Cost-efficiency and market-power effects in the Indonesian banking industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 310
Author(s):  
Maman Setiawan ◽  
Rina Indiastuti
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice Asongu ◽  
Rexon Tayong Nting ◽  
Joseph Nnanna

Author(s):  
Zuzana Fungacova ◽  
Laura Solanko ◽  
Laurent Weill

Author(s):  
Iveta Palecková

The aim of the paper is to estimate the cost efficiency of the Czech and Slovak commercial banks within the period 2010-2014. For empirical analysis the Data Envelopment Analysis input-oriented model with variable returns to scale is applied on the data of the commercial banks. The intermediation approach is adopted to define the inputs and outputs. The Czech commercial banks are more cost efficient than Slovak commercial banks. The development of average cost efficiency is similar in the Czech and Slovak banking industry. The most efficient Czech banks are Ceská sporitelna and Sberbank in the Czech banking sector, the most efficient Slovak bank is Privatbanka with 100% efficiency.


Author(s):  
Sedigheh Moghavvemi ◽  
Por Yew Guan

The emergence of social payment and usage of social apps for buying and selling services and products was considered as threats to the banking industry. The usage of WeChat in China has fundamentally altered the whole digital communication landscape. WeChat has over 1.17 billion users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, WeChat implemented various plans to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, including consumer awareness, WeChat live stream communication platform, and one-to-one consultation through social media services to assist retailers and increase sales. In addition, they implemented WeChat Work 3.0 for remote working during the pandemic, cross-border e-commerce, and Mini Club Program to converts overseas brick-and-mortar shoppers to online members. WeChat and Facebook facilitated WeChat pay and Facebook pay through their social commerce platform because of market power. This chapter discusses the emergence of WeChat and how it impacts the payment systems.


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