Using a panel data approach for two samples of listed and unlisted European banks, this paper provides evidence that, over a decade and a half preceding the pandemic, bank dividend payouts were adjusted in line with the motivations found in the literature. Banks change their dividend payouts...

The present study investigates impact of Microfinance (NRSP Bank) on socioeconomic status of Borrowers living in Minchanabad District, Pakistan. For this purpose, primary data of 60 respondents is collected through Questionnaire using Stratified random sampling technique. The study concludes...

Overcoming the impact of the COVID pandemic on Islamic banking in Indonesia, management must take strategic steps based on predictions and previous performance identification. Identify performance, information on the factors that affect the performance of Islamic banking in Indonesia is needed....

This paper examines the impact of bank financial characteristics, environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and variation in the stringency of government policy responses to bank stock returns as a response to COVID-19 pandemic. We use a sample of 1927 listed banks from 110 countries....

Following the COVID shock, supervisors encouraged banks to use capital buffers to support the recovery. However, banks have been reluctant to do so. Provided the market expects a bank to rebuild its buffers, any draw-down will open up a capital shortfall that will weigh on its share price....

The current pandemic has been a human mobility shock to economic activity. Using the geographic locations of bank branches, we calculate a bank's exposure to mobility declines and evaluate its impact on performance. We find that U.S. banks' stability, profitability, and asset quality are...

This paper investigates whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic affects bank funding costs in China. We find a significantly positive relationship between the offering yields of negotiable certificates of deposit and banks’ pandemic exposure. The surge in bank funding costs is alleviated by...

Using data on banking transactions, we analyze how people changed their spending behaviour when recreational cannabis became legal in Canada. In the data set, we identify people with purchases in a cannabis store after the legalization. We apply a difference-in-difference approach to compare...