This paper explores the impact of corruption on both the banking sector and economic growth; we determine the impact … soundness of the banking system. In this study, we also find evidence that banking system is a channel that transfers the impact … of corruption on economic growth: Corruption leads to higher levels of nonperforming loans in the banking sector; as a …

economic growth, but the less competitive nature in the banking environment of the other sub-regions discourages economic … to channel funds into productive sectors. In other sub-regions, more competitive banking environments can harness … institutional structures that would ensure tailor-made banking system structure to stimulate sustainable economic growth in Africa. …

This study finds that equity returns in the banking sector in the wake of the Great Recession and the European … deteriorating funding conditions and investor sentiment. While the equity return performance in the banking sector has been dismal …