Bank Risk Management in Developing Economies: Addressing the Unique Challenges of Domestic Banks

Bank Risk Management in Developing Economies: Addressing the Unique Challenges of Domestic Banks provides an up-to-date resource on how domestically-based banks in emerging economies can provide financial services for all economic sectors while also contributing to national economic development policies.

Because these types of bank are often exposed to risky sectors, they are usually set apart from foreign subsidiaries, and thus need risk models that foreign-based banks do not address. This book is the first to identify these needs, proposing solutions through the use of case studies and analyses that illustrate how developing economic banking crises are often rooted in managing composite risks. The book represents a departure from classical literature that focuses on assets, liabilities, and balance sheet management, by which developing economy banks, like their counterparts elsewhere, have not fared well.

• Contains fifty cases that reinforce risk management best practices
• Provides a consistent chapter format that includes abstract, keywords, learning focus, and outcomes
• Summaries, questions, and glossaries conclude each chapter

Leonard Onyiriuba is a leading banker and author on banking. He started a career in banking in 1991 after a stint as a lecturer in the university. As a banker, he was at various times group head (commercial banking), regional director (Lagos), and divisional director (corporate banking). He currently runs a financial consultancy in Lagos, Nigeria - with a commitment to helping clients succeed. His books include “Analyzing and Managing Risks in Bank Lending” (2004), “Drive and Tasks in Bank Marketing” (2008), “Dictionary and Language of Banking” (2010), “Credit Risk: Taming a Hotbed of Reckless Banking” (2013), and “Banking Processing Risks and Control” (2014).