India still does not have world class
 diverse. The State Bank of India
                                                     banks. However, the huge size of the
 occupies the top slot, which has been in
                                                     State Bank of India, coupled with the
 existence since 1806. It has 9038 fully
                                                     strength of several subsidiaries, is an
 computerized branches, in India and
                                                     indication that the Indian banks can go
 abroad, 3814 ATMs and has deposits to
                                                     global. No less is the strength of the
 the tune of Rs. 3,18,619 crores, Then,
                                                     “nationalised banks’” share. Some banks
 there are 7 subsidiary banks of SBI, like
                                                     already have overseas presence and
 the State Bank of Mysore etc. These
                                                     many more are in the process of
 seven    subsidiaries       have     a   branch
                                                     breaking the national barriers.
 network of 4596 branches, with a
                                                     M & A s, mergers and acquisitions. State
 3.   The       Era     of     Mergers       and     Bank of India and it’s subsidiaries are in
 Acquisitions                                        the process of forming themselves into a
 All this has lead the Indian banking                giant entity, huge enough to ensure a
 industry towards the next logical step of           place in the Guinness Book of World
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 Records.                                        will help these banks to stay afloat on
                                                 their own and in the eventuality of a
  Two big nationalized banks, Bank of
 India and Union Bank of India, have             takeover, hostile or otherwise, will make
                                                 the buyers to pay for all the value-
 announced their plans to merge into one
 entity. Sometime back, Reserve Bank of          additions that they would have made.

 India ensured a supervised merger of the
                                                 3.1 The Entry of Technology in Indian
 beleaguered GTB – Global Trust Bank
                                                 Banking:
 with the OBC – Oriental Bank of                  Technology caught the fancy of the
 Commerce. That the exercise succeeded           Indian banking czars in the ‘80s. The
 without creating a commotion among the          main hurdle, in a country known for its
 GTB clientele speaks of the maturity of         socialistic     leanings     and   democracy,
 the Indian banking industry and the             came from the trade unionists. In a
 deftness with which the Reserve Bank of         country       struggling      to    implement
 India handled the issue.                        employment generation oriented plans,
  So, mergers and acquisitions are here          ideas of mechanization and consequent,
 to stay ! The banking circle is agog with       and inevitable, loss of jobs did not gel
 rumours of which big fish is going to           well. They tried to stall the idea until the
 swallow which small fish. Many foreign          market forces over took the scene. Once
 banks are known to have been on these           the bankers tasted blood there was no
 ‘fishing expeditions’. The bankers are          let-go    of      the      situation.     Today,
 still on the high seas and the size of their    technology has made fair inroads into
 catch is still not known ! The year 2005        the domain of banking in India.
 promises a lot of action. A lot of bank
 logos are bound to go into the oblivion,         Basic        computerization       has    been
 but only after ensuring a more-than-fair        achieved in the entire banking industry.
 return       to     their       stakeholders.   So much so, that a good number of ‘co-
 Interestingly, the so-called ‘small fishes’     operative banks’ spread all over India
 have demonstrated amazing dexterity             have also been computerized. In short, in
 and      presence   of   mind     and   have    the banking industry in India today, a
 modernized themselves beyond belief.            bank, which is not computerised, stands
 This transformation, on the one hand,           out for its non-compliance!

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  Not only the entry-level technology            expected to grow to $261.7 billion out of
 but, the core-banking technology or the         a total market size of $1010.4 billion, a
 networked banking technology has also           26 percent contribution. These figures
 gained a lot of ground. The ‘private            highlight the importance of BFSI to the
 banks’ like the HDFC Bank and ICICI             software industry.
 Bank, are in the forefront having                A Gartner report says that banking
 implemented technology to the level             software will grow at a CAGR of 13.5
 which is comparable to the best, from           percent from 2000 to 2005. The total
 world standards.                                revenue from packaged software was
                                                 $22 billion in 2002 and is expected to
 4. The Quantum of Global Investment
                                                 grow at 8 percent to reach $38 billion in
 in Technology
                                                 2005. Industry pundits estimate that

 There’s no doubt that it’s big business. A      Indian banks spend Rs 150 crore and

 report by the Tower Group states that           above on software and hardware for core

 banks will allocate over one-fourth of          and Internet banking on an average.

 their technology budgets, approximately         When the investments are in this range,

 $37.5 billion on a global basis, on core        it calls for a deeper analysis of the

 banking      software,     hardware       and   subject.

 services.                                       4.1 The Bankers’ Interpretation of

  A recent Nasscom-McKinsey study on             Technology:

 the global software business revealed              Technology is a less understood but

 that the Banking, Financial Services and        much hyped concept in the Indian

 Insurance     (BFSI)     segment      would     banking industry. The general perception

 continue to be the largest vertical and         is that it is the panacea for all human

 drive software revenues. According to           inefficiencies. In a positive way, it is

 this study, the BFSI segment contributed        said to be the vehicle which can translate

 $68.3 billion out of a total market size of     your wishful thinking into realities.

 $326.8 billion in the year 1997, a 21           Here, the technology drives the people

 percent contribution. By the year 2008,         or the people drive technology is not

 the   BFSI     segment     contribution    is   known. Sadly, technology is becoming a
                                                 sort of cat and mouse story. Here, the
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 mouse refers to the mouse as well as the        lot of investments, time and manpower,
 “mouse”, cat refers to the human                may be in another form.
 endeavour to make technology equal to              · Enormous investments have been
 human intelligence, if not overtake it.            made in buying technology, adding

  Technology is becoming a more and                 to the costs.
                                                    · A lot of time-investment has gone
 deeper rooted mechanism. The initial
 euphoria when computer technology was              into imbibing the technology and,
                                                    · A new breed and creed of man-
 born was that it is going to be the ‘be-
 all’ aid to the banker. So much so that, in        power has entered the banking
                                                    portals in the garb of ‘computer
 the 70s somebody wrote that, in future, a
 billionaire can float a bank single                techies’!

 handedly, of course, aided by the
                                                  DR – Disaster Recovery was not a
 computers Therefore, the common belief
                                                 concept ever thought of by the
 among the bankers in India is that the
                                                 pioneers   of      computer   technology.
 technology is not only a substitute for
                                                 They always looked at the brighter
 human drudgery but also the panacea for
                                                 side of technology and never assumed
 all kinds risks, including those caused by
                                                 that it can cause a disaster also! The
 their own lack of supervision! But,
                                                 terms like Hot Site evolved only to
 technology, as it is evolving day by day,
                                                 give meaning to the concepts like the
 is unwittingly throwing up its many
                                                 Disaster Recovery, which itself was a
 inadequacies     and    the    techies    are
                                                 new kind of expression. Human mind
 scurrying around to find newer and
                                                 is trying to delegate more and more of
 newer patches to plug those gaping
                                                 its chores to technology. While human
 holes.
                                                 mind is a superb, unbeatable super-
  I shall enumerate my statement with            computer, technology is only a poor
 some simple examples.                           cousin of that. The stronger the
                                                 machine, the more inadequacies fall
  Technology started as a cost cutting,
                                                 out.
 time saving and man power saving
 device. But, present day technology is           Human mind is an amalgam of all the
                                                 technological phrases that have evolved
 not like that. Actually, it is demanding a

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 so far – you built a Hard Disk and the         point of Data Warehousing and Data
 race for hard disk capacity started in no      Purging concepts.
 time. Today, some people talk of the
 Hard Disk capacity of their computers,          Thus, the levels of sophistication being
 as if it is a status symbol. No sooner you     achieved by us are giving way to newer
 find a bigger hard disk, human ingenuity       demands       on     the    technology.       And
 finds newer stuff to load on to it, be it      enormous time, energy and resources are
 text, be it sound, be it graphics or a         being     expended         to    devise   newer
 combo of all like the streaming video.         controls. All this could have been okay
 The hard disk capacity of the human            but     for   the    speed       of   technology
 mind is infinite.                              obsolescence. By the time we are
                                                comfortable         with        one   level    of
  A bigger Hard Disk did not necessarily        technology that level goes for a toss and
 mean big relief; it became a cause of          a more sophisticated technology takes
 concern. What if my hard disk crashes          over. And, it is not easy for an industry
 was the nagging question. Thus evolved         like banking to switch gears at that
 the concept of “Backup”. Multifarious          speed.
 solutions were invented to tackle this
 issue, like the floppies, the CDs and the      4.2 Risk in Banking Industry:
 Tapes. So far so good.                           Risk and Reward go hand in hand.
                                                The banking fraternity best understands
  What if my data base refuses to open          this wisdom. But, the million dollar
 up? So, the concept of BCP – Business          question is how much risk is enough?
 Continuity Plan evolved. The more you          Where to draw the line? When does risk
 store, the more is the risk and this risk is   go out of hands? The sub-questions
 potent enough to cause a disaster. And,        arising out of this are complex enough.
 the DRP – Disaster Recovery Plan was           Therefore, the answers are not going to
 conceived.                                     come by easily.
  I am crammed with data, can I store             Bankers have awaken to this reality
 some of my less needed data else where         and in the recent past a lot of effort has
 ? Yeah, sure, and, that was the starting       been made to go into the genesis of this


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 concept called risk. Your friendly local      focus of this Paper.
 banker makes efforts and efforts are
                                               4.3 Risk Management:
 made at the multi-national level under
                                                 Risk Management is not new to
 the aegis of Basle II.
                                               banking industry. The concept of risk
  Risks reside in business processes and       evolved from the day the concept of
 so business process mapping is a pre-         banking evolved. From that day onwards
 requisite for risk identification. But, how   bankers have been managing risks in
 many banks have documented the                their own way. Now, the induction of
 processes ? Not many. This will not           technology is calling for an effective
 make risk assessment comprehensive.           framework to tackle risks. Earlier, the
 The result can be detrimental to the          processes    of    control,     audit     and
 interests of banks as a low risk can be       supervision were all guided by the
 put to costly mitigation processes,           transactions. Now, the industry has seen
 leaving a higher risk being unattended.       the need for shift from transaction based
 Bankers have identified three basic           supervision to risk based supervision.
 risks:
     · Credit Risks                              Accordingly, Reserve Bank of India
     · Market Risks                            has taken the lead in inculcating the need
     · Operational Risks                       for RBS – Risk Based Supervision of
                                               banks in India, with the objectives of
 Many more risks are being unearthed           allocating supervisory resources and
 like,                                         paying      supervisory       attention    in
                                               accordance with the risk profile of each
     · Reputation Risks
                                               bank. The RBS process essentially
     · Information Risk                        involves continuous monitoring and
     · Exchange Rate Risk
                                               evaluation of the risk profiles of the
                                               banks in relation to their business
 However, I shall not elaborate the
                                               strategy and exposures. This would be
 areas of risks in banking. Rather, I          done with the construction of a Risk
 would deal with the concept of
                                               Matrix for each bank. Reserve Bank has
 Risk Management, which is the                 proposed:

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      · Risk Profiling of the Banks.           Data cleansing and data enrichment
      · Setting up of a supervisory            efforts on an on-going basis, go a long
      Programme                                way in ensuring smooth transition to
      · Drawing up of a Monitorable            computerized                   environment.
      Action Plan.                             Complacency and misplaced faith seem
      · Introduction of Enforcement            to be the causative factors of these
      Process and Incentive framework          lacunae.
      · Induction of external auditors in      2.        Soundness      of   Systems      and
      banking supervision                      Technology is of course there. Here the
      · Imparting Change Management            trouble seems to be of a peculiar nature.
      Implications for the banks.              Initially, bankers were reluctant to
                                               embrace      technology,      courtesy     the
                                               belligerent attitude of the trade unions.
 However, the success of this depends on
                                               When they did make a move to adopt it,
 the following:
                                               technology had moved a notch upwards
      · Quality and Reliability of Data
                                               and most of the banks were saddled with
      · Soundness of Systems and
                                               the outdated technology. Private Banks
      Technology
                                               entered the field at this stage and
      · Appropriateness of Risk Control
                                               flaunted the state of the art tech
      Mechanism developed and adopted
                                               savvyness. For a while it looked as if the
      by the banks
                                               Indian banking is about to be taken over
      · Supporting corporate, HR and
                                               by the private banks. Once the euphoria
      organizational back up.
                                               subsided, the fence jumpers came back
                                               to the nationalized banks’ fold. Then, the
 1.      The quality and reliability of the    nationalized banks flexed their muscles
 data remains a suspect. It is neither         and went shopping for the in-things in
 because of the inaccuracy in accounting       technological gizmos. Today, the level
 nor because of any fraudulent activities.     playing     field   is   in   place.     Major
 It is due to the poor quality of              nationalized banks, even some Co-
 “migration”         to         computerized   Operative banks, are offering what the
 environment without cleansing the data.       Blue Eyed Boys were boasting of all

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 along. The days to come, in this sense,          vanish. If not, it is a tribute to the
 will be interesting to watch.                    bankers’ maturity and the cause for
 3.      Then,     let    us    look   at   the   swelling profits.. The element of profit is
 appropriateness         of    Risk    Control    loaded into the interest as an essential
 Mechanism developed and adopted by               component. A banker arrives at a credit
 the banks. This is also the focus of my          decision     by the     inter-play of      his
 Paper being presented to you now. On             professional        expertise,       mental
 paper, yes, most of the banks claim to be        assessment of the borrower, aided by the
 having their RCM in place. Practically           diverse data – statements, statistics,
 speaking the answer is NO. The reasons           ratios,      percentages     et     all     –
 are multifarious,                                complemented by his READING of the
 4.      Inadequate description of the            borrower / situation. Provided the data
 term RISK. – Risk is a very complex              placed before him is accurate, his
 expression to quantify. A sensible way           reading of the customer / situation,
 of describing risk is by listing what it is      becomes       THE     deciding    factor    in
 NOT ! The real risk cannot be seen. A            extending the credit line. A Winning
 foreseen risk is not a risk at all. In           banker reads BETWEEN the lines,
 accepting the expression that the RISK           others just read! I am not talking of this
 and REWARD complement each other,                invisible element in this context when I
 we unknowingly imply and involve the             say, “inadequate description of the term
 human wisdom. A human mind takes a               RISK”. I am talking of the inadequacies
 calculated risk, a computer merely               of the bankers in deciding upon their
 calculates. But, it calculates it so fast        requirements. I call these risks as
 that the human being’s ability to take a         quantifiable risks. Many bankers base
 decision is vastly facilitated by that. A        their judgment relying on the adequacy
 banker earns his profit not by listing all       of the data placed before them and not
 these risks. He earns his profits by             by calling for the missing links. This is
 accepting the possibility of occurrence          what I call as the inadequate description
 of some risks not             listed in that     of risk.
 compendium of risks. The logic is, if            5.         Lacunae existing in migration
 those risks materialize the reward will          stage are not remedied. This is a simple

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 problem but with a potential to cause                  Storing and retrieval, Firewalls etc.
 damage.      Data        cleansing     and      data   Every     new         development         assures
 enrichment should be the preconditions                 enhanced safety and security of data, but
 to   migrate    to       the     new    level     of   with a hefty price tag attached to it.
 computerization.         Many        banks      have   8.      The      threat        of     technology
 overlooked this area and are content with              obsolescence – banks are physically
 the safe migration. This is a one time                 disappearing and banking is flourishing!
 exercise which should be undertaken by                 The concepts like Internet banking,
 the banks.                                             Phone banking and Mobile banking
 6.      Lack        of     understanding          of   coupled with the mobile work-force like
 technology among the senior bankers.                   the     Relationship           Managers      and
 Age does prove to be a barrier in                      marketers-on-foot, who can sell you
 assimilating technology faster. Today’s                anything from a Credit Card to a
 generation adapts and adopts the current               Housing Loan, have broken down the
 level of technology in real time. But, the             physical walls of bank branches. Today
 older generation takes its time to                     it appears as if we have reached the
 comprehend technology.                                 zenith of technology. But, tomorrow is
 7.      Increasing             demands            of   another day ! Wifi and Bluetooth,
 technology     are        very    expensive       –    emboldened by the broadband seem to
 Technology in itself is never secure or so             be the goodies of tomorrow. The
 it seems. The framework of technology                  assimilation     of     these        technologies
 is so fragile that it needs the support of             themselves      will      be    an     expensive
 so many security measures. The hall                    proposition. Then comes the attendant
 mark of human brain is that, unlike                    risks. As of now wireless technology is
 technology, it is totally secure. But                  not considered to be very safe and
 technology keeps discovering the need                  secure. That itself makes us pay for the
 for many modes of security. The                        security infra-structure. Thus, one level
 vocabulary      of         technology        keeps     of technology becoming obsolete and the
 expanding with newer terminologies like                dawn of a new level of technology place
 DRP – Disaster Recovery Plans, Hot                     a heavy monetary burden on the end
 Sites, Networked environment, Data                     users, apart from causing the logistic

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 gaps.                                                 risk of
                                                       10. Bestowing this virtue also on the
                                                       technology. Displaced solace drawn
 Lack of bankers with dual talent –
                                                       from CAR – Capital Adequacy Ratio.
 Hands-on experience of banking AND
                                                       Capital Adequacy Ratio merely specifies
 the capacity to understand the current
                                                       the benchmarks of capital requirements,
 level of technology makes a good bank
                                                       for indulging in every kind of banking
 executive.           The        slow-intake      of
                                                       activity. Adequate capital does not mean
 technology by the senior bankers has
                                                       adequate      cover         towards    risk
 created a piquant situation where by the
                                                       management. Adequate capital only
 time and energy spent on technology
                                                       empowers a bank to indulge in specified
 assimilation is much more than the time
                                                       banking activity and it provides no cover
 devoted         to     their     core-competence
                                                       from the inherent risks. One should not
 namely banking. Any executive who has
                                                       hope to live longer merely by increasing
 this dual talent demonstrates a migratory
                                                       the life insurance cover obtained by him
 trend..
                                                       ! Still, should you choose to die, the
 9.        Misplaced            total   faith     in   stipulated insurance cover is certainly
 technology.           Technology       is      what   available for the asking.
 technology does and NOTHING more!                     11.   Basle    II    places    considerable
 Bankers get confused between their                    responsibility on the shoulders of the
 thinking faculties and the computing                  bankers. Basle II calls for a complete
 capabilities of the technology. One is not            overhaul of banking and pin-points the
 the substitute for the other ! Technology             possible      pit-falls.      Again,    the
 is good when it is viewed from the angle              preparedness to adopt Basle II is
 of its limitations. The moment you                    misunderstood by the bankers as their
 assume it to be anything more than a                  umbrella to shield against the Risk
 catalyst, the problems start. The speed,              management. Bankers assume the three
 the accuracy, the analytical strength and             types of traditional risks viz Credit,
 its     multi        dimensional,      multimedia     Market, and Operations to be the only
 presentation are no substitute for the                risks. The other types of risks viz
 capacity to think. Many bankers run the               Reputation and Exchange Rate Risk are

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 also equally potent ones.                                       be a slave in the hands of its master and
 12. A new kind of risk is adding to the                         where the master falters, the roles get
 list       -Information      Risk.          Today,        the   inter-changed! Some one has beautifully
 ‘Branch’          barriers       are        broken        and   coined a joke that, a computer is just like
 networked single entity is in place. This                       your wife; it remembers every small
 itself happens to be a great risk for the                       mistake committed by you and pops it
 uninitiated.         Further,          there        is    no    up at the least expected time.
 geographical boundary for the banks
 which is penetrated by a small gizmo                            5.       RMA    –    Risk   Management
 called the mobile phone. Believe me,                            Architecture
 today a mobile phone is indeed capable                          Banks have realized that there is a lot at
 of wreaking havoc in a technologically                          stake and have woken up to the realities
 unprepared and un-safeguarded bank.                             of Risk Based Supervision. The stringent
 13. There is no substitute to hard work,                        provisions of Basle II norms have given
 particularly         among             the      banking         them an opportunity to clean up their
 fraternity.         The      CONTROL                 duties     stables. Compliance with CAR – Capital
 allocated to them, to be performed by                           Adequacy Ratio, not an easy task, has
 them        and     them     alone,          cannot        be   added to the confidence level of the
 delegated to machines. Machines do not                          banks. Reserve Bank of India has also
 CONTROL              anything.         They         merely      made it mandatory for all banks to fall in
 translate your instructions into processes                      line with Basle II accord. Thus, the
 and actions. Human brain works on                               banks have taken the Risk Based
 intuitions, a machine doesn’t. Therefore,                       approach in their stride and have
 you have to instruct your machine in                            initiated    many   measures,    such   as,
 unambiguous terms. Computer is said to
                                                                           management Information System
 Setting        up     of     a        RMA       –        Risk             and Information Technology.
 Management Architecture                                              ·    Addressing of HRD issues
                                                                      ·    Setting up of Compliance Units.
        ·    Adoption             of         Risk-focused
                                                                      ·    Reserve Bank has drawn up a
             Internal Audit.
                                                                           schedule for implementation of
        ·    Strengthening              of      MIS         –
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         this transitional task                      Reserve Bank of India continuing to play
                                                     the role of a friend, philosopher and
  CRISIL, the leading credit rating                  guide, Indian banking, in 2005, is poised
 institution of India has drawn a road               for a lot of action coupled with safety
 map for the implementation of IRM –                 and security.
 Integrated    Risk           management     by
 Banks by March 2005.

  CRISIL has drawn up another chart
 defining     the       datelines    for     IRM
 implementation. Most of the Indian
 banking industry has fallen in line and
 are geared up to perform in the IRM –
 Integrated Risk Management era.


 6. Conclusion
 As    far    as        the     structured    Risk
 Management mechanism is concerned,
 we seem to be on course. Reserve Bank
 of India has also been relentlessly
 following up with the banks. As a result,
 the    RMA         –         Risk   management
 Architecture, is in place at most of the
 banks. Compliance with Basle II norms
 is giving a common identity to Indian
 banks and also ensuring a level playing
 field to enter the international banking
 arena. With the WTO provisions coming
 into being in a big way, Basle II norms
 being applied, core banking solutions in
 place, at major banks, Risk Management
 Architecture having been built and

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 7. References                                               Emerging Area for Lending :
     1.      Status of the Indian Banking                    Commentary in State Bank
             Industry : A Survey by FICCI                    Economic     Newsletter,         Vol
             : 2004                                          XXXVII No.6, Feb 10, 2003
     2.      Retail Banking in the New                 9.    Retail     Banking       –       An
             Flavour by P S Sodhi : IBA                      Overview       :    Dr       T    S
             Bulletin : December 2004                        Padmanabhan         :    Banking
     3.      Retail Banking in India : The                   Finance : October 2004
             Key      Growth       Driver        by    10.   Abundant     opportunities in
             Manoranjan          Sharma            :         retail banking in India : IIBF
             Professional Banker (ICFAI),                    : Sep 2004
             February 2005                             11.   The sum & substance of
     4.      Retail Banking and Trends in                    personal loans : Sudhanshu
             Financial Markets : Reading                     Ranade : Business Line dated
             Material of QIP of AICTE :                      August 22, 2004
             TAPMI, Manipal, February 7                12.   Retail Finance : A safe bet
             – 11, 2005                                      for the next five years : CRIS
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             Challenges & Issues by B M                      CRISIL 2003
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             and Punjab National Bank :                      Banking in India : RBI 2003-
             (Indian Banking : Realizing                     04
             Global Aspirations)                       14.   Retail Loans : Is a bubble in
     6.      Year-end Summary of the                         the making? Vinod Sharma :
             Banking      Sector      :       Indian         Professional Banker (ICFAI),
             Institute     of   Banking           &          January 2005
             Finance : December 2004                   15.   Retail Banking – A Focus : R
     7.      Retail Lending takes the lead                   A Almedia, IBA Bulletin, Nov
             : IIBF : November 2004                          2003
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             Issue Jan 2004                          Consolidation       In      Banking
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             Survey of Best Banks in India           And         Acquisitions,      IBA
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             Mergers And Acquisitions:               Urge To Merge, Business
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Risk and technology management in banking industry

  • 1. International Journal of Management Volume 1 • Issue 1 • May 2010 • pp.43-58 IJM http://iaeme.com/ijm.html ©IAEM RISK AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN BANKING INDUSTRY Dr. N. KANNAN. Assistant Professor in Department of Business Administration St.Mary’s School of Management Studies, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai 600 119 Abstract already have overseas presence and many more are in the process of The Indian financial system, breaking the national barriers. particularly the banking system is very Technology caught the fancy of the diverse. All over India there are Indian banking czars in the ‘80s. Today, numerous co-operative banks and the technology has made fair inroads into Regional Rural Banks. And, there are the domain of banking in India. Not only some highly profitable foreign banks. the entry-level technology but, the core- There are many odd entities known as banking technology or the networked NBFCs – Non-Banking Finance banking technology has also gained a lot Companies. The regulatory authority for of ground. The ‘private banks’ like the all these, except for the co-operative HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, are in the banks, is the RBI – Reserve Bank of forefront having implemented India. India still does not have world technology to the level which is class banks. However, the huge size of comparable to the best, from world the State Bank of India, coupled with the standards. Risk and Reward go hand in strength of several subsidiaries, is an hand. The banking fraternity best indication that the Indian banks can go understands this wisdom. But, the global. No less is the strength of the million dollar question is how much risk “nationalised banks’” share. Some banks is enough? Where to draw the line?
  • 2. International Journal of Management When does risk go out of hands? The also been relentlessly following up with sub-questions arising out of this are the banks. As a result, the RMA – Risk complex enough. Therefore, the answers management Architecture, is in place at are not going to come by easily. As far most of the banks. as the structured Risk Management Key Words: Banking, Risk mechanism is concerned, we seem to be Management, Technology Management on course. Reserve Bank of India has 1. Introduction coupled with the range and depth of their Financial System is the most important services make the system an institutional and functional vehicle for indispensable medium in every day economic transformation of any country. transactions. The virtual monopoly of Banking sector is reckoned as a hub and banks in `Payment Mechanism' touches barometer of the financial system. As a the lives of millions of people every day pillar of the economy, this sector plays a and every where. Thus the banking predominant role in the economic sector has been playing a significant role development of the country. The as growth facilitator. geographical pervasiveness of the bank and any where banking. The major 2. The Changing Paradigm of challenge faced by banks today is to Banking protect the falling margins due to the Change is the only constant factor in this impact of competition. Another dynamic world and banking is not an significant impact of banks today is the exception. The changes staring in the technology issue. There is an imperative face of bankers relates to the need for not mere technology up fundamental way of banking-which is gradation but also its integration with the undergoing rapid transformation in the general way of functioning of banks to world of today, in response to the forces give them an edge in respect of services of completion productivity and provided to optimizing the use of funds efficiency of operations, reduced and building up MIS for decision operating margins better asset/liability making and better management of assets management, risk management, any time and liabilities and risk assumed which in 44
  • 3. International Journal of Management turns have a direct impact on the balance deposit base of Rs. 1,14,272 crores. sheet of banks as a whole. Word over, There are large banks known as the technology has demonstrated potential to ‘nationalised banks’ which have huge change methods of selling marketing, government ownership along with advertising, designing, pricing and significant private share holders. There distributing financial products of an are relatively new private sector banks, electronic, self-service product delivery most of which are multi-nationals. All channel. All these changes call for a over India there are numerous co- new, more dynamic, aggressive and operative banks and the Regional Rural challenging work culture to meet the Banks. And, there are some highly demands of customer relationships, profitable foreign banks. There are many product differentiation, brand values, odd entities known as NBFCs – Non- reputation, corporate governance and Banking Finance Companies. The regulatory prescriptions. regulatory authority for all these, except for the cooperative banks, is the RBI – The Indian financial system, Reserve Bank of India. particularly the banking system is very India still does not have world class diverse. The State Bank of India banks. However, the huge size of the occupies the top slot, which has been in State Bank of India, coupled with the existence since 1806. It has 9038 fully strength of several subsidiaries, is an computerized branches, in India and indication that the Indian banks can go abroad, 3814 ATMs and has deposits to global. No less is the strength of the the tune of Rs. 3,18,619 crores, Then, “nationalised banks’” share. Some banks there are 7 subsidiary banks of SBI, like already have overseas presence and the State Bank of Mysore etc. These many more are in the process of seven subsidiaries have a branch breaking the national barriers. network of 4596 branches, with a M & A s, mergers and acquisitions. State 3. The Era of Mergers and Bank of India and it’s subsidiaries are in Acquisitions the process of forming themselves into a All this has lead the Indian banking giant entity, huge enough to ensure a industry towards the next logical step of place in the Guinness Book of World 45
  • 4. International Journal of Management Records. will help these banks to stay afloat on their own and in the eventuality of a Two big nationalized banks, Bank of India and Union Bank of India, have takeover, hostile or otherwise, will make the buyers to pay for all the value- announced their plans to merge into one entity. Sometime back, Reserve Bank of additions that they would have made. India ensured a supervised merger of the 3.1 The Entry of Technology in Indian beleaguered GTB – Global Trust Bank Banking: with the OBC – Oriental Bank of Technology caught the fancy of the Commerce. That the exercise succeeded Indian banking czars in the ‘80s. The without creating a commotion among the main hurdle, in a country known for its GTB clientele speaks of the maturity of socialistic leanings and democracy, the Indian banking industry and the came from the trade unionists. In a deftness with which the Reserve Bank of country struggling to implement India handled the issue. employment generation oriented plans, So, mergers and acquisitions are here ideas of mechanization and consequent, to stay ! The banking circle is agog with and inevitable, loss of jobs did not gel rumours of which big fish is going to well. They tried to stall the idea until the swallow which small fish. Many foreign market forces over took the scene. Once banks are known to have been on these the bankers tasted blood there was no ‘fishing expeditions’. The bankers are let-go of the situation. Today, still on the high seas and the size of their technology has made fair inroads into catch is still not known ! The year 2005 the domain of banking in India. promises a lot of action. A lot of bank logos are bound to go into the oblivion, Basic computerization has been but only after ensuring a more-than-fair achieved in the entire banking industry. return to their stakeholders. So much so, that a good number of ‘co- Interestingly, the so-called ‘small fishes’ operative banks’ spread all over India have demonstrated amazing dexterity have also been computerized. In short, in and presence of mind and have the banking industry in India today, a modernized themselves beyond belief. bank, which is not computerised, stands This transformation, on the one hand, out for its non-compliance! 46
  • 5. International Journal of Management Not only the entry-level technology expected to grow to $261.7 billion out of but, the core-banking technology or the a total market size of $1010.4 billion, a networked banking technology has also 26 percent contribution. These figures gained a lot of ground. The ‘private highlight the importance of BFSI to the banks’ like the HDFC Bank and ICICI software industry. Bank, are in the forefront having A Gartner report says that banking implemented technology to the level software will grow at a CAGR of 13.5 which is comparable to the best, from percent from 2000 to 2005. The total world standards. revenue from packaged software was $22 billion in 2002 and is expected to 4. The Quantum of Global Investment grow at 8 percent to reach $38 billion in in Technology 2005. Industry pundits estimate that There’s no doubt that it’s big business. A Indian banks spend Rs 150 crore and report by the Tower Group states that above on software and hardware for core banks will allocate over one-fourth of and Internet banking on an average. their technology budgets, approximately When the investments are in this range, $37.5 billion on a global basis, on core it calls for a deeper analysis of the banking software, hardware and subject. services. 4.1 The Bankers’ Interpretation of A recent Nasscom-McKinsey study on Technology: the global software business revealed Technology is a less understood but that the Banking, Financial Services and much hyped concept in the Indian Insurance (BFSI) segment would banking industry. The general perception continue to be the largest vertical and is that it is the panacea for all human drive software revenues. According to inefficiencies. In a positive way, it is this study, the BFSI segment contributed said to be the vehicle which can translate $68.3 billion out of a total market size of your wishful thinking into realities. $326.8 billion in the year 1997, a 21 Here, the technology drives the people percent contribution. By the year 2008, or the people drive technology is not the BFSI segment contribution is known. Sadly, technology is becoming a sort of cat and mouse story. Here, the 47
  • 6. International Journal of Management mouse refers to the mouse as well as the lot of investments, time and manpower, “mouse”, cat refers to the human may be in another form. endeavour to make technology equal to · Enormous investments have been human intelligence, if not overtake it. made in buying technology, adding Technology is becoming a more and to the costs. · A lot of time-investment has gone deeper rooted mechanism. The initial euphoria when computer technology was into imbibing the technology and, · A new breed and creed of man- born was that it is going to be the ‘be- all’ aid to the banker. So much so that, in power has entered the banking portals in the garb of ‘computer the 70s somebody wrote that, in future, a billionaire can float a bank single techies’! handedly, of course, aided by the DR – Disaster Recovery was not a computers Therefore, the common belief concept ever thought of by the among the bankers in India is that the pioneers of computer technology. technology is not only a substitute for They always looked at the brighter human drudgery but also the panacea for side of technology and never assumed all kinds risks, including those caused by that it can cause a disaster also! The their own lack of supervision! But, terms like Hot Site evolved only to technology, as it is evolving day by day, give meaning to the concepts like the is unwittingly throwing up its many Disaster Recovery, which itself was a inadequacies and the techies are new kind of expression. Human mind scurrying around to find newer and is trying to delegate more and more of newer patches to plug those gaping its chores to technology. While human holes. mind is a superb, unbeatable super- I shall enumerate my statement with computer, technology is only a poor some simple examples. cousin of that. The stronger the machine, the more inadequacies fall Technology started as a cost cutting, out. time saving and man power saving device. But, present day technology is Human mind is an amalgam of all the technological phrases that have evolved not like that. Actually, it is demanding a 48
  • 7. International Journal of Management so far – you built a Hard Disk and the point of Data Warehousing and Data race for hard disk capacity started in no Purging concepts. time. Today, some people talk of the Hard Disk capacity of their computers, Thus, the levels of sophistication being as if it is a status symbol. No sooner you achieved by us are giving way to newer find a bigger hard disk, human ingenuity demands on the technology. And finds newer stuff to load on to it, be it enormous time, energy and resources are text, be it sound, be it graphics or a being expended to devise newer combo of all like the streaming video. controls. All this could have been okay The hard disk capacity of the human but for the speed of technology mind is infinite. obsolescence. By the time we are comfortable with one level of A bigger Hard Disk did not necessarily technology that level goes for a toss and mean big relief; it became a cause of a more sophisticated technology takes concern. What if my hard disk crashes over. And, it is not easy for an industry was the nagging question. Thus evolved like banking to switch gears at that the concept of “Backup”. Multifarious speed. solutions were invented to tackle this issue, like the floppies, the CDs and the 4.2 Risk in Banking Industry: Tapes. So far so good. Risk and Reward go hand in hand. The banking fraternity best understands What if my data base refuses to open this wisdom. But, the million dollar up? So, the concept of BCP – Business question is how much risk is enough? Continuity Plan evolved. The more you Where to draw the line? When does risk store, the more is the risk and this risk is go out of hands? The sub-questions potent enough to cause a disaster. And, arising out of this are complex enough. the DRP – Disaster Recovery Plan was Therefore, the answers are not going to conceived. come by easily. I am crammed with data, can I store Bankers have awaken to this reality some of my less needed data else where and in the recent past a lot of effort has ? Yeah, sure, and, that was the starting been made to go into the genesis of this 49
  • 8. International Journal of Management concept called risk. Your friendly local focus of this Paper. banker makes efforts and efforts are 4.3 Risk Management: made at the multi-national level under Risk Management is not new to the aegis of Basle II. banking industry. The concept of risk Risks reside in business processes and evolved from the day the concept of so business process mapping is a pre- banking evolved. From that day onwards requisite for risk identification. But, how bankers have been managing risks in many banks have documented the their own way. Now, the induction of processes ? Not many. This will not technology is calling for an effective make risk assessment comprehensive. framework to tackle risks. Earlier, the The result can be detrimental to the processes of control, audit and interests of banks as a low risk can be supervision were all guided by the put to costly mitigation processes, transactions. Now, the industry has seen leaving a higher risk being unattended. the need for shift from transaction based Bankers have identified three basic supervision to risk based supervision. risks: · Credit Risks Accordingly, Reserve Bank of India · Market Risks has taken the lead in inculcating the need · Operational Risks for RBS – Risk Based Supervision of banks in India, with the objectives of Many more risks are being unearthed allocating supervisory resources and like, paying supervisory attention in accordance with the risk profile of each · Reputation Risks bank. The RBS process essentially · Information Risk involves continuous monitoring and · Exchange Rate Risk evaluation of the risk profiles of the banks in relation to their business However, I shall not elaborate the strategy and exposures. This would be areas of risks in banking. Rather, I done with the construction of a Risk would deal with the concept of Matrix for each bank. Reserve Bank has Risk Management, which is the proposed: 50
  • 9. International Journal of Management · Risk Profiling of the Banks. Data cleansing and data enrichment · Setting up of a supervisory efforts on an on-going basis, go a long Programme way in ensuring smooth transition to · Drawing up of a Monitorable computerized environment. Action Plan. Complacency and misplaced faith seem · Introduction of Enforcement to be the causative factors of these Process and Incentive framework lacunae. · Induction of external auditors in 2. Soundness of Systems and banking supervision Technology is of course there. Here the · Imparting Change Management trouble seems to be of a peculiar nature. Implications for the banks. Initially, bankers were reluctant to embrace technology, courtesy the belligerent attitude of the trade unions. However, the success of this depends on When they did make a move to adopt it, the following: technology had moved a notch upwards · Quality and Reliability of Data and most of the banks were saddled with · Soundness of Systems and the outdated technology. Private Banks Technology entered the field at this stage and · Appropriateness of Risk Control flaunted the state of the art tech Mechanism developed and adopted savvyness. For a while it looked as if the by the banks Indian banking is about to be taken over · Supporting corporate, HR and by the private banks. Once the euphoria organizational back up. subsided, the fence jumpers came back to the nationalized banks’ fold. Then, the 1. The quality and reliability of the nationalized banks flexed their muscles data remains a suspect. It is neither and went shopping for the in-things in because of the inaccuracy in accounting technological gizmos. Today, the level nor because of any fraudulent activities. playing field is in place. Major It is due to the poor quality of nationalized banks, even some Co- “migration” to computerized Operative banks, are offering what the environment without cleansing the data. Blue Eyed Boys were boasting of all 51
  • 10. International Journal of Management along. The days to come, in this sense, vanish. If not, it is a tribute to the will be interesting to watch. bankers’ maturity and the cause for 3. Then, let us look at the swelling profits.. The element of profit is appropriateness of Risk Control loaded into the interest as an essential Mechanism developed and adopted by component. A banker arrives at a credit the banks. This is also the focus of my decision by the inter-play of his Paper being presented to you now. On professional expertise, mental paper, yes, most of the banks claim to be assessment of the borrower, aided by the having their RCM in place. Practically diverse data – statements, statistics, speaking the answer is NO. The reasons ratios, percentages et all – are multifarious, complemented by his READING of the 4. Inadequate description of the borrower / situation. Provided the data term RISK. – Risk is a very complex placed before him is accurate, his expression to quantify. A sensible way reading of the customer / situation, of describing risk is by listing what it is becomes THE deciding factor in NOT ! The real risk cannot be seen. A extending the credit line. A Winning foreseen risk is not a risk at all. In banker reads BETWEEN the lines, accepting the expression that the RISK others just read! I am not talking of this and REWARD complement each other, invisible element in this context when I we unknowingly imply and involve the say, “inadequate description of the term human wisdom. A human mind takes a RISK”. I am talking of the inadequacies calculated risk, a computer merely of the bankers in deciding upon their calculates. But, it calculates it so fast requirements. I call these risks as that the human being’s ability to take a quantifiable risks. Many bankers base decision is vastly facilitated by that. A their judgment relying on the adequacy banker earns his profit not by listing all of the data placed before them and not these risks. He earns his profits by by calling for the missing links. This is accepting the possibility of occurrence what I call as the inadequate description of some risks not listed in that of risk. compendium of risks. The logic is, if 5. Lacunae existing in migration those risks materialize the reward will stage are not remedied. This is a simple 52
  • 11. International Journal of Management problem but with a potential to cause Storing and retrieval, Firewalls etc. damage. Data cleansing and data Every new development assures enrichment should be the preconditions enhanced safety and security of data, but to migrate to the new level of with a hefty price tag attached to it. computerization. Many banks have 8. The threat of technology overlooked this area and are content with obsolescence – banks are physically the safe migration. This is a one time disappearing and banking is flourishing! exercise which should be undertaken by The concepts like Internet banking, the banks. Phone banking and Mobile banking 6. Lack of understanding of coupled with the mobile work-force like technology among the senior bankers. the Relationship Managers and Age does prove to be a barrier in marketers-on-foot, who can sell you assimilating technology faster. Today’s anything from a Credit Card to a generation adapts and adopts the current Housing Loan, have broken down the level of technology in real time. But, the physical walls of bank branches. Today older generation takes its time to it appears as if we have reached the comprehend technology. zenith of technology. But, tomorrow is 7. Increasing demands of another day ! Wifi and Bluetooth, technology are very expensive – emboldened by the broadband seem to Technology in itself is never secure or so be the goodies of tomorrow. The it seems. The framework of technology assimilation of these technologies is so fragile that it needs the support of themselves will be an expensive so many security measures. The hall proposition. Then comes the attendant mark of human brain is that, unlike risks. As of now wireless technology is technology, it is totally secure. But not considered to be very safe and technology keeps discovering the need secure. That itself makes us pay for the for many modes of security. The security infra-structure. Thus, one level vocabulary of technology keeps of technology becoming obsolete and the expanding with newer terminologies like dawn of a new level of technology place DRP – Disaster Recovery Plans, Hot a heavy monetary burden on the end Sites, Networked environment, Data users, apart from causing the logistic 53
  • 12. International Journal of Management gaps. risk of 10. Bestowing this virtue also on the technology. Displaced solace drawn Lack of bankers with dual talent – from CAR – Capital Adequacy Ratio. Hands-on experience of banking AND Capital Adequacy Ratio merely specifies the capacity to understand the current the benchmarks of capital requirements, level of technology makes a good bank for indulging in every kind of banking executive. The slow-intake of activity. Adequate capital does not mean technology by the senior bankers has adequate cover towards risk created a piquant situation where by the management. Adequate capital only time and energy spent on technology empowers a bank to indulge in specified assimilation is much more than the time banking activity and it provides no cover devoted to their core-competence from the inherent risks. One should not namely banking. Any executive who has hope to live longer merely by increasing this dual talent demonstrates a migratory the life insurance cover obtained by him trend.. ! Still, should you choose to die, the 9. Misplaced total faith in stipulated insurance cover is certainly technology. Technology is what available for the asking. technology does and NOTHING more! 11. Basle II places considerable Bankers get confused between their responsibility on the shoulders of the thinking faculties and the computing bankers. Basle II calls for a complete capabilities of the technology. One is not overhaul of banking and pin-points the the substitute for the other ! Technology possible pit-falls. Again, the is good when it is viewed from the angle preparedness to adopt Basle II is of its limitations. The moment you misunderstood by the bankers as their assume it to be anything more than a umbrella to shield against the Risk catalyst, the problems start. The speed, management. Bankers assume the three the accuracy, the analytical strength and types of traditional risks viz Credit, its multi dimensional, multimedia Market, and Operations to be the only presentation are no substitute for the risks. The other types of risks viz capacity to think. Many bankers run the Reputation and Exchange Rate Risk are 54
  • 13. International Journal of Management also equally potent ones. be a slave in the hands of its master and 12. A new kind of risk is adding to the where the master falters, the roles get list -Information Risk. Today, the inter-changed! Some one has beautifully ‘Branch’ barriers are broken and coined a joke that, a computer is just like networked single entity is in place. This your wife; it remembers every small itself happens to be a great risk for the mistake committed by you and pops it uninitiated. Further, there is no up at the least expected time. geographical boundary for the banks which is penetrated by a small gizmo 5. RMA – Risk Management called the mobile phone. Believe me, Architecture today a mobile phone is indeed capable Banks have realized that there is a lot at of wreaking havoc in a technologically stake and have woken up to the realities unprepared and un-safeguarded bank. of Risk Based Supervision. The stringent 13. There is no substitute to hard work, provisions of Basle II norms have given particularly among the banking them an opportunity to clean up their fraternity. The CONTROL duties stables. Compliance with CAR – Capital allocated to them, to be performed by Adequacy Ratio, not an easy task, has them and them alone, cannot be added to the confidence level of the delegated to machines. Machines do not banks. Reserve Bank of India has also CONTROL anything. They merely made it mandatory for all banks to fall in translate your instructions into processes line with Basle II accord. Thus, the and actions. Human brain works on banks have taken the Risk Based intuitions, a machine doesn’t. Therefore, approach in their stride and have you have to instruct your machine in initiated many measures, such as, unambiguous terms. Computer is said to management Information System Setting up of a RMA – Risk and Information Technology. Management Architecture · Addressing of HRD issues · Setting up of Compliance Units. · Adoption of Risk-focused · Reserve Bank has drawn up a Internal Audit. schedule for implementation of · Strengthening of MIS – 55
  • 14. International Journal of Management this transitional task Reserve Bank of India continuing to play the role of a friend, philosopher and CRISIL, the leading credit rating guide, Indian banking, in 2005, is poised institution of India has drawn a road for a lot of action coupled with safety map for the implementation of IRM – and security. Integrated Risk management by Banks by March 2005. CRISIL has drawn up another chart defining the datelines for IRM implementation. Most of the Indian banking industry has fallen in line and are geared up to perform in the IRM – Integrated Risk Management era. 6. Conclusion As far as the structured Risk Management mechanism is concerned, we seem to be on course. Reserve Bank of India has also been relentlessly following up with the banks. As a result, the RMA – Risk management Architecture, is in place at most of the banks. Compliance with Basle II norms is giving a common identity to Indian banks and also ensuring a level playing field to enter the international banking arena. With the WTO provisions coming into being in a big way, Basle II norms being applied, core banking solutions in place, at major banks, Risk Management Architecture having been built and 56
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