INTERNAL BANKING CONTROL AND AUDIT: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH IN THE ROMANIAN BANKING SECTOR

The purpose of this paper is to realize a comparative analysis of theinternal banking control and internal audit, based on the Romanian banking system case.We identify the main differences and similarities between internal control and internalaudit at the level of Romanian banks. Using national regulatory framework and activebanks‘ from Romanian behavior, we find evidence of the risk-based audit approach andthe solid interdependence between the banking internal control and banking internalaudit.