Financial Institutions Face Risk with Models, New RMA Study Finds
PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial institutions face a number of risks as they speed up digitization and rely more heavily on new technology to influence lending and other decisions, a new study of 62 banks by the Risk Management Association (RMA) has found.
- This includes some powerful innovative practices like AI-driven models," said Edward J. DeMarco, Jr., the head of Non-Financial Risk at RMA.
- The Survey of Model Risk Management, Vendor Model Validation, and Third-Party Model Risk covers the model risk management practices of North American banks ranging from $2 billion to $2 trillion in assets and explores in depth how financial institutions use and validate third-party models.
- RMA promotes an enterprise approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk.
- Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RMA has 1,600 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank financial institutions.