Bank Risk Assessment Methodology Introduction: The development of a bank assessment methodology is crucial for any investing financial institution. It sets the standards and basis for the evaluation of the targeted bank. For the development of a bank assessment methodology for our investment company we will focus on a complete range of factors that can affect the creditworthiness of a bank. It is important to point out that though the bank risk assessment is dependent on its own factors, it is also highly influenced by the local factors prevailing in the macro environment such as economic, regulatory and political environment. This enforces that the country with weak financial position is likely to own financially unstable banks which have high credit risk. Sources of Information: In order to evaluate the key considerations above, wide variety of information is required.