The birth of Dunia (B): Time to actively start lending?

• Main Authors: TAN, Swee Liang, SPROULE, Kevin, VENKATARAMANAN, S. N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Dunia; Dubai; banks; finance; credit criteria; delinquency indicators; credit evaluation; risk management; credit approval; Corporate Finance; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/47; https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/3031
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Dunia had launched its first branch on September 29, 2008 in the United Arab Emirates. The B part of this case series discusses the challenges that the chief risk officer (CRO) Raman Krishna faced after the launch, during a time of unprecedented uncertainty in the midst of a worldwide financial cris...