Challenges of Financial Risk Management: AI Applications

Abstract

Research Question: This paper reviews different artificial intelligence (AI) techniques application in financial risk management. Motivation: Financial technology has significantly changed the business operations which required transformation of financial industry. The financial risk management needs to be restructured because the methods that have been used in the past became low effective. The artificial intelligence techniques proved their efficiency and contributed to fast, low–cost and improved financial risk management in both financial institutions and companies. Idea: The aim of this paper is to present a state of AI techniques application in financial risk management, as well as to point out the direction in which further application and development could be expected. Data: The analysis was conducted by reviewing various papers, books and reports on AI applications in financial risk management. Tools: The relevant literature systematization was used to provide answers to the question to what extent AI techniques (especially machine learning) could be used in managing financial risk management. Findings: Artificial intelligence largely improved the market risk and credit risk management through data preparation, modelling risk, stress testing and model validation. Artificial intelligence techniques can be useful in data quality assurance, text-mining for data augmentation and fraud detection. The financial technology will continue to affect the financial sector through requiring the adaption to new environment and new business models. Because of that, it could be expected that artificial intelligence will become part of the financial risk management framework. Contribution: This paper provides a review of artificial intelligence applications in market risk management, credit risk management and operational risk management. The paper identified the key AI techniques that could be used for financial risk management improvement because of financial industry transformation.