This infographic from Accenture’s 2015 Global Risk Management Study: North American Banking Report visually captures insights from North American banking executives around several themes: their approach to digital; risk management’s ability to support business growth; the span of the risk function’s influence; emerging operational risks; use of analytics; and the war for digital talent.

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*Accenture 2015 Global Risk Management Study – North American Banking respondents
**Accenture 2015 Global Risk Management Study – Banking respondents
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Risk management in
the North American
banking sector
Key challenges
North American (NA) banking respondents to the
Accenture 2015 Global Risk Management Study* face 3 key challenges:
of NA bank respondents are open
to greater digital risk – less than
the global average.
expect cyber risk to increase.
1
Regulatory fall-out
of systemic collapse
2
Tough economic
headwinds
3
New entrants from
technology sector
Approach
to digital
of NA bank respondents believe
risk is already a significant enabler
of long-term profitable growth
(28% for all surveyed banks**).
think risk will be critical or
important to innovation and
product development.
Risk management
supporting growth
of NA bank respondents see
very frequent interaction
between the CRO and board.
think risk function interacts
very frequently with the CIO.
Risk’s influence remains
limited in places
of surveyed NA banks think
cyber and IT risks will become
more severe.
say emerging digital risks are
taking up more and more of
the CRO’s time and energy.
Emerging
operational risks
of NA banks surveyed make
extensive use of analytics
to manage credit risks.
use analytics extensively
for operational risks.
Underutilized analytics
of NA banks surveyed
have extensive digital
technology knowledge.
have recruited data analysts
and scientists (49% for all
surveyed banks**).
Digital talent
34%
62%
44%
66%
30%
30%
12%
26%
62%
78%
26%
42%