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thetimedifferenceresultingfromthetimezones.Suchtransactionsaresettledthroughcentral
banksissuingcurrenciesandrequirethetransferoffundsfromtheaccountinonebankintothe
accountofanotherbank.BankhausHerstattboughtGermanmarksfrom12Americanbanks
withthematuritydateon26
thJune.OnthesettlementdateAmericanbanksinstructedtheir
AmericancounterpartstochargetheiraccountsinGermanyanddepositthemarksin
Landesbankservingasthesettlementinstitution.Americanbankswereexpectingthepayment
forthemarksindollars,butat4:00pmCETHerstattannouncedbankruptcy.Duetothesix-
hourtimedifferenceithappenedafterclosingthedayontheGermanmarketandbeforethe
marketopenedintheUS.ItcausedthesituationwhereLandesbankpaidthemarksdueto
HerstattbutbanksintheUSdidnotreceivethedollarsduetothem.Itbroughttheliquidity
crisisinAmericanbanksandalmostcrashedthesystemoftransactionsettlementintheUS
34.
Politicalriskisconnectedwiththedegreeofstateinterferenceintheactivityof
companies,entrepreneursandfinancialinstitutions.Banksmaybecomesubjectedtonew
regulations,principlesofoperation,exchangerateorinterestraterestrictions,whichleadto
thechangesintheeconomicsituationandintherealityinwhichagivenbusinessactivityis
conducted
35.
Operationalriskisconnectedwiththeanalysisoffourbasicpotentiallossareas
(physicalcapital,humancapital,lawsandfraud).Itincludesthewayabankoperatesinthe
sphereofhumanactivityaswellastechnicalefficiency.
Z.Zawadzka
36givesabroaddefinitionofoperationalrisk,statingthatoperationalrisk
referstothecurrentbankoperationsandisdividedintofinancialrisk
37andtechnicaland
organisationalrisk.Financialrisk,alsocalledatypicalbankingrisk,includesliquidityrisk
andresultrisk.Whereasintheareaoftechnicalandorganisationalriskwedistinguish
personalrisk,organisationalriskandphysicalandtechnicalrisk.
Alltheabovementionedtypesofriskarecloselyinterconnectedwitheachother.The
bankcannotbeefficientlymanagedwithouttheanalysisofalltherisksaffectingit.However,
thereareone-timeevents,e.g.,taxchanges;thereforetheregulatorsofthebankingsystem
distinguishthreekeytypesofriskappearinginbanks::creditrisk,marketriskandoperational
risk
38.Fromamongthethreementionedrisks,creditriskisthemostimportant,asitincludes
about50%ofthetotalriskexposureinafinancialinstitution.
TheBaselCommittee,aconsultingboardcreatedattheBankforInternational
Settlements,isconsideredaninternationalregulatorybodywiththeseatinBasel,
distinguishedthreebankspecifictypesofrisk:creditrisk,marketriskandoperationalrisk
39.
Ofthethreeabovementionedrisks,operationalriskistheleastrecognisableandtheleast
studied.Thisbodywasthefirsttoofficiallypaysomuchattentiontothisrisk.Creditriskand
marketriskhaveresearchmethodologiesanddatabasesalreadyprepared.Theyhave
experienceinstudyingandrecognisingthefactorsinfluencingtheserisksandsome
achievementsinbuildingmodelsofriskmanagementwhichallowsoptimisingtheimpactof
destructivefactors.TheCommitteepointstothedifficultiesincreatingacoherent
methodologyofoperationalriskmanagementduetotheunusuallycomplexandnon-uniform
issue,indicatingsuchareasastheproblemsofownership,accessibilityandcollectionof
databasesonloss,withthepurposeoftheirlaterquantification,includingthedifficultyin
definingtheriskexposure,theproblemsofgainingandcollectingthedataonthelossby
34
S.Heffernan,Nowoczesnabankowość,PWN,Warszawa2007,p.129.
35
Ibidem,p.130.
36
Z.Zawadzka,Zarządzanieryzykiemwbankukomercyjnym,Poltext,Warszawa1996,pp.13-14.
37
Ibidem,p.18.
38
BaselCommitteeonBankingSupervision,InternationalConvergenceofCapitalMeasurementandCapital
StandardsaRevisedFramework,BankforInternationalSettlements,Basel2004,p.12.
39
Ibidem,p.12.
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