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Journal of Finance – Marketing Research; Vol. 15, Issue 7; 2024
p-ISSN: 1859-3690; e-ISSN: 3030-427X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52932/jfm.v15i7
*Corresponding author:
Email: luanld@hub.edu.vn
THE IMPACT OF DIVERSIFICATION ON BANK PERFORMANCE:
COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE FROM VIETNAMESE COMMERCIAL BANKS
Le Dinh Luan1*, Le Dinh Hac1, Le Hoang Anh1
1Ho Chi Minh University of Banking, Vietnam
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
DOI:
10.52932/jfm.v15i7.576
In the current context of increasingly deeper & broader integration,
Vietnamese commercial banks deal with increasingly fierce competition.
Hence, they need to increase performance to meet the needs of customers &
maintain market share. Diversification is one of the measures that commercial
banks are implementing, and they are currently paying great attention to
it. The paper investigates the comprehensive impact of diversification,
including income diversification & asset diversification as well as the level
of off-balance sheet items on the performance of Vietnamese commercial
banks. Using data from 26 commercial banks from 2008 to 2023, the
S-GMM estimation method, and various proxies for bank performance, the
research results have shown that all activities diversification including assets
diversification, income diversification, and off-balance sheet diversification
have a positive impact on the performance of Vietnamese commercial
banks. In addition, the research also shows that bank size and equity ratio
are positive factors in increasing the bank’s performance. From the research
results, the paper suggests that Vietnamese commercial banks need to have
more policy implications to extend fee-based activities such as advising
and financial planning for customers, continuing to provide products on
bancassurance, investment, payment, etc.
Received:
July 25, 2024
Accepted:
October 07, 2024
Published:
October 25, 2024
Keywords:
Assets diversification;
Bank performance;
Commercial bank;
Income diversification;
SGMM.
JEL codes:
C33, G21
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