Cooperative banks are a driving force for socially committed business at the local level,
accounting for around one fifth of the European Union (EU) bank deposits and loans …

Using bank accounting data for 22 countries in Asia over the period 1995–2009, this article
applies the dynamic panel generalized method of moments technique to investigate the …

This paper investigates the joint and separate effects of Environmental (E), Social (S), and
Governance (G) scores on bank stability. Using a sample of European banks operating in 21 …

Using a sample of commercial banks based in OECD countries, we investigate the effect of
bank diversification on financial stability and find a significantly nonlinear (ie, inverted U …

Whether FinTech causes the fragility of financial institutions is a controversial issue. Using a
panel sample of listed banks from 84 countries, we exploit the introduction of FinTech …

Non-performing loans (NPLs) represent a major obstacle to the development of banking
sector. One of the key objectives of the banking sector reforms in China has therefore been …

Abstract Analysis of the tradeoff between competition and financial stability has been at the
center of academic and policy debate for over two decades and especially since the 2007 …

In this paper, we explore whether economic uncertainty differently affects the default risk of
Islamic and conventional banks. Using a sample of 568 banks from 20 countries between …

In this paper, we analyze the impact of business models on bank stability in 15 EU countries
between 2002 and 2011. We represent banks' business models by the share of non-interest …

This article investigates risk and stability features of Islamic banking using a sample of 553
banks from 24 countries between 1999 and 2009. Small Islamic banks that are leveraged or …