Operational Risks in Banking System:A Case Study of Bank-e Sanat va Madan (The Bank for Industry and Mining)

All economic firms are exposed to risks. There are a wide variety of risks in financial institutions. Identification, measurement and management of these risks are one of the main responsibilities of senior management in these institutions. Credit risk, market risk and operational risk are among the most important risks in financial institutions such as banks. This paper attempts to explore the operational risk. The contribution of this work is to underline the significance of operational risks, their identification and explaining the different methods for their measurement in financial institutions especially in the banking system.