An analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe

The purpose of the study is to analyse the challenges facing banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe in the wake of the multicurrency regime that was introduced in the year 2009. The study is relevant considering that banks have an important role of financing the undercapitalised productive sectors .Th...

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Main Authors: Mavhiki, Severino, Mapetere, Denver, Mhonde, Christopher
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Language:English
Published: IISTE 2021
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Online Access:https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/1024
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4210
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description The purpose of the study is to analyse the challenges facing banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe in the wake of the multicurrency regime that was introduced in the year 2009. The study is relevant considering that banks have an important role of financing the undercapitalised productive sectors .The chi-square is used to establish the relationship between the banks' lending decisions and the level of exposure. The results of the study suggest that increasing lending by banks exposes them to high risk of failure. The findings of this study have important implications for policy makers and banks in Zimbabwe.
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spelling ir-11408-42102022-06-27T13:49:06Z An analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe Mavhiki, Severino Mapetere, Denver Mhonde, Christopher Risk Credit management Multicurrency Level of exposure The purpose of the study is to analyse the challenges facing banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe in the wake of the multicurrency regime that was introduced in the year 2009. The study is relevant considering that banks have an important role of financing the undercapitalised productive sectors .The chi-square is used to establish the relationship between the banks' lending decisions and the level of exposure. The results of the study suggest that increasing lending by banks exposes them to high risk of failure. The findings of this study have important implications for policy makers and banks in Zimbabwe. 2021-05-20T09:26:11Z 2021-05-20T09:26:11Z 2012 Article 2222-2839 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/1024 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4210 en European Journal of Business and Management;Vol.4 ; No.1 open IISTE
spellingShingle Risk
Credit management
Multicurrency
Level of exposure
Mavhiki, Severino
Mapetere, Denver
Mhonde, Christopher
An analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe
title An analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe
title_full An analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe
title_fullStr An analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe
title_short An analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe
title_sort analysis of the challenges faced by banks in managing credit in zimbabwe
topic Risk
Credit management
Multicurrency
Level of exposure
url https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/1024
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4210
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