Effective Internal Control Practices in Banks

Sophia Beckett Velez, PhD, is a researcher, author, and founder of Idiosyncratic Viral Loss Theory. She holds a Ph.D. in Management from Walden University and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University USA and was a Fulbright Scholar 2019-2020. She worked for over 16 years as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and has worked with large banks providing consulting services to address regulatory compliance problems, magnified subsequent to the 2008 recession. Sophia is the author of three previous books: Compliance and Financial Crime Risk in Banks: A Practitioners Guide (2024), Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory: A Leadership Perspective (2022), and Banking and Effective Capital Regulation in Practice: A Leadership Perspective (2020).