Implementation of interest free banking services in Ethiopia. The mediating role of customer involvement

Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 3,5, Addis Ababa University (Addis Ababa University), course: MBA, language: English, abstract: This paper presents major factors affecting the implementation of interest free banking services among customers in recognizing factors that need consideration in implimenting IFB service in Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It suggests the importance for bank providers to understand factors influencing implementation of IFB service, customers’ preference and view from the customers’ perspective, in order to attract and retain customers, as well as leop forward.The empirical evidence shows that interest free banking have rapidly spreading and developing across the world. But almost half of Ethiopian banking commercial industry out of eithteen banks has commenced interest free banking service within less than three years while some others banks are also showed initiation to commence it.