VietinBank to set up credit risk management system

VietinBank will set up a system to manage credit risks at the bank in accordance with Basel II standards.

VietinBank general director Nguyen Van Thang said in a statement that this is a long-term project of the lender to restructure the whole system of its credit risk management based on the internationally-recognized standard.

With the planned credit risk measurement system, the bank wants to improve the accuracy and validity of probability of default, exposure at default and loss given default for both individual and corporate customers.

Thanks to the new system, VietinBank expects its can enhance the effectiveness of managing the credit portfolio and the supervision and control of credit quality among others.

A Singaporean consulting company, Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd, has become the winner in the tender opened by the local bank.