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    Banking Operational Risk Loss Data

    Summary Report 2026

    Banks reported their lowest operational risk losses in five years. One event type's severity still tripled.

    Banking Loss Report 2026
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    ORX Banking Operational Risk Loss Data 2026

    How does your operational risk profile compare with the wider banking industry?

    Drawing on operational risk loss data from 79 banking institutions, this summary explores how operational risk losses and event volumes evolved across the banking sector between 2020 and 2025. The analysis is supported by a database containing €674 billion in reported gross losses and 1,292,110 operational risk events.

    Headline figures only tell part of the story. Although total gross loss fell to a five-year low in 2025, individual event types followed very different paths. Most notably, the severity of Technology & Infrastructure Failure events nearly tripled, highlighting the importance of looking beyond aggregate trends to understand where risk is changing.

    Whether you're preparing board reports, reviewing scenarios or benchmarking your experience against the market, this summary provides a concise snapshot of the latest operational risk loss trends across the banking sector.

    What the full report adds

    The summary report highlights the key operational risk loss trends across the banking sector. The full report goes further, helping you understand where losses are occurring, which risk categories are driving them and how your experience compares with peer institutions.
     
    Business line and event type analysis: Benchmarked against 79 peer institutions

    New taxonomy-led analysis: Comparing realised losses against perceived risk from the Top Risk Review
    Event types in focus: Execution, Delivery & Process Management, and Technology & Infrastructure Failure
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