The users of the financial statements of a bank need relevant, reliable and comparable
information which assists them in evaluating the financial position and performance of the
bank and which is useful to them in making economic decisions. They also need information
which gives them a better understanding of the special characteristics of the operations of a
bank. Users need such information even though a bank is subject to supervision and provides
the regulatory authorities with information that is not always available to the public.
Therefore disclosures in the financial statements of a bank need to be sufficiently
comprehensive to meet the needs of users, within the constraint of what it is reasonable to
require of management.