This study spotlighted on the financial services industry specifically in the creation of brand trust across online channel, which constructs a significant contribution to the under-researched area of online branding. Content analysis was performed on the web sites of top ten bank retailers in...

Fintech innovations - innovations by financial services providers based on digital technology - are widely believed to have a disruptive effect on the financial services industry. The purpose of the paper is to investigate how financial services industry participants perceive the effect of...

Purpose – This paper aims to present an analysis of the role of financial incentives, moral hazard and conflicts of interests leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The study’s analysis has identified common structural flaws throughout the securitization...

In 2008, retail banking in South Africa is a highly competitive industry with extensive customer bases that expect increasingly more from their banking experience. The retail bank with an appropriate strategic differentiator will gain a sustainable competitive advantage in the changing retail...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Fidentia became an active player in the South African financial services industry in 2005, only a few years since its inception. This was achieved through aggressive take-overs and a favourable public image boosted by employing known sports personalities and sponsorships of...

Since relationship marketing re-emerged as an approach to marketing, the conceptwas met with a great deal of interest. This interest resulted in relationship marketingbeing researched extensively, whilst businesses started to look for ways to buildrelationships with their clients. Relationships...

Using an econometric approach on panel data collected from 53 microfinance institutions(MFIs) in Uganda over a period of six years (annual), this study has identified thedeterminants of sustainability and outreach of MFIs. In addition, the study has also usedsurvey data from 31 non-Bank of...

Recently, "Financial Technology-companies" (FinTechs) are increasingly changing the financial services industry worldwide and impose considerable challenges for regulators tasked to solve the arising trade-off between sound regulation and innovation support. In this regard, regulatory sandboxes,...

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) was signed into law on November 12, 1999. This act is regarded as the most influential deregulation for the U.S. financial services industry in the past one-century. The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the wealth effects of the GLBA on U.S. and...

After facing the economic recession, the South–African and global business sectors startedrevaluating their human capital and the positions they represent within an organisation. Eachindividual now had to prove that they contributed towards the organisation’s bottom line, as eachand every...