Does Financial Inclusion Improve the Banks’ Performance? Evidence from Jordan
Global Tensions in Financial Markets
ISBN: 978-1-78714-840-6, eISBN: 978-1-78714-839-0
Publication date: 19 March 2018
Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between financial inclusion (FI) and banks’ performance in the economy of Jordan using annual data of 13 commercial banks from 2009 to 2014. Performance is measured by gross income and return on assets (ROA) of these banks. To ensure the robustness of our results, we used six different measures of FI. These include credits for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), deposits for SMEs, number of ATMs, number of ATM services, number of credit cards, and new services. We found a significant impact of FI on ‘ performance when measured by gross income, and ROA, although our study displays different results when considering the effect of FI variables separately. Thus, FI contributes to enhance the banks’ performance. Therefore, the banks should devote more resources to increase FI as it benefits their profitability.
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Citation
Shihadeh, F.H., Hannon, A.(.T.)., Guan, J., Haq, I.u. and Wang, X. (2018), "Does Financial Inclusion Improve the Banks’ Performance? Evidence from Jordan", Kensinger, J.W. (Ed.) Global Tensions in Financial Markets (Research in Finance, Vol. 34), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 117-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-382120170000034005
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
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