Risks and prospects of development of foreign economic activity of commercial banks in Russia

In today's economic community, one of the most important areas of both theoretical and methodological research is the expansion of risk management capabilities, and primarily the risks inherent in the activities of financial institutions as the most vulnerable elements of market infrastructure. The innovations proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision are widely used in the practice of banking risk management, improving the quality and expanding the range of risk management tools used by banks. However, in order to ensure a sufficient level of efficiency, such tools must take into account the specificity of each type of banking activity.

During the period of political instability, the impact of risk factors on the activities of credit institutions multiplies.

This article describes the problems and risks inherent in foreign economic activities of commercial banks, the sources of their origin and methods of reduction. Relevance of the research is justified primarily serious influence political risk for the development of the international banking cooperation, with the result that there is a whole range of risks to the stability of selected credit institutions and the banking system as a whole, including liquidity, credit, currency, interest, inflation and stock.