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 Principal Risk  Governance  Risk Appetite Statement  Key Mitigants  Comments  Principal Risk  Governance  Risk Appetite Statement  Key Mitigants  Comments

 Financial   Financial Crime   The Bank maintains a low   Adherence to the   Ensuring   Operational  Operational Risk   The Bank maintains a low   Risk and Control Self   Operational
 Crime  Framework  appetite for Financial Crime   Financial Crime   compliance   The risk   Management   appetite for Operational   Assessments and   Risk is a key
 risk, aiming to maintain a   Framework  with all   Framework/  Risk. We aim to minimise   Risk Registers  risk for the
 The risk that   Risk   low level of residual risk   applicable   that events   Policy  incidents and losses arising   Bank. However,
 inadequate   Management   and striving to ensure that   Undertaking business   regulatory   arising from   from operational risk issues   Scenario Analysis  Operational
 controls   Committee  we always remain within   wide risk assessments  requirements in   inadequate   Risk   by maintaining a resilient   Monitoring of   Risk related
 relating to   Risk &   the law and regulation.   Customer onboarding   a fast-changing   or internal   Management   infrastructure, including   Operational Risk Events   losses have
 financial crime   Compliance   Whilst we recognise that   incorporating standard   landscape is   process failure,   Committee  robust systems, employing,   and ‘Deep Dive’ analysis,   historically
 could give   Committee  operational errors can   and enhanced due   a challenge   people, and   Risk &   and training the right   where appropriate  been low, the
 rise to fines,   occur, we maintain zero   diligence activities.  to which the   systems or   Compliance   people, minimising the   framework
 litigation,   tolerance for breaches   Bank devotes   from external   Committee  impact of external events,   Reviewing projects and   has been
 sanctions,   of compliance with   Risk based Source of   considerable   events cause   and having a framework in   change management   strengthened
 reputational   applicable financial crime   Funds and Source of   resources. The   regulatory   place to ensure operational   requests.  following an
 damage, or   laws and regulations,   Wealth checks.  Financial Crime   censure,   risks are captured,   Monitoring of the risk   external review
 financial loss.  reputational
 deliberate facilitation of   Individual customer   Framework   damage,   monitored, and mitigated,   posed using critical and   and ongoing
 tax evasion, bribery and   risk assessments which   is continually   financial   with lessons learned from   outsourced suppliers.  enhancements
 facilitation payments and   determine a customer’s   under review   loss, service   mistakes. This includes   Horizon scanning   are being
 internal fraud. All material   risk profile  and maintained   disruption and/  clear first line ownership of   to ensure continued   undertaken
 breaches are investigated   Third-party due   in line with   or customer   operational risks, review,   adherence to regulatory   to ensure that
 and reported to the Risk   diligence.  leading industry   detriment.  and challenge by the   requirements and   the Bank’s
 Management Committee   practices.             second line and assurance   leading practices.   Operational
 and Risk & Compliance   Ongoing automated   Annual   from the third line. Focus                Risk Framework
 Committee in a timely   transaction monitoring   submission   is maintained on key risks,   Maintaining knowledge   is in line with
 manner, rule changes   and screening  of the MLRO   including outsourcing,   of industry standards   its regulatory
 are implemented within   Receiving internal   Report to   operational resilience,   and changes  requirements
 the applicable regulatory   suspicious activity   the Board  people, cyber and   Regular training and   and leading
 timelines and staff operate   reports from any   technology risks, noting   development of staff   practices.
 within documented   employee in the business  that the Bank has a lower   to ensure up to date
 policies and controls                         appetite for risks associated   knowledge base and
 and, where applicable,   High risk customers are   with material outsourcing   embedded Risk and
 industry guidelines.  approved by the MLRO    and critical non-        Control Self-Assessment
                                               outsourcing arrangements.
 Obtaining and using                           We will ensure that our   process.
 intelligence and national                     systems and operational
 and international findings
                                               capabilities are stable and
 Receiving reports of                          resilient, with preventative
 suspicious activity                           measures in place to
 from any employee in                          reduce the risk of service
 the business                                  disruptions, and effective
                                               business continuity and
 Evaluating any suspicions                     disaster recovery plans
 of money laundering/                          maintained to limit the
 terrorist financing
                                               impact of disruption
 Horizon scanning                              events. A suite of KRIs is
 to ensure continued                           in place and a framework
 adherence to regulatory                       for escalation of issues to
 requirements.                                 senior management and
                                               the Board, regular reviews
 Regular reviews of                            are undertaken via Risk and
 training content and                          Control Self Assessments,
 training and oversight                        and Operational Risk Events
 of the development of                         are captured, recorded, and
 staff to ensure up to date                    reviewed with actions taken
 knowledge base
                                               to avoid recurrence.
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