Non-interest Income, Risk and Bank Performance

Zangina Isshaq, Benjamin Amoah and Ishmael Appiah-Gyamerah

Global Business Review, 2019, vol. 20, issue 3, 595-612

Abstract: This study examines the determinants of non-interest income and the implications of non-interest income for bank risk-return trade-offs, medium-term profitability and profit variability. Over a number of specifications, we find that cost-efficiency is key to generating and profiting from non-interest income as are volume of loans generated and liquid assets held by a bank. Large banks may also profit from non-interest income but do not seem to rely on it for their profits. We do not find non-interest income detrimental to bank solvency in our sample, perhaps because the nature of non-interest income of our sample banks may not expose bank capital to significant risk of loss. This could change as the economy and financial services demand increases in sophistication.

Keywords: Non-interest income; bank performance; revenue diversification; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0972150919837061

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