Business & Finance Club Magazine - Eye on the Economy - Egypt: Moody’s Analytics is pleased to announce that Banque du Caire has implemented RiskAnalyst™, a credit risk scoring tool provided by Moody’s Analytics, across all of the Egyptian bank’s branches. This partnership with Banque du Caire emphasizes Moody’s Analytics’ leadership in the Middle East as the pre-eminent provider of credit risk management systems to the region’s largest financial institutions.

Banque du Caire’s decision to implement this well known product by Moody’s Analytics supports the bank’s strategy to strengthen its risk management function. “As part of our objective to create an effective, proactive risk management function within Banque Du Caire, we have chosen RiskAnalyst™ from Moody’s Analytics as our risk assessment tool. This step is also an essential milestone in our Basel II implementation plan, “ explains Ihab ElSewerky, Senior General Manager and Chief Risk Officer at Banque du Caire.

Moody’s RiskAnalyst™ is a robust, enterprise-wide credit risk management system that collects, analyzes and stores financial and non-financial information, thereby providing a complete solution for managing and analyzing risk for firms of all sizes. The “open” architecture of RiskAnalyst™ allows for quick and seamless integration with other applications and data. “The implementation of the system was extremely smooth, fast and efficient, as expected from a provider like Moody’s Analytics. The bank staff involved regarded the implementation as a positive experience overall, thereby exceeding my expectations,” Mr. ElSewerky adds.

Banque du Caire will now use RiskAnalyst™ to assess the credit relationships with its clients in order to facilitate the credit underwriting process and consistently monitor the status of their portfolio.

“Moody’s Analytics’ partnership with Banque du Caire underscores our commitment to serving the Egyptian market,” says Wael Jadallah, Director of Moody’s Analytics’ in the Middle East. “Banque du Caire is a valuable addition to our already strong Middle Eastern customer base for risk management solutions.”