Rapid technological changes in recent years have revolutionised the way banking services and products are delivered to consumers, small businesses and corporates alike. We are all familiar with how the Internet, the Mobile-phone, and Smartcards have changed our lives.

These new innovations hold great promise for banking and bank operations in emerging economies. To innovative, progressive, go-ahead banks these changes, known collectively as e-Banking hold great promise to change the way banking operations are carried out.

On the positive side these changes present huge business opportunities for banks while on the flipside they have dramatically modified and in some cases increased many of the traditional risks associated with banking activities..

Electronic banking carries its own unique characteristics,which sometimes increases and modifies some of the traditional risks associated with banking activities. These characteristics include:

information technology on which electronic banking depends.

In this two-day course, we review the world of e-Banking, showing the benefits and the risks. e-Banking may be harnessed to the benefit of bank and customer alike. We examine the various e-banking channels, how they function and show how they should be audited in terms of both standard audit practice as well as the BIS (Bank for International Settlement) standards."

Learn how to develop and apply an effective e-banking audit programme.