Improvement of the Methodological Approach to the Integrated Assessment of the Financial Strength of Commercial Banks

Abstract

In today's circumstances of the increasing competition in the domestic and international financial markets, constantly changing external factors, in which commercial banks operate, require an in-depth assessment of their financial strength and finding ways to improve it. The article describes the theoretical aspects of the economic category “financial strength of a commercial bank,” singles out the basic principles of the sustainability assessment of a credit institution, as well as formulates the problematic issues of development of the methodical approach to the assessment of the financial strength of a commercial bank, marks the milestones, groups the assessment criteria and types of credit institutions with respect to the analyzed indicators, and formulates the basic requirements and recommendations.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s4p98