Operational Risk has been increasing day by day in the Nepalese Financial Sector and large risks events are taking place one after another. INR Draft events taken place in Kathmandu, good for payment incident happened at one of the development banks and remittance fund embezzlement case incurred at one of the large commercial banks are the examples of a few incidents.
Completed Programmes
The program aims to equip participants with sound knowledge on banking operations. Upon the completion of the course the participants will gain knowledge and skills that are very essential to be efficient in their field of work. This program will help participants get an overall concept of a bank’s working procedures. The participants will be able to:
1. Understanding the meaning and definition of credit
2. Structuring of the loans
3. Writing of credit proposal
Risk Based Internal Auditing (RBIA) is a audit methodology that links an organisation's overall risk management framework and allows internal audit function to provide assurance to the board that risk management processes effectively, in line with risk appetite define by the Bank.
The Basel Core Principle for Effective Banking Supervision, and Basel/OECD Corporate Governance Principles of Banks requires the internal audit function to conduct the RBIA.
· Understanding how a BFI can take business and AML/CFT together
· Understanding how a BFI can best expand business together with AML/CFT compliance
· Understanding how AML/CFT help expanding business
· Understanding how minimum resources and staffs can work on AML/CFT
· Understanding how a BFI can best implement the newly amended but rigorous laws with limited resources
The country received the inward remittance of about Rs 550 billion in In FY 071/72 only, which is about 20% on the total GDP of the country. Notably, Nepal is ranked in the 7th Position in terms of remittance's contribution in the GDP.
Whilst the inward remittance is contributing significantly in the economy and enabling to uplift the life standard of people and supporting BFIs to increase FCY trading / revaluation gain and fee income, many operational risk events are also taking place along with increase in remittance business.
Productive sectors are the real sectors of the economy. Sectoral components of GDP such as agriculture, industry and services are the productive sectors. It reflects the viable, creditworthy picture of an economy emerging. Investment on the productive sectors has been a main focus of the government thus to stimulate economic growth and generate income and employment opportunities.
Cards, online banking etc. are the new manners of transaction on these days, but the importance of signature on cheques and other papers are still as before. Sometimes a single signature carries millions of dollar. Also in Nepalese banking scenario, withdrawal money with forged signature is becoming a normal event. And rapidly growing crude trade of counterfeit currency is the great threat to economy. This program leads the knowledge of signature verification with preventive measures to embossed, traced, simulated, scanned etc.
