Central Bank Case Study

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Question 1
These days, banks play great role in our today`s life. Even we cannot imagine our life without bank transactions. Imagine that what would happen if banks did not work for a month? Almost all our daily works would stop working. Or, if the stability, safety and flexibility of monitory and financial system lost its strength, what would happen. In order not to face such problems Central banks established. For example: in 1913 the Federal Reserve System was created by U.S Congress to serve as the central bank of United States. The purpose of creating central banks is to keep stable the monetary system of the government and to secure constant the integrity of the nation`s payment system. Furthermore, the central banks are created as government`s lender of last resort. It means that Central banks help to financial intuitions during difficult economical times. They do it by making low rate loans or discounts under other programs to financial institutions till the problems come out. As far as Standard Chartered Bank case, the regulators of Central Bank (The Monetary Authority of Singapore) can decrease the level of risks by organizing some possible programs. By implementing following actions, Central Bank can mitigate the risks.
 New regulations to use outsourcing activity

 To put some restrictions for outsourcing activities

 Establish new department only for controlling the outsourcing activity

In other words, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ought to place some regulations, restrictions for utilizing outsourcing activity in order not to confront with the problems which occurred between Standard Chartered Bank and Fuji Xerox. And, it would be better if the central bank create a department that controls the outsourci...

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...problems as a result of following key issues:
 Bad security in Fuji Xerox server

 Negligence of Fuji Xerox and regulators of Standard Chartered Bank

 Protection of bank clients data were not taken into serious consideration

 Lack of Fuji Xerox staff experience

In other words, both Standard Chartered Bank and Fuji Xerox had mistakes in that case. It can be seen that the security of Fuji Xerox server were not so protected. Thus, it results in stealing the privacy of 647 clients of Standard Chartered Bank through the server of Fuji Xerox by hackers. And this was the negligence of the regulators of Fuji Xerox. Protection of bank clients’ privacy was one of the main duties of the Bank. However, bank did not take into serious consideration and regulators of the bank had to check the service provider and its risks which come out after using outsourcing service.

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