The Relevance of Age Categories in explaining Internet Banking Adoption Rates and Customers' Attitudes towards the Service

Silvio John, Camilleri and Gail, Grech (2017): The Relevance of Age Categories in explaining Internet Banking Adoption Rates and Customers' Attitudes towards the Service. Published in: Journal of Applied Finance & Banking , Vol. 7(2), No. 7(2) : pp. 29-47.

Abstract

This paper focuses on customers’ attitudes towards internet banking (IB), with particular reference to generational differences vis-à-vis such service. These factors are important for banks to project how demand is likely to develop over time. After modelling the IB adoption decision across a sample of countries, we conduct a questionnaire amongst bank customers who include users and non-users of IB and set up focus groups, each comprising participants from a specific age bracket. Whilst generational factors do not emerge as significant in the regression models, the questionnaires and focus groups suggest that generations differ in their attitudes towards IT-delivery systems and choice of preferred delivery channels. In this way banks have to constantly ensure that their online product mix is appropriate to cater for such distinct needs, especially in view of the increasing competition from non-bank entities in areas such as payments services.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Bank Delivery Channels, Generations, Internet Banking, Malta, Retail Banking.
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J10 - General; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M15 - IT Management; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M3 - Marketing and Advertising > M31 - Marketing; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes

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