Expectation Factors Affecting Individual Customers' Decision to Choose a Savings Bank



STT

Author

Nation

Influencing factors


14


Cicic et al. (2004)

Southeast Europe

Financial benefits, banking staff


15


Tank and Tyler (2005)


Older brother

Referrals, bank reputation, interest rates, free cash offers, ease of opening an account, convenience

16

Maddern, Maull and Smart

-2007

-

The knowledge, qualifications, friendliness and courtesy of the staff


17

Rehman and Ahmed

(2008)


Pakistan

Customer service, convenience, online banking, overall banking environment


18


Rhee (2009)


Netherlands

E-banking services, financial stability, bank reputation, fast service delivery, low service costs

19

Sharma and Rao (2010)

India

Convenience

20

Mokhlis, Salleh and Mat

(2011)

Malaysia

Sense of security, ATM services, and financial benefits


21

Chigamba and Fatoki

(2011)


South Africa

Service, convenient location, attractiveness, referrals, activities

marketing and pricing


22

Pham Thi Tam and Pham Ngoc Thuy


Vietnam

Convenience of location, troubleshooting, influence of relatives, appearance, attitude towards promotion

23

MSc. Nguyen Quoc Nghi

Vietnam

Trust, tangibles and responsiveness of the bank.

24

Peppermint

Vietnam

Bank's level of empathy with customers, convenience and interest rates

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Expectation Factors Affecting Individual Customers Decision to Choose a Savings Bank


Table 3.1. Expected factors affecting individual customers' decision to choose a bank to deposit savings

STT

Factor

Criteria


1

Financial Benefits [ Mokhlis, Salleh and Mat

(2011) ]

High savings interest rate

Low service fees


2


Convenience [Sharma and Rao (2010);

Almossawi (2001)]

Large network of transaction points

Convenient transaction locations

Have a transaction point near home/workplace

STT

Factor

Criteria


2


Convenience [Sharma and Rao (2010);

Almossawi (2001)]

Suitable bank transaction hours

Simple and quick procedures for depositing savings at the bank

There is a spacious parking lot, near the bank.

Can be transacted via electronic banking

Free home delivery service available


3


ATM Services [Mokhlis, Salleh and Mat (2011)]

Large ATM network

ATM location is convenient for transactions

ATM system operating status (24/24)


4


Social influence [Ajzen and Fishbein (1980)]

Family introduction

Friend's referral

Business partner introduction


5


Staff [ Cicic et al. (2004);

Maddern, Maull, and Smart (2007) ]

The staff's attitude is friendly, enthusiastic and polite when welcoming customers.

Professional transaction processing staff

Highly responsible staff


6


Brand awareness [ Pham Thi Tam and Pham Ngoc Thuy; Almossawi (2001) ]

Recognize the bank's brand name, logo, image, and signature jingle

Community programs, major sponsorship activities

Attractive and unique advertising program



STT

Factor

Criteria


7


Feeling of safety [Mokhlis, Salleh and Mat (2011)]

Customer information security

The bank's financial foundation is solid

Bank reputation

Security conditions of the transaction point

The staff's guidance makes you feel secure.


8


Troubleshooting [Pham Thi Tam and Pham

Ngoc Thuy]

The bank has a hotline to handle after-hours incidents (24/7)

The bank has an online inquiry department.

Fast complaint resolution and handling time


9


Empathy [Tieu Nguyen Thao

(2011)]

The bank has a customer care program (calling to notify about the maturity date of savings books,

happy birthday to you)

Bank savings products to suit your needs

Banks have attractive promotions to attract you to save.

The bank always brings the best benefits to customers.


10


Tangible means [M.A. Nguyen Quoc Nghi (2011]

Modern banking equipment

Modern facilities

Modern technology software, fast transaction processing

Banking services provided are diverse.

Attractive bank advertisements, flyers, brochures

The bank has specific scientific working regulations.


APPENDIX 2

DISCUSSION PAPER ON SAVINGS DEPOSIT SERVICES IN VIETNAM


Hello

I am Pham Ngoc Thu, a graduate student in Banking, University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City. I am currently conducting research on the topic "Measuring factors affecting savings mobilization activities at commercial banks in Ho Chi Minh City". I hope you will take some time to answer this questionnaire. All information you provide below is purely for research purposes, not for any other purpose. Please note that there is no right or wrong point of view, all your views expressed through answering the survey are helpful to my research.

Part A. Overview of the process of using and evaluating savings services at commercial banks

1. Which banks have you used savings services for individual customers?

2. How long have you been using this savings service?

3. Please rate the importance of the following 10 factors when choosing a bank to save money (number from 1 to 10 in descending order):

Financial Benefits Sense of Security

Convenience Troubleshooting

ATM Service Empathy

Social Influence Tangible Media

Brand Awareness Staff


Part B. Scale Evaluation


Please give your opinion on the following statements:

(1) Do you understand the statements clearly? If not, what are your concerns?

(2) What do you think this statement means?

(3) Would you like to modify the statement to make it more understandable? Or perhaps add new statements?


Factor

I choose to save at Bank X because


Financial benefits

High savings interest rate

Low service fees


Convenience

Large network of transaction points

Convenient transaction locations

Have a transaction point near home/workplace

Suitable bank transaction hours

Simple and quick procedures for depositing savings at the bank

There is a spacious parking lot, near the bank.

Can be transacted via electronic banking

Free home delivery service available


ATM Services

Large ATM network

ATM location is convenient for transactions

ATM system operating status (24/24)


Social influence

Family introduction

Friend's referral

Business partner introduction


Staff

The staff's attitude is friendly, enthusiastic and polite when welcoming customers.

Professional transaction processing staff

Highly responsible staff



Factor

I choose to save at Bank X because


Brand awareness

Recognize the brand name, logo, image, and signature jingle of

bank

Community programs, major sponsorship activities

Attractive and unique advertising program


Feeling safe

Customer information security

The bank's financial foundation is solid

Bank reputation

Security conditions of the transaction point

The staff's guidance makes you feel secure.


Troubleshooting

The bank has a hotline to handle after-hours incidents (24/7)

The bank has an online inquiry department.

Fast complaint resolution and handling time


Empathy

The bank has a customer care program (calling to notify you of your savings book's maturity date, congratulating you on your birthday)

Bank savings products to suit your needs

Banks have attractive promotions to attract you to save.

The bank always brings the best benefits to customers.


Tangible means

Modern banking equipment

Modern facilities

Modern technology software, fast transaction processing

Banking services provided are diverse.

Attractive bank advertisements, flyers, brochures

The bank has specific scientific working regulations.


Thank you very much for taking the time to participate in this discussion.


APPENDIX 3

Table 3.2: Official observed variables coded


STT

Element

Observation variable

Encryption


1


Financial benefits

High savings interest rate

LITC1

Reasonable service fee

LITC2

Offers for savings deposits

LITC3


2


Convenience

Large network of transaction points/ATMs

STT1

Convenient locations of transaction points/ATMs

STT2

There is a transaction point near home or work

STT3

Reasonable opening and closing trading hours

STT4

Simple and quick procedures for depositing savings at the bank

STT5

There is a spacious parking lot.

STT6

Can be transacted via electronic banking

STT7

Free home delivery service available

STT8

Has the function of transferring interest to ATM account when

interest due

STT9

ATM system operating status is stable

STT10


3


Social influence

Family and relatives recommend you to save at

bank

AHXH1

Friends and colleagues recommend you to save at

bank

AHXH2

Partner introduces you to save at the bank

AHXH3

Bank staff advise you to save money when you have spare money.

AHXH4


4


Staff

Nice and neat staff uniform

DNNV1

The staff's attitude is friendly and polite when welcoming customers.

DNNV2

Good staff consulting skills

DNNV3

Professional transaction processor

DNNV4

Staff have high sense of responsibility.

DNNV5



STT

Element

Observation variable

Encryption


5


Safety

Customer information security

SAT1

The financial foundation of banking

SAT2

Bank reputation

SAT3

Security conditions of the transaction point

SAT4

The guidance and advice of the staff makes you feel secure.

SAT5

Hotline available for after-hours troubleshooting

SAT6

There is an online troubleshooting department to effectively fix transaction errors.

SAT7

Time to resolve and handle complaints and incidents quickly.

SAT8


6


Brand awareness

Recognize brand names, logos, images, jingles

characteristics of the bank

NBTH1

Frequency of appearance in the media

advertisement

NBTH2

Community programs, major sponsorship activities

NBTH3

Attractive, unique and suitable advertising program

Vietnamese culture

NBTH4


7


Empathy

The bank has a good customer care program (calling to notify you of the maturity date of your savings book, wishing you a happy birthday)


SDC1

Bank savings products to suit your needs

SDC2

The bank has preferential policies for customers.

dear

SDC3

Banks have attractive promotions to attract you to save.

SDC4

The bank always brings the best benefits to customers.

row

SDC5


8


Tangible means

Modern banking equipment

PTHH1

Modern facilities

PTHH2

Modern technology software, transaction processing

quick.

PTHH3

The bank has diverse and rich services to meet customer needs.

PTHH4

Attractive bank advertisements.

PTHH5

Scientific working regulations and processes.

PTHH6

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