The Impact of Financial Products and Accoutnability in the Financial Institution: Perspectives of Selected Banks in Juba, South Sudan

ผู้แต่ง

  • Ayii Peter Alier Upper Nile University - South Sudan
  • Degnet Wondu Yaregal Faculty of Economics and Business, Queen's College, Ethiopia

คำสำคัญ:

Financial products, Accountability, Financial institution, South Sudan

บทคัดย่อ

The purpose of this study is to use analyze the impact of financial products and accountability in the financial institution on the perspectives of selected banks in Juba, South Sudan. The research design that is being used is descriptive survey research design. The selected banks operating in South Sudan between 2021 and 2023 make up the study's population. The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) was the only data analysis methodology employed in this study. The research instrument that was used in this study was questionnaire method and Yamane’s formula was used for arriving at a sample size of 364. It can be concluded that the financial products and accountability had a significant positive impact on performance of three selected banks in South Sudan from 2021 to 2023 as the impact is shown in table 1. Finally, the researcher concludes that both financial products and accountability stands at better t-statistics value as it shows continuous success of financial performance of banks in South Sudan.

ประวัติผู้แต่ง

Degnet Wondu Yaregal , Faculty of Economics and Business, Queen's College, Ethiopia

Lecturer: Queen's College, Ethiopia 

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