Risk Management Software for Financial Services
Financial services organisations — banks, insurers, asset managers, and microfinance institutions — face some of the most demanding risk and regulatory environments globally.
Risk Heat Map — 5×5 Matrix
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Active Risk Items
Industry Risk Landscape
Understanding the Risk Environment
Financial services in South Africa operate under the Twin Peaks regulatory model, with the Prudential Authority (housed within the SARB) supervising the safety and soundness of banks, insurers, and financial conglomerates, while the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) oversees market conduct, consumer protection, and fair treatment of customers.
Key risk areas covered
- Operational Risk Management
- Regulatory Compliance & Conduct Risk
- Combined Assurance & Three Lines
- Board & Regulator Reporting
Key Frameworks & Standards
See how Dimeri maps your risks to the right frameworks automatically.
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Operational Risk Management
Banks, insurers, and asset managers must maintain structured operational risk frameworks that capture loss events, near-misses, risk and control self-assessments, and key risk indicators.
- Dimeri provides a live operational risk register where every risk is scored, assigned to an owner, linked to its controls, and tracked through assessment cycles.
- Loss event data is categorised automatically using Basel event-type taxonomy, and KRI breaches trigger immediate escalation to the relevant risk committee.
Regulatory Compliance & Conduct Risk
Financial services organisations must track obligations across multiple regulators — Prudential Authority, FSCA, SARB, and sector-specific legislation including FAIS, the Insurance Act, and the Banks Act.
- Dimeri creates a structured compliance obligation register that maps every requirement to a responsible owner, testing schedule, and current compliance status.
- Conduct risk indicators — complaints trends, mis-selling patterns, and TCF outcome monitoring — are tracked alongside regulatory obligations to provide a unified compliance view.
Combined Assurance & Three Lines
King IV requires financial services boards to implement combined assurance models that coordinate the work of management (first line), risk and compliance functions (second line), and internal audit (third line).
- Dimeri maps every risk and control to its assurance providers across all three lines, identifies coverage gaps where risks lack independent assurance, and generates combined assurance reports that audit committees can review.
- Duplication of effort is eliminated and assurance gaps are surfaced automatically.
Board & Regulator Reporting
Risk committees and boards require structured risk reports that show the current risk profile, control effectiveness trends, emerging risks, and regulatory compliance status.
- Dimeri generates board-ready risk reports with heat maps, KRI dashboards, and trend analysis — formatted for governance reporting requirements.
- Regulatory submissions, including ICAAP documentation, ORSA reports, and cyber risk disclosures under Joint Standard 2, are supported with structured data exports and evidence packages.
Digital Risk Register
Digital Risk Register for Financial Services
Control & Incident Tracking
Three Lines of Defence — Tracked and Tested
Every risk in your register links to preventive, detective, and corrective controls. Effectiveness percentages update as evidence is logged. Full audit trail for regulators.
Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA)
Structured quarterly RCSAs across all business units, capturing inherent risk scores, control descriptions, control effectiveness ratings, and residual risk. Results feed directly into the operational risk register and are reported to risk committees with trend analysis.
KRI Monitoring & Threshold Alerts
Key risk indicators tracked across operational, conduct, credit, and cyber risk categories. Automated threshold monitoring triggers alerts when KRIs approach or breach tolerance levels, with escalation to the relevant risk owner and committee for action.
Regulatory Issue & Action Tracking
Findings from internal audit, external audit, and regulatory inspections are logged with root causes, assigned corrective actions, owners, and due dates. Every action is tracked through to closure with evidence upload. Overdue items escalate automatically to the Chief Risk Officer and audit committee.
Risk Register Software vs Excel
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