Definition
The Basel Committee defines operational risk as:
"The risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events."
However, the Basel Committee recognizes that operational risk is a term that has a variety of meanings and therefore, for internal purposes, banks are permitted to adopt their own definitions of operational risk, provided that the minimum elements in the Committee's definition are included.
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