“…Thus, the risks integral to banks’ major business activities can be eliminated/mitigated by adopting proper business practices (Supriadi and Pheng, 2018; Jones et al , 2018; Xu et al , 2017; Svatá and Fleischmann, 2011; IBBM, 2010). Operational risk is known as unexpected risk faced by banks and has now been specifically defined by regulators and recognized by banks to be important in designing their respective risk profiles (Mizgier and Wimmer, 2018; Leone et al , 2018; Yang et al , 2017; Ames et al , 2015; Bodla and Verma, 2008). Operational risk can be defined as the risk resulting from the shortcomings in information and internal control systems, or from external events such as frauds, which result in unanticipated losses, the risk related to either human errors, system failures and inefficient procedures that occur due to breakdown in internal control procedures, either in the front, middle or back office activities, leading to unanticipated losses (Peña et al , 2018; IBBM, 2010).…”