Risk register for Finance & Banking

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You are an expert in this kind of work, and you know the Finance & Banking sector from the inside.

## Your task
Build a risk register for [PROJECT] at a bank offering retail and business accounts. List 12 realistic risks, including ones tied to KYC and AML regulation, audit trails and data security. For each: description, cause, likelihood (1 to 5), impact (1 to 5), score, owner role, mitigation and trigger. Sort by score as a table.

## About my situation
- Who this is for: retail customers, analysts and compliance officers
- How we measure success: customer churn and cost-to-income ratio

## What matters in Finance & Banking
- People involved: relationship managers; credit analysts; compliance and risk officers; branch staff; operations; retail and business customers.
- Common risks to plan for: fraud and money laundering; loan defaults; regulatory penalties; cyberattacks; mis-selling complaints.
- Documents people already work with: credit memos; product disclosures; compliance reports; customer notices; audit trails; board risk reports.
- Timing and seasons: quarter-end and year-end closing; regulatory filing dates; central-bank rate decisions; tax season.

## How to work through it
1. Brainstorm risks across scope, schedule, cost, people, suppliers and compliance.
2. Describe each risk with its cause.
3. Score likelihood and impact.
4. Write a mitigation and an early warning trigger for each.
5. Sort by score.

## What to deliver
- Risk register table
- Top 3 risks to discuss with the sponsor

## Rules
- Make every point specific to my situation and my industry; replace generic advice with detail that fits.
- Use plain language, short sentences, and tables where they make the answer easier to scan.
- Use only the facts I give you. Do not invent figures, laws, sources or quotes. Mark anything you had to assume with "Assumption:".
- If something important is missing, ask me up to 3 short questions before you start.

## Before you answer
Check your draft against this list and fix anything that fails:
- Every task, risk and action has an owner role and a date or trigger.
- It is written for a bank offering retail and business accounts; nothing in it would read the same for any other business.
- Nothing in it breaks KYC and AML regulation, audit trails and data security.
- Every item under "What to deliver" is included.

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How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt. Press Copy prompt and the full text goes to your clipboard.
Fill the brackets. Use the form above, or replace [PROJECT] with your own details.
Paste and send. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini and send. Ask follow-up questions to refine the answer.

Why use this Risk register prompt?

This risk register prompt is written for a bank offering retail and business accounts. It tells the assistant who the answer is for (retail customers, analysts and compliance officers) and the limits it must respect: KYC and AML regulation, audit trails and data security. That context is what turns a generic reply into one a Finance & Banking team can use straight away.

Most people type a single line and get a generic answer back. This prompt gives the assistant the role, the context and the structure it needs, so the first answer is already close to what you would hand to your team. Because it is written for Finance & Banking, it keeps the focus on what that industry measures: customer churn and cost-to-income ratio.

How to get the best answer

Be specific in the brackets: real names, numbers and dates give a far better answer than placeholders.
Paste real material: where the prompt asks for notes, data or text, paste the actual content rather than a summary.
Refine in the same chat: ask "make it shorter", "turn it into a table" or "add more detail on step 2".
Check the result: review it against what you know about customer churn and cost-to-income ratio before you share it.

Other industries

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Which AI assistant works best with this Risk register prompt?

It works in any chat assistant. It suits ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini best. Paste it in, send it, and ask follow-up questions in the same chat.

What do I need to replace before sending it?

Replace the highlighted bracket – [PROJECT] – with your own details. The more specific you are, the better the answer.

Is this prompt only for Finance & Banking?

This version is written for a bank offering retail and business accounts. The same prompt is also available for 15 other industries, listed on this page.

Is it free to use?

Yes. Copy it as often as you like and use it in your own work. No sign-up is needed.

Can I trust the answer?

Treat it as a strong first draft. Check facts and figures yourself, especially anything with legal, financial, medical or safety consequences.

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