Purpose -Existing empirical evidence indicates internet banks worldwide have underperformed newly chartered traditional banks mainly because of their higher overhead costs. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of internet banking services on credit union activity....

Outlines previous research on company failure prediction and discusses some of the methodological issues involved. Extends an earlier study (Tan 1997) using artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict financial distress in Australian credit unions by extending the forecast period of the models,...

This paper reviews experience with credit union demutualisation to date in the light of increasing discussion about whether demutualisation is a likely (or inevitable) future stage in the evolutionary process. It is argued that the credit union industry faces an inherent demutualisation bias...

This article explores the size‐growth relationship for a panel of large US credit unions, using the panel unit root tests of Im et al. (2003) and Maddala and Wu (1999). The reference point is Gibrat’s Law, or the Law of Proportionate Effect, according to which firm growth rates are...

This study models competition in local deposit markets between for‐profit and not‐for‐profit financial institutions. For‐profit retail banks may offer a superior bundle of financial services, but not‐for‐profit (occupational) credit unions enjoy subsidies from their sponsors (and...

Purpose – Existing empirical evidence indicates internet banks worldwide have underperformed newly chartered traditional banks mainly because of their higher overhead costs. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of internet banking services on credit union activity....

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the post-merger changes in the credit risk profile of merging bank holding companies and tests whether there is an increase in credit risk after a merger due to changes in the mix of loans in the portfolio. Design/methodolgy/approach - The authors use the...

Purpose – Proposes to investigate the current practices of credit risk management by the largest US-based financial institutions. Owing to the increasing variety in the types of counterparties and the ever-expanding variety in the forms of obligations, credit risk management has jumped to the...

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to review the Bangladesh experience with microfinance popularly known as microcredit. The success of microfinance in Bangladesh has generated immense interest in other countries of the world. The paper emphasizes the role of autonomous national microfinance...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide a rigorous, statistically correct, and low-cost way to audit sample a lender's loan portfolio, be they a microlender or other type of lender. No other paper applies this method to loan portfolios, even though it is a high demand application....