 The effect of credit risk on the performance of commercial banks in NigeriaAfrican Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 2015, vol. 4, issue 1, 29-52 Abstract: This study examined the effect of credit risk on commercial banks performance. The study is motivated by the damaging effect of classified assets on bank capitalisation and would be of utmost relevance as it addresses how credit risk affects banks' profitability. Secondary data source was explored in presenting the facts. The secondary data are obtained from annual reports and relevant literatures. The result shows that the ratio of loan and advances to total deposit negatively relate to profitability though not significant at 5% and that the ratio non-performing loan to loan and advances negatively relate to profitability at 5% level of significant. This study shows that there is a significant relationship between bank performance (in terms of profitability) and credit risk management (in terms of loan performance). The study recommended that management need to be cautious in setting up a credit policy that will not negatively affect profitability. Keywords: credit risk management; loan performance; non-performing loans; advances; bank performance; bank profitability; asset quality; finance; Nigeria; commercial banks; classified assets; bank capitalisation. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ajaafi:v:4:y:2015:i:1:p:29-52 Access Statistics for this article More articles in African Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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