The availability of bank loans is a vital component in determining the investment and spending patterns that influence economic growth. This article examines the threshold effect of loan growth on non-performing loans (NPLs) in the Zimbabwean banking industry during dollarization. The study...

Credit risk modeling remains an important research topic both for financial institutions and the academic community due to its significant contribution to the issue of a bank’s capital adequacy. In this paper we build macro models for the default rates of Greek bank’s loan portfolios....

This paper explores the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on the banking sector, focusing on the escalation of credit risk and its effects on non-performing loans (NPLs), loan loss provisions, and economic activity in the Republic of Kosovo. Amidst the global health crisis, the banking...