There is a substantial body of literature arguing that financial development (the growth of banking and financial intermediation) contributes to economic growth. This paper makes two contributions to this literature. First, drawing on the banking history literature, we use data on state bank-branching and deposit-insurance regulation as a source of plausibly exogenous variation in financial dev...

Islamic banking is currently one of the fastest growing segments of the financial market industry, operating in over 75 countries through 300 institutions. While past literature has established the development of financial institutions as a determinant of economic growth, research on the correlation of the diffusion of Islamic banking with economic growth is limited. This study seeks to add to ...

This paper examines factors that influence the Internet banking adoption among Malaysian consumers. The study sample consists of 100 respondents. The measurement items were adapted from Taylor and Todd (1995); Tan and Teo (2000) utilizing the seven-point Likert scale ranging from 1 – strongly disagree to 7 – strongly agree. Data were analyzed by employing multiple regression analysis. The resul...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the nature and changes of market concentration in the Malaysia’s Islamic banking due to the restructuring of Islamic banking industry within the liberalization wave in the banking market. A total of 17 Islamic banks operating over the period of 2000-2010 had been considered. The structural approach framework was used to evaluate the nature and changes of mar...

The rapid proliferation of mobile phones and other electronic gadgets has not only changed the way people live, but also created a new channel for marketing. One such new technology is the mobile banking development, which can significantly impact a bank’s operational efficiency and customer service aspects. Yet, the adoption of mobile banking in the Asian region has been relatively slow compar...

In this paper, we investigate competition in banking systems in the EU27 as a whole for the period 2004– 2010, but also for old members’ banking systems compared with new members’ banking systems and for banking systems from countries member of euro zone compares with banking systems from countries non-member of euro zone. In order to investigate this issue, we estimate a non-structural indicat...

Mobile banking is a mobile service that allows the user to perform banking transactions using a mobile handheld device and a mobile service known as short text messaging (SMS). Deploying an expanded Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this study aims to identify the factors that influence the customer’s decision to use SMS banking. Findings from relevant literature and outcomes of the analysis o...

The purpose of this paper is to answer the importance of fraud that arise from the use of e-banking services more ethical behavior applied to everyday moral problems. On the one hand, the theoretical framework of this paper is based on literature about ethics and fraud, in general, and information and communication technology of the e-banking services, in particular. On the other hand, the empi...

This research aims to explore whether Jordanian customers’ perceptions on intention and use of Internet banking services varies according to their demographic characteristics. According to prior literature, there are five demographic factors; namely: age, gender, income, education and customers’ experience with the computer and Internet. These have been considered in the current study. The requ...