Albanian banking sector and the challenges of adopting Basel II

Kufo Andromahi () and Kripa Dorina
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Kufo Andromahi: University of New York, Tirana, Albania
Kripa Dorina: University of Tirana, Albania

Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, 2015, vol. 9, issue 1, 4-14

Abstract: The Albanian banking sector is already facing the challenge of adopting the Basel II international standards with the aim of applying all the necessary requirements on the calculation and reporting of the regulatory capital by the end of 2014. These developments require major preparation from the banks in order to understand, assimilate and implement the new requirements. This paper aims to analyze the challenges and opportunities of the Albanian banking sector in implementing these new requirements. Initially we will define the theoretical context of the requirements of Basel I, II and III as well as the literature review of the basic challenges that Basel II created for developed and emerging countries. In continuance it will be presented a comparative analysis of the requirements of Basel II with the actual Albanian regulatory framework with a special focus on the compliance of the legislation and gaps identified. We point out the fact that Albania as an emerging country is in the process of implementing a hybrid of Basel I and II, since the regulator considers it more suitable with the actual financial situation and the banking sector structure. With reference to the above the Albanian banking sector needs to identify the methods of value maximization from the implementation of this framework and to successfully manage the restrictions it has for implementing it up to the end of 2014. Finally in the aim of identifying all the challenges and opportunities of this process, we'll analyze the major factors that will affect the banking sector with a special mention to the requirements of the regulatory capital.

Keywords: Basel; regulatory capital; Albanian banking sector; regulator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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