The purpose of the chapter is to discuss the evolution of the Indian banking industry and the role of innovation within the industry. It explores the motivations for innovation, types, actors involved, investments made and protection issues of banking innovations. The study showcases the current situation while also instigating future possibilities of research for the topic. To meet the objecti...

This paper discusses the effects of bank consolidation on competition and stability in the banking sector. Most empirical literature seems to point towards the standard adverse effects on prices of increased concentration in banking. A major issue is the still regional character of loan and deposit markets for households and small enterprises, which contrasts with the generally increasing globa...

electronic banking has many benefits for government, banks’ stakeholders and customers. many banks in many countries such as iran increasingly develop their infrastructures to provide e-banking services. also, there are many researches that have been conducted to explain how we can encourage people to use e-banking services. in this paper, we explore the effects of various factors on both custo...

The organisational factors, which are critical to the success of e-banking, are investigated. Different pieces of literature report different factors as key to success and generally based on subjective, perceptual data. A synthesis of existing literature is a basis for survey questions. The data was collected from UK based financial sector organisations who are offering their services on electr...

The rapid growth of mobile technologies and devices makes it possible for the customers of banking services to conduct banking at any place and at any time. Today, most of the banks in the world provide mobile access to its customers for banking as mobile banking systems improve their efficiency and reduce transaction costs. Banks invested heavily in the mobile banking system hoping that its cu...

Digital Financial Services continue to expand and replace the delivery of traditional banking services to the customers through innovative technologies to meet the growing complex needs and globalization challenges. These diversified digital products help the organizations (service providers) to improve their firm performance and to remain competitive in the market. It also assists in increasin...

The financial crisis has triggered a new consensus among economists that it is necessary to include a banking sector in macroeconomic models. It is also necessary for the finance and banking literature to consider how best to incorporate systemic, macroeconomic feedbacks into its modeling of financial intermediation. Thus a new research programme on the link between banking and the economy is n...