The Performance of Islamic Window in Ethiopian Conventional Banks that Operate an Interest Free Banking Service

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, , course: Islamic Economics Banking and Finance, language: English, abstract: This study aims to examine the performance of the Islamic window in four Ethiopian conventional banks, the banks are chosen based on their financial statements which ranked this four higher than others with an Islamic Window in terms of their net profit. The four include Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Cooperative Bank of Oromia, Bank of Abyssinia and Awash Bank. The government of Ethiopia permitted the interest free banking service in 2013 and fully fledged Islamic Banks in 2019. Between 2013 and 2019 ten commercial banks open Islamic window and operate side by side with other conventional services. The study of this paper therefore asses the growth of this Islamic window and performance based on deposits attracted, financing operated and investment overtaken. The study would aim to use descriptive analysis based on mainly report of the four banks chosen and also other relevant gathered sources.