The Impact of Financial Innovation on Financial and Operational Performance of Commercial Banks in Ethiopia
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2020-05
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A.A.U
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of financial innovation on financial and
operational performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia. This research, studied innovations in
the area of mobile banking, internet banking and automated teller machines. These innovations
were studied in relation to their effect on commercial banks’ financial and operational
performance. An explanatory design was used while a questionnaire was used to gather primary
data. The study conducted a census of all 17 commercial banks instead of adopting a sampling
methodology. The study sample in terms of the respondents covered purposively selected senior
managers and senior officers in head office and a sample of 220 was administered with the
questionnaire and a 77.7% response rate was achieved. The data collected was analyzed with
the aid of descriptive statistical techniques such as frequencies, percentages and mean score.
More so, multiple linear regressions were used to establish the relationship between study
variables and to test the hypotheses using Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 22. Key
findings from the study confirmed that, financial innovations influence performance of
commercial banks in Ethiopia positively. The adoption of innovations by commercial banks has a
higher potential of improving operational performance than financial performance. Financial
innovation has positive, strong and significant effect on operational performance. Each type of
bank innovation (mobile, internet and ATM banking) significantly and positively influenced bank
operational performance. On the other hand, financial innovation had showed positive but weak
relationship with financial performance. Mobile banking has a positive and statistically
significant effect on the financial performance of commercial banks; whereas internet and ATM
banking had positive but insignificant effect on the financial performance of commercial bank.
Some of positive but insignificant impact of variables (internet and ATM banking) on financial
performance may be due to an early stage, slow and low level of adoption of financial innovation
in Ethiopia banking industry. Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that bank
innovations influence performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia positively. Thus, the study
recommend commercial banks in Ethiopia should invest and engage in financial innovation and
exert more on awareness creation about financial innovation in order to boost their performance
and to compete in ever changing financial system.
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A thesis submitted to Addis Ababa University, College of Business and Economics, Master of
Business Administration Program in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of
Masters of Business Administration in Finance
Keywords
Financial innovation, Financial Performance, Commercial banks, Internet banking and Automated Teller machines