What Makes the Difference? Microfinance Versus Commercial Banks
Afsheen Abrar, Iftekhar Hasan, Rezaul Kabir
Borsa Istanbul Review,
No. 4,
2023
Abstract
We make a comparison of microfinance banks (MBs) and commercial banks (CBs) in terms of efficiency, business orientation, stability, and asset quality by analyzing a large sample of banks from 60 countries around the world. Our findings indicate that microfinance banks have higher intermediation, non-interest income, wholesale funding and liquidity, but lower efficiency and asset quality. These significant variations are influenced by smaller microfinance banks and are driven mostly to African and Latin American microfinance banks.
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