Investment Financing and Performance of Islamic Commercial Banks in Kenya
Abstract
Investment financing is very important for good performance of Islamic commercial banks. Unlike conventional banks which depend heavily on the crutches of collateral and of non-participation in risk, Islamic commercial banks would have to rely heavily on project evaluation, especially for equity-oriented financing. Islamic commercial banks have continued to record decline in performance. For example performance of Gulf African banking reduced by 12 % in the year 2016 from the previous year 2015. This has greatly affected the saving rate of their customers. Most customers have also lost confidence in banking with those banks. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of investment financing on performance of Islamic commercial banks in Kenya. The study employed a descriptive survey research design and incorporated elements of both qualitative and quantitative approaches in terms of instruments and data analysis. The study population was the two fully fledged Islamic commercial banks which are First Community Bank Limited and Gulf African bank and five conventional banks that offer partial Islamic commercial banking (Barclays banks of Kenya, National Bank of Kenya, Diamond Trust Bank of Kenya, Kenya Commercial Bank and Standard Chartered Bank of Kenya). The study used primary data. The study used mean and percentages in this study. The study used Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to generate the descriptive statistics and also to generate inferential results. Inferential included both correlations and regression. The study found that mortgage financing, equity financing and trade financing have a positive and significant relationship with performance of Islamic commercial banks. The study recommends that banks should make the interest rates for mortgages affordable so as to boost their performance. In addition banks should make the process of getting a mortgage in their bank is simple and short. The repayment period given to customers for the mortgage should be favorable. This will encourage customers to take the mortgage thus improving the banks performance.
Keywords: Investment financing, performance, mortgage financing, trade financing & equity financing
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