Effect of Bank Innovations on Profitability and Return on Assets (ROA) of Commercial Banks in Lebanon

Ijaz Ali, Noor Muhammad and Ali Gohar

International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2017, vol. 9, issue 4, 35-50

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to study bank innovations in the field of mobile banking, debit and credit cards, automated machines (ATM), internet banking, point of sale terminals (PST) and electronic funds transfer (EFT). It purposely looked into those innovations in relation to their influence on profitability and return on assets (ROA) of Lebanese commercial banks. Data was collected through a research questionnaire, and statistical analysis was done using the Package of Social Sciences Software (SPSS). The results revealed that there is a significant positive impact of bank innovations on profitability and return on assets of Lebanese commercial banks and significance tests also showed that the impact was statistically significant. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that bank innovations affect profitability and return on assets (ROA) of commercial banks in Lebanon positively.

Keywords: bank innovations; commercial banks; profitability; return on assets (ROA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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