BUS307 Commercial Banking Assignment Group Project 2026 | Murdoch University, Singapore

BUS307 Assignment Group Project

An analysis of Grantland National Bank and Sridharan et al. (2025)

“Al in Asia: Reimagining Banking Operations through Agentic Al.” [Sources: Hempel, Simonson and Coleman 1994:735 — 745 and McKinsey & Company (2025)]

General Requirements

Students are provided (1) the Grantland National Bank (GNB) case detailing the bank’s financial struggles, asset mix, credit risk management issues, and operational constraints; and (2) the McKinsey (2025) “Al in Asia: Reimagining Banking Operations through Agentic Al” report outlining modern Al, GenAI, and agentic Al approaches to banking operations, risk management, customer journeys, and productivity enhancement. Students must integrate the historical bank-management problem with contemporary Al capabilities.

Working in groups of 3 to 4, develop logical and coherent responses to the questions raised by the case. The opinions or decisions should be supported by references to appropriate texts, articles, websites, and current finance and banking practices.

Although all students are expected to play an important role in developing the paper, the final submission should be presented as a comprehensive group project.

The following lists of requirements and deadline should be adhered to. Failure to do so will result in a lower grade on the project. SUBMISSION DATE: 23 ^rd March 2026

Format Requirements

The group paper should  be typed and double-spaced;  flow as a well-documented, coherent committee paper;  cite all sources;  have correct formats for the bibliography, footnotes, and references;  have on the first page of the paper the title of the paper, the authors’ names, and respective tutorial groups; and  have an executive summary.

Part A: Grantland National Bank         

[35 marks]

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS / QUESTIONS:

Answer questions 1 to 4 from the case located on pages 737 to 738.

Quality is the most appropriate determinant of the grade awarded, but it is suggested that approximately 3,000 words would be a suitable length.

Part B: Sridharan et al. (2025) “Al in Asia: Reimagining Banking Operations through Agentic Al.”

[15 marks]

Using insights from Sridharan et al. (2025), explain which Al capabilities are most relevant to GNB’s specific challenges. These may include lending and credit operations, asset management, margin improvement, and operational efficiency. Students need to be specific and justify their claims.

Students must cite at least 4—6 external references beyond the two provided documents. Examples include:

Academic literature on Al in banking risk management.

BIS or IMF reports on Al supervision in banking.

Industry research (e.g., Deloitte, BCG, IBM Institute for Business Value) on Al credit scoring or agentic Al.

Quality is the most appropriate determinant of the grade awarded, but it is suggested that approximately 1,500 words would be a suitable length.

The group paper should have an abstract.