Fundamentals of Risk Management (2) Flashcards
Credit Risk
Risk that a party to a transaction cannot provide the necessary funds as contracted for settlement to take place on the scheduled date.
Operational Risk
Risk that a transaction is altered or delayed due to an unintentional error.
Fraud Risk
Risk that a payment transaction will be initiated or altered in an attempt to misdirect or misappropriate funds.
Systemic Risk
Risk that the inability or unwillingness of one funds transfer system participant to settle its commitments will cause other participants to be unable to settle their commitments.
Compliance Risk
Risk that occurs when a party to a transaction fails to comply, either knowingly or inadvertently, with payment system rules and policies, regulations and applicable U.S. and state law.
Direct Access Risk
Risk that occurs when an ODFI permits an Originator or Third-Party to use its routing number to send files directly to the ACH Operator.
Reputation Risk
Risk that occurs when a negative publicity regarding a financial institution’s business practices leads to a revenue loss or litigation.
Third-Party Risk
Risk that arises from a financial institution relying upon outside parties to perform services or activities on its behalf.
Legal Risk
Risk that occurs from an institution’s failure to enact appropriate policies, procedures or controls to ensure it conforms to laws, regulations, contractual arrangements and other legally binding agreements and requirements.
Transaction Risk
Risk associated with foreign exchange.
Liquidity Risk
Current and potential risk to earnings or capital arising from a financial institution’s inability to settle an obligation for full value when it is due.
Strategic Risk
Risk might arise from making poor business decisions, from the substandard execution of decisions, from inadequate resource allocation or from failure to respond well to changes in the business environment.
Cross-Channel Risk
Risk that occurs because of theft from deposit accounts by way of multiple access points.
Counterparty Risk
Risk to each party of a contract that the counterparty will not live up to its contractual obligations.
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling the activities of an organization to minimize the effects of risk on that organization.
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO)
Voluntary private-sector organization formed in 1985 dedicated to improving the quality of financial reporting.