Abstract:
The study sought to investigate the effect of mobile
banking on the financial performance of banks in Uganda
and focused on Centenary Bank. The independent
variable in the study was ‘mobile banking’ and the
dependent variable was ‘financial performance. The
independent variable was operationalized into: ‘mobile
financial information services, mobile transfers, receipts,
deposits, and withdrawals, while the dependent variable
was operationalized into: ‘return on assets; return on
equity, and ‘liquidity’.
Description:
The study revealed that Centenary Bank offered: check
balances services that helped clients to closely monitor
their bank balances on their bank accounts, text message
alerts which helped to increase financial information
sharing between clients and the bank, pay bills service
which increases flexibility and efficiency in the business
operations, and ATM/branch locator to clients to facilitate
timely and quick financial decisions hence providing
business flexibility.