Loading...
The Effect of credit risk management on the bank profitability
Nasib, Noran
Nasib, Noran
Citations
Altmetric:
Type
Supervisor
Subject
Date
2015
Collections
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Abstract
This study investigates the credit risk management efficiency and the profitability of both Islamic and conventional banks in the GCCs between 2007 and 2013. This study also aims to check if the banks that have the most efficient credit risk management are the most profitable banks. The study was executed on ten Islamic banks and ten conventional banks across the GCCs which were selected from. Three financial ratios of credit and two financial ratios of profitability was conducted on the banks. After that, regression analysis was done to analyze the effect of the credit management on the bank's profitability. Mann-Whitney U test was used to evaluate the significance of the differences of each financial ratios between the banks. The study primarily used data extracted from the annual reports published by the banks in their websites which was transformed to percentage and secondary data was the literature review. The finding of the study is that Islamic banks are more profitable than the conventional banks and that Islamic banks have more efficient credit risk management techniques than conventional banks. The study recommends to examine the effect of the Islamic windows which are established in the conventional banks on its credit risk management and profitability. In addition, a study could be conducted to check the effect of the Qatari law which prohibits any Islamic windows established in conventional banks on the performance of those banks before and after the law execution