ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI KHOA QUẢN TRỊ VÀ KINH DOANH --------------------- LÊ THỊ THANH YÊN THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL BANKING ON THE EFFICIENCY OF BIDV’S BRANCH CHANNEL TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA NGÂN HÀNG SỐ LÊN HIỆU QUẢ CỦA KÊNH QUẦY TẠI BIDV LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH HÀ NỘI - 2019 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI KHOA QUẢN TRỊ VÀ KINH DOANH --------------------- LÊ THỊ THANH YÊN THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL BANKING ON THE EFFICIENCY OF BIDV’S BRANCH CHANNEL TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA NGÂN HÀNG SỐ LÊN HIỆU QUẢ CỦA KÊNH QUẦY TẠI BIDV Chuyên ngành: Quản trị kinh doanh Mã số: 60 34 01 02 LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH NGƯỜI HƯỚNG DẪN KHOA HỌC: PGS. NGUYỄN NGỌC THẮNG HÀ NỘI - 2019 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com DECLARATION As the author of this research, I confirm that all of the research findings in this paper are done by me throughout my studying and thesis implementation period. In addition, there are no pieces of this paper are ever published before anywhere. All of the previous results and findings published by other researchers and articles are properly cited with permission.
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Secondly, I want to express my gratitude to my advisor for his encouragement, patience, insightful advice, and constructive feedback during the entire period of research work. He oversees my steps to ensure that I fully understand the method and stay on the right track for best fulfilment. Moreover, his tolerance of my weaknesses or mistakes has motivated me significantly. Thirdly, I would like to express my gratefulness to all of my friends and colleagues as well as my survey respondents who are very supportive in my survey.
At last, I am so happy and grateful to all of the Thesis Assessment Committee, Hanoi School of Business and Management for your considerations and supports during my thesis period. ii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION. vi LIST OF FIGURES. vii LIST OF TABLES.
4 CHAPTER 1–THEORETICAL BACKGROUND. Definition of digital banking. History of digital banking. Popular trends for digital banking in the ASEAN area.
Examples of digital banking applications. Benefits of digital banking. Impacts of digital banking on branch channel’s performance. 14 iii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.
Methods of collecting data. Data collection procedure. Technique of analysing data. Strengths and Limitations of the Methodology.
23 CHAPTER 3 – RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS. Application of theories. Situation of developing digital banking in Vietnam. Current application of digital banking at BIDV’s branch channel.
Findings from survey. Descriptive statistics of survey responds. Descriptive statistics of effective interaction with customers. Descriptive statistics of reduction of bank operation costs.
Descriptive statistics of higher accuracy rate. Descriptive statistics of stronger competitiveness. Descriptive statistics of higher customer satisfaction. Descriptive statistics of higher security.
61 iv TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail. Descriptive statistics of BIDV branch channel’s higher efficient performance. Multiple Regression Analysis. Recommendations to improve the efficiency of BIDV’s branch channel through application of digital banking.
72 CONCLUSIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND IMPLICATION .channel TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.channel ABBREVIATION BIDV : Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam ATM : Automatic Teller Machine SPSS : Statistical Package for the Social Sciences vi (LUAN.channel TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.channel LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1: The age of participants .3: Usage of branch channel services at BIDV .4: The interaction at branch channel is much better than digital banking services .5: Using branch channel services is time-consuming due to slow interaction compared with digital banking services .6: The better interaction at branch channel encourages me to get loyal to BIDV .7: The digitalization of branch channel helps save bank operation cost comparing to traditional channel operation .8: Application of digital banking on bank branch channel helps banks reduce expenses on location and staff .9: The bank should reduce number of transaction branches while applying digital banking at branch channel to reduce the costs.10: The services at digitalized branches are more accurate than the traditional ones .11: The implementation of digital banking platforms at branch channel helps reducing the error rate during bank system operation .12: The services at branch channel of BIDV are much better than other banks in Vietnam .13: BIDV does not need to apply digital banking on their branch channel to make them more competitive in comparison with other banks in Vietnam .channel TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.14: Digitalization level at BIDV branch channel makes me more satisfied with this bank .15: Because of good services provided through applying digital banking at its branches, I will recommend BIDV to my acquaintances .16: Services provided through application of digital banking at branch channel ensure higher security level .17: BIDV’s support on security issues is very professional and fast .18: BIDV’s support staffs on security issues are also very helpful and professional .19: Sound application of digital banking can lead to higher business performance at BIDV’s branch channel.20: Which are the weaknesses of BIDV’s branch channel? .21: What do you expect from BIDV’s application of digital banking at their branch channel? .channel TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.channel LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1: Mean and mode of participants’ age .2: Mean and mode of participants’ gender .3: Mean and mode of participants’ usage of branch channel services at BIDV .4: Effective interaction with customers .5: Reduction of bank operation costs .6: Higher accuracy rate .8: Higher customer satisfaction level .10: BIDV branch channel’s higher efficient performance .15: Which are the weaknesses of BIDV’s branch channel? .16: What do you expect from BIDV’s application of digital banking at their branch channel? .channel TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail. Research background Since its modern banking practices traced back in 17th and 18th century, banking industry has experienced significant development, especially in growing its distribution networks into numerous channels such as traditional transaction branches, Internet banking, Mobile banking, etc. Among those channels, the transaction branches with the involvement of bank staffs in the transaction of customers are the most traditional channel with the largest proportion of users. Customers have habits of going to the transaction branches and wait for their transactions to be done by the bank staffs.
In the era of the internet and technology, the banking industry has shifted its focus to digital banking as one of its long-term strategies and core values. For example, in Asia, especially in Vietnam, the pace of development of banks is equivalent to the pace of implementation and application of digital banking into banking services. The development of digital banking encompasses many aspects including growing banking and mobile internet services and strategic planning for banks to acquire more customers in the online market (James, 2016). Digital banking has a great influence on the distribution channels of the banking industry.
As a result, the channels of communication have been replaced by modern digital distribution channels developed on the basis of digital banking such as Internet banking, mobile banking, or electronic wallets. Under the influence of digital banking, traditional distribution channels have reduced in size with the number of users decreasing. Customers find modern channels not only convenient but also fast and time-saving. Consequently, they are gradually transforming demands from traditional branch channels into digital channels, thus reducing the number of customers using traditional branches (Bharadwaj&Sawy, 2013).channel TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.channel Meanwhile, take a look at the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV).
BIDV operates a huge distribution network with various channels including ATM, tradtional branches, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, etc. However, it can be seen clearly that the adoption of digital banking in their system has created various challenges to the branch channel of BIDV rather than leading to their higher improvements on branch channel’s overall performance. Specifically, application of digital banking in the bank has made the operation of the traditional branch channel more stressful due to the bank’s main focus on the development of modern channels and the shift of customers toward these new channels (Hendershott, Jones, & Menkveld, 2011). This poses a significant threat to the performance of the branch channel of BIDV.
In order to deal with these urgent issues, it is a must for BIDV’s branch channel to detect the roots of poor performances under the application of digital banking for suitable approaches of digital banking in order to utilize the advantages of digital banking and outweigh the disadvantages. A better utilization of digital banking process in the traditional branch channel of BIDV is necessary in order to ensure higher efficiency at the traditional branch channel of the bank, leading to a higher customer satisfaction level. With considerations of how to deeply improve the branch channel’s efficiency and productivity, BIDV is taking into account the impacts of digital banking at their branch channel in order to improve its efficiency. It is also the reason for the author’s choice of the research topic “THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL BANKING ON THE EFFICIENCY OF BIDV’S BRANCH CHANNEL” to complete the master thesis.
Literature review In the age of the Internet and advanced technology, no one can deny the needs for digital banking compared to traditional banking. In terms of digital banking, it is clear that automation and online services with APIs are core 2 (LUAN.channel TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.channel elements that help customers experience more convenient and efficient banking services. With digital banking, access to and control of customer financial information is made easier with a variety of access device options such as laptops, smartphones, and ATMs. In general, digital banking is the ultimate platform that includes user interfaces for the use of customers and ultimately for banks to handle customer requests as well as data management.
In addition, it is imperative to apply digital banking to support all banking functions efficiently for smooth service delivery platforms (Kelman, 2016). There are three trends motivating the implementation of digital in the banking systems including: Rapid adoption, multichannel consumer decision journeys, and openness to purely digital banking. More details about these trends will be presented in the chapter 1. Research objectives The author strives to achieve three objectives within this thesis as below: - Providing background information of digital banking and how digital banking could affect the performance of a bank’s branch channel.
- Analysing the impact of digital banking at BIDV’s branch channel via hypotheses and appropriate methodology to test the hypotheses. - Recommending solutions to improve the impact of digital banking on the efficiency of BIDV’s branch channel. Research questions So as to attain the three objectives mentioned above, the author will attempt to answer the following questions: - How does digital banking affect the performance of branch channel in banking system? - What are the applications of digital banking system into traditional branch channel? - How to improve digital banking’s influences on performance of branch channel of bank? 3 (LUAN.channel TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail. Research scope The research is conducted in Hanoi.