decreased in profitability banking sector

  in the course of their activities.  Its appearance is caused, first of all,
 delayed detection of problem loans and the lack of established
 under these provisions, and the imperfection of credit control in banks.
 Increasing interest in the assessment of the credit risk associated with an increase
 the loan portfolio of banks decreased in profitability
 banking sector, prompting banks to take on high credit
 risks.  All this has caused and the urgency of improving existing
 introduction of new techniques and assessments of credit risk.

 The main areas of regulation of credit risk is the development and
 implementation of measures to prevent or minimize the associated
 losses.  Minimizing credit risk involves complex
 measures to reduce the probability of occurrence of events or
 circumstances that lead to credit losses and (or) a decrease
 (Limitations) of the potential credit losses.

 The Bank manages credit risk at the level of individual loans and on
 levels of credit portfolio as a whole.

 The source of individual credit risk is a separate specific
 counterparty bank - borrower, debtor, issuer of securities.
 Evaluation of individual credit risk assessment involves
 individual counterparty creditworthiness, ie, the unique
 ability to timely and fully pay for accepted
 obligations.  The results of assessing the creditworthiness of the customer are the
 Based on the decision to grant or loan.  Based on
 creditworthiness of the borrower's bank determines that the amount of risk it
 can take over.  After giving workers credit loan
 unit should be in constant contact with the borrower with
 to monitor compliance with the terms of credit.  Control of credit
 operation allows time to detect changes in the financial and legal status
 client and react to changing quality of the loan.

 The credit risk in lending is made through:

  - Modifying the terms of the loan agreement;

  - After termination (restriction) loans;

  - Controlling the movement of funds in the accounts of the borrower
 bank debit funds from the borrower;

  - Setting the term loan and more.

 Portfolio credit risk - a measure (degree) riskiness of credit
 portfolio (the aggregate of all credit transactions) commercial bank.  He
 shown to reduce the value of bank assets.  The source of portfolio
 Credit risk is the total debt to the bank for transactions
 which is exposed to credit risk (loan portfolio, portfolio of securities
 securities portfolio of receivables, etc.).

 The credit risk of the bank consists of the following steps:

  - Assessment of credit risk;

  - Monitoring of credit risk;

  - Control of credit risk;

  - Minimizing risk.

 Overall credit risk management can be seen as a set of
 measures to minimize costs in order to establish
 optimum ratio of return and risk.  The purpose of this activity