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At bigger banks, enterprise risk owns scenario frameworks
Risk Benchmarking research finds ERM teams tasked with providing effective challenge on scenario construction across risk silos
Governing AI execution as institutional infrastructure
Drawn from discussions at a June 2026 AI governance roundtable in New York, convened in collaboration with Cisco
AI use fastest-growing area of op risk regulatory scrutiny
Risk Benchmarking study finds EU AI Act the dominant driver of nascent bank risk frameworks, even well beyond Europe’s borders
Amid debanking drama, banks try to say ‘no’, safely
A basic risk management tool – the ability to turn a customer away – has become a political football
How AI agents can join the dots for risk managers
Citi risk expert outlines agentic AI tool that would pull together structured and unstructured data on trading and lending approvals to create single, unified view of risk
AI risk management and the shift to capability control
By reframing validation, banks can align innovation with regulatory demands and maintain robust risk discipline, argues risk manager
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Big banks love their climate vendors; small banks, not so much
Risk Benchmarking: Lenders with blue-chip loan books more likely to favour climate tools, research finds
NBFIs dominate US cross-border credit growth in Q3
Cross-border lending to US shadow banks rose $157 billion, second-highest level in five years
ALM has no formal role in capital planning at a third of banks
Risk Benchmarking study finds banks split three ways on policy mandates, with G-Sibs as likely as small regionals to assign ALM formal responsibility
NBFIs expanded at twice the rate of banks in 2024
Run-prone funds drive NBFI asset growth, FSB monitoring report shows
Allocating financing costs: centralised vs decentralised treasury
Centralisation can boost efficiency when coupled with an effective pricing and attribution framework
EVE and NII dominate IRRBB limit-setting
ALM Benchmarking study finds majority of banks relying on hard risk limits, and a minority supplementing with early-warning indicators
Responsible AI is about payoffs as much as principles
How one firm cut loan processing times and improved fraud detection without compromising on governance
Euro credit growth catches up with dollar in global flows
Cross-border lending hits $37trn as euro flows gain ground
Fewer than half of banks rate their GRC vendor as ‘good’
Enterprise Risk Benchmarking study shows banks juggling multiple systems, adding costs and complexity
71% of banks automate escalation of appetite breaches
Automated processes are less common at banks where ERM sets overall risk appetite, research shows
North American banks outpace Europeans in ERM
New research shows US, Canadian banks have more developed enterprise risk management functions
Banks treat ERM as compulsory – even when it isn’t
More than 80% follow supervisory guidance or expectations for ERM, benchmarking shows
Regional banks favour scenario analysis over op risk modelling
Domestic and smaller regional players favour scenarios to gauge tail exposure; G-Sibs stick to modelling, for now
Cross-border lending to NBFIs hits record $678bn in Q1
Half of international bank credit flows to shadow banks, despite growing regulatory concerns