- The sources of - systematic (systemic) and unsystematic - The causes - uncertainty about the future, unpredictability, lack of information;-Ability to minimize - the risk, which may be reduced risk, that does not minimize - the degree of risk - the risk-free activity , minimal risk, increased risk, a critical risk, catastrophic risk - The impact on individual performance - profitability risk, the risk of income, risk costs, risk treatment, risk of liquidity. Particular attention is given to the classification scheme should be paid to the systemic risks that characterize the instability (unreliability) of the entire monetary system and can be implemented in the form of a systemic crisis. As a kind of systemic risk is considered the risk of economic crisis in certain sectors of the economy or the economic crisis across the country. The main area of habitat, distribution and marketing of systemic risk is the banking sector. Being in the heart of the financial interaction of a large number of economic agents, processing and distributing massive amounts of information, the banking system more vulnerable to systemic risk. At the same time, it has great potential for the spread of risk. Even such traditional banking activities, such as credit and deposit and payment, not to mention the new banking: investment in securities, factoring (a form of poserednichskoi), leasing (a type of investment), provide a great opportunity for the emergence and spread of risks. Warnings of systemic risk - an extremely important task that comes first before the monetary system of Ukraine at present. And the solution to this problem is possible only "from below", ie with each individual bank. For the bank, the main types of risk associated with the structure of its portfolio, ie with a set of financial assets that are embedded in the resources of the bank. In economic theory, there are three types of portfolio risk: credit risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk. Topic: Risks in Banking