In the present paper it will be shown that banking profitability of the Western European countries converges to that of …

This paper examines the determinants and convergence of bank profitability in eight European Union member countries …, between 1992 and 2007, using a dynamic panel model. There is evidence of persistence of abnormal bank profit from one year to … the next. Average profitability was higher in banks that are strongly capitalised, efficient and diversified. The …

risk, profitability and solvency in the Armenian banking sector. To account for these, we apply a GMM technique to a panel …. Regarding GDP we observe a negative influence on banks' solvency, profitability and risk. When focusing on regulatory variables …

together. We examine whether such deposit-lending synergies reflect on U.S. commercial bank profitability levels, and whether … the synergies impact bank profitability levels differently around financial crises. Our results from panel regressions … show that the deposit-lending synergies translate to increased profitability only for small publicly traded banks. However …

crisis, however, they had problems keeping their profitability which is an important quantitative indicator for the health of …

The paper investigates EU banks' profitability through the recent financial cycle using banklevelbalance sheet and …, such as higher reliance on fees andcommission income, were associated with better profitability post-crisis …

driver of profit. With regards to market-specific factors, the profitability of consumer credit companies is positively …The paper focuses on the profitability of the consumer credit industry in Europe. Using consumer credit companies …’ financial statement data, we investigate the effect of firm-specific and market-specific factors on the profitability of a …

Have Euro Area banks restored viability in the post-crisis era? We investigate profitability convergence for Euro Area … towards a lower profit level, suggesting a ‘great convergence' towards the middle. Moreover, we identify a cluster of banks … exhibiting dismal profit dynamics, indicating the need for a restructuring of part of the Euro Area banking sector …

This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on banking sector profitability in Uganda for the period … controlling for bank specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability. Bank profitability is proxied by return on … significant negative effect on bank profitability only in the long run. Generally, the explanatory variables used in the study …

loss provisioning to maintain their profitability. Interestingly, this trend is not present in the financial statements of … interest rate environment: European commercial banks focus on maintaining their profitability, whereas cooperative banks seek …