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Electronic Payments System and Banking Industry’s Return in Nigeria: A Time-Varying Granger Causality Approach

by Abubakar Sani Ibrahim a,b,* ,  John Olu-Coris Aiyedogbon a  and  Obumneke Ezie a
a
Bingham University, Karu, Nigeria
b
Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
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FEL  2024 3(2):29; https://doi.org/10.58567/fel03020004
Received: 30 March 2024 / Accepted: 8 May 2024 / Published Online: 9 July 2024
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The paper is motivated by the growth of the electronic payments system and its relevance in enhancing the banking industry's earnings. Consequently, the paper examines the causal relationship between the electronic payments system and the banking industry's returns in Nigeria. The paper offers some important contributions to the literature involving the use of an approach that allows for data-driven identification of the change points in the electronic payments system and the banking industry's returns nexus. The paper discovered three important findings. First, the causal relationship between the electronic payments system and the banking industry's returns in Nigeria changes with time changes. Second, there is evidence of causality between the electronic payments system and returns on assets and equity, however, the causality was more evident under the recursive window. Third, the causal relationship was more evident in some specific periods such as 2020Q4, all quarters of 2015 to 2016, and 2020 to the end of 2023. The paper recommends that policymakers should revisit and reinvigorate the specific cashless policies instituted in 2012-2016 that aided higher returns to the banking industry. Similarly, the Central Bank of Nigeria and other banking industry players should intensify efforts to encourage the use of electronic payments due to their usefulness and ability to enhance the banking industry's earnings.

Keywords: Electronic Payments; Banking Industry Returns; Cashless Policy; Granger Causality;
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Ibrahim, A. S.; Aiyedogbon, J. O.; Ezie, O. Electronic Payments System and Banking Industry’s Return in Nigeria: A Time-Varying Granger Causality Approach. Financial Economics Letters, 2024, 3, 29. https://doi.org/10.58567/fel03020004
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Ibrahim A S, Aiyedogbon J O, Ezie O. Electronic Payments System and Banking Industry’s Return in Nigeria: A Time-Varying Granger Causality Approach. Financial Economics Letters; 2024, 3(2):29. https://doi.org/10.58567/fel03020004
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Ibrahim, Abubakar S.; Aiyedogbon, John O.; Ezie, Obumneke 2024. "Electronic Payments System and Banking Industry’s Return in Nigeria: A Time-Varying Granger Causality Approach" Financial Economics Letters 3, no.2:29. https://doi.org/10.58567/fel03020004
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Ibrahim, A. S., Aiyedogbon, J. O., & Ezie, O. (2024). Electronic Payments System and Banking Industry’s Return in Nigeria: A Time-Varying Granger Causality Approach. Financial Economics Letters, 3(2), 29. https://doi.org/10.58567/fel03020004

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