Due to a fast and high development of globalization and internationalization, international business represents one of the key activities of a prosperous companies. Even though there are a lot of possibilities on the global market, doing business in such an environment comes with a lot of challenges and risks. Since the global market is a large spectrum, and the possibilities of international business and foreign investments are huge, there appears to be a lot of risks caused by different reactions of the international market due to global economical and political situations. Modern business therefore acquires new functions, risk management, the development of which mitigates and anticipates risks in international financial and trade operations. Each type of market, such as the foreign exchange and securities market, including international trade, comes with certain risks where the business entity is required to have a high level of knowledge of economics operations in order to respond more effectively to such new circumstances, all due to reducing risks and increasing profits. With the development of risk management, edequate methods of measuring them have emerged and the results are often used as a basis for risk management methods in modern global business, for which the Nordic Investment Bank is the perfect example, by embodying the factors of a modern multinacional company, as well as with an adequate risk management process in day-to-day activities.