The Effect of Credit Risk on Sustainable Performance of Microfinance Banks in Nigeria
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Faculty of Business, Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics, University of Greenwich, UK (Nigeria)
Faculty of Business, Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics, University of Greenwich, UK (Nigeria)
Faculty of Business, Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics, University of Greenwich, UK (Nigeria)
Faculty of Business, Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics, University of Greenwich, UK (Nigeria)
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DOI: 10.47772/IJRISS.2026.100601268
Subject Category: Economics
Volume/Issue: 10/6 | Page No: 18475-18499
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Submitted: 2026-06-25
Accepted: 2026-06-30
Published: 2026-07-16
Abstract
This study investigates the impact of credit risk on the sustainable performance of Nigerian Microfinance Banks (MFBs). In North-Central Nigeria (including the FCT), a panel of MFBs from 2011 to 2021, comprising 451 bank-year observations, analyses credit risk through portfolio at risk (PAR), non-performing loans (NPLs), and loan-loss provisions (LLPs), with sustainability represented by return on assets (ROA). Estimation advances from pooled OLS and fixed- and random-effects models (directed by Hausman) to two-step system GMM to tackle unobserved heterogeneity, profit persistence, and endogeneity. Regulatory measures encompass the firm-specific capital adequacy ratio (CAR), organisational size and age, as well as macroeconomic factors such as GDP growth, inflation, and the monetary policy rate.
Keywords
Credit risk; Portfolio-at-Risk (PAR); Non-Performing Loans (NPLs); Loan Loss Provisions (LLPs)
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