Determinants of customer loyaty in eatail banking an empirical study in vietnam

UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - PHAM THI PHUONG THAO DETERMINANTS OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY IN RETAIL BANKING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN VIETNAM MASTER OF BUSINESS SUPERVISORS: DR TRAN HA MINH QUAN Ho Chi Minh City – Year 2014 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Firstly, I offer my sincerest gratitude to all lecturers and staffs that supported and passionately conveyed useful knowledge to students of MBUS 2011 program Secondly, I offer my special gratitude to my supervisor, Dr Tran Ha Minh Quan, who has guided me to fulfill my thesis with his patience and knowledge Thirdly, I would like to express appreciations to my friends who support me in discussing initial questionnaire and sending the final ones to survey target Finally yet importantly, I would like to thank my family for their profound supporting, love and caring about me throughout my studies Pham Thi Phuong Thao 2014, November Page | i ABSTRACT Loyal customers are considered as an important source of business profit and a free channel of advertisement Although companies can boost their profit more than 85% by reducing customer defection rate by just 5%, the fact is that most of businesses lose from 15% to 20% of customers each year (Reichheld and Sasser, 1990) This study aims to define some determinants of customer loyalty in Vietnam retail banking, including Brand Awareness, Convenience, Service Personnel, Satisfaction, Social Influence and Switching Costs The survey was conducted in Ho Chi Minh City The result showed that all six factors have a positive influence on the loyalty in Vietnam retail banking In which, the influence from Brand Awareness, Satisfaction and Switching Costs was stronger than others The least impact was caused by Social Influence and Convenience Keywords: Loyalty, Retail banking, Vietnam Page | ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i ABSTRACT ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iii LIST OF TABLES iv LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Research background 1.3 Research gap 1.3 Research objective 1.4 Research Scope and Research Contribution 1.5 Research structure CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 10 2.1 Retail Banking 10 2.2 Customer Loyalty 10 2.2.1 Definition of Customer Loyalty 11 2.2.2 Determinants of Customer Loyalty 12 2.3 Brand Awareness 14 2.4 Convenience 15 2.5 Service Personnel 16 2.6 Customer Satisfaction 17 2.7 Social Influence 18 2.8 Switching Costs 19 2.9 Research Model 20 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 22 3.1 Research Design 22 3.2 Sampling 24 3.3 Questionnaire Design 26 3.4 Data Collection Result 29 Page | 3.5 Data Analysis Method 30 CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS 31 4.1 Descriptive Analysis 31 4.2 Reliability Test 33 4.3 Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) 35 4.3.1 EFA for Independent variables 36 4.3.2 EFA for Dependent variables 38 4.4 Correlation Matrix 40 4.5 Regression Assumption Tests 41 4.5.1 Assumption Test 41 4.5.2 Assumption Test 41 4.5.3 Assumption Test 42 4.6 Regression Analysis 42 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION 50 5.1 Discussion 50 5.2 Managerial Implications 52 5.3 Limitations and further research 55 5.4 Conclusion 56 REFERENCE 57 APPENDICES 66 APPENDIX A - VIETNAM BACKGROUND 66 APPENDIX B - IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW 68 APPENDIX C - QUESTIONNAIRE IN ENGLISH VERSION 71 APPENDIX D - QUESTIONNAIRE IN VIETNAMESE VERSION 73 APPENDIX E – RESEARCH RESULTS 75 Page | LIST OF TABLES Table – Distribution System of Vietnam banks 2013 67 Table – Distribution of Vietnam banking Infrastructure in 2013 .68 Table - Construction of Measurement scale .27 Page | Table – Source of questionaire collection 30 Table – Demographic Information 31 Table – Reliability test result 34 Table – KMO and Bartlett's Test .36 a Table – Rotated Component Matrix 37 Table 10 – KMO and Bartlett's Test 39 Table 11 – Total Variance Explained 39 a Table 12 – Component Matrix 39 Table 13 – Correlations Matrix 40 b Table 14 – Model Summary .43 a Table 15 – ANOVA 43 a Table 16 – Coefficients 44 Table 17 – Hypotheses results 44 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1– Vietnam GDP per capita (USD) 66 Figure – GNI per capita (USD) .66 Figure – The rate of people (>15 years old) using debit card and credit card in 2011 67 Figure – Research Model 21 Figure – Research Process 23 Figure – Scatterplot 75 Figure – Histogram 76 Page | CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction Customer Loyalty is always an attractive topic in marketing Long-term customers are not only the vital source of profit but also a free channel of advertisement for business Cultivating loyal customers can lead to increased sales and customer share, lower costs, and higher prices (Zeithaml et al., 1996) Reichheld and Sasser (1990) reveal the surprising statistical number that companies can boost their profit more than 85% by reducing customer defection rate by just 5% However, the fact is that most of businesses lose from 15% to 20% of customers each year (Reichheld and Sasser, 1990) This explains for the reason why there are a number of economists as well as marketers all over the world research on customer loyalty In Vietnam, an emerging economy, marketing is still underdeveloped in comparison to the US, European and even some Asian countries (Khuat, 2012) Most of business, therefore, has not put a deep focus on loyalty and its important role to their business performance yet Vietnam has experienced a period of economic crisis for recent years Although the influence from the recession is not too serious as in some strong countries, most of business in Vietnam had to go bankruptcy and a large amount of bank debts could not be collected (The Financeplus, 2009; Le, 2014) Some small banks had to merge to the stronger ones for survival Many bank branches and transaction offices had to be closed or merged to others to cut off cost because of inefficient operation (The Vietinbank Network, 2014) The new trend for Vietnam banking therefore has opened This is retail banking, which aims to individual customers with small value on each transaction but a large amount of deals and customers However, the development of Vietnamese retail banking performance has been still not corresponding with the potential market of over Page | ninety million residents (The VPBS Report, 2014) Many banks, especially state-own ones, still ignore loyal individual customers who have a long time in good relationship with the banks in order to set a new relationship with big enterprises instead (Nguyen, 2014) Indeliberately, banks not create a good conditions for long-term customers to be loyal with them Hence, this study focuses on some determinants influencing on the loyalty of individual customers in Vietnam banks This study could be a reference for banks to be more concerned on retail banking 1.2 Research background Vietnamese retail banking is evaluated as an emerging market that is still full of potential (The VPBS Report, 2014; Keith Pogson, as cited in Thanh Thanh Lan, 2014) but the level of customer loyalty is low These features are demonstrated in the following analyses According to The World Bank Data (2013), Vietnam population was about 90million people at the end of the year 2013 Fifty percent of this number was in the labor force However, only 20% of Vietnam population has banking accounts (The VPBS Report, 2014) The rest 80% creates a potential market for retail banking in Vietnam In addition, the development of Vietnam economy in recent decades leads to a significant increase in the numbers of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita The Figure and reveal that the average income and the standard of living of Vietnamese people rise over the years One of cultural feature of Asian countries is accumulating Therefore, people have a tendency to allocate more budgets into saving items when they earn more money As a result, the demand of using financial service increases This contributes to create a potential market for retail banking in Vietnam However, the number of Vietnamese people using banking service still accounts for a low rate Although there was a significant increase in market penetration rate of Vietnam banking, which was from 6% in 2006 to 21% in 2011; this rate was still modest in comparison to the number 55% held by the Pacific region (The VPBS Report, 2014) The VPBS Report 2014 shows that the rates of over-15-year-old people using debit card and credit card in Vietnam are lower than some developed Asian countries As can be seen from the Figure (Apendix A), Thailand is the country, which has the highest rate of over-15-year-old people using debit card (43%), followed by China (41%), Singapore (29%) and Philippines (23%), while that is only 15% in Vietnam The rate of over-15-year-old people using credit card in Vietnam is just 1%, holding the lowest rank among countries One more reason for the high potentiality of Vietnam retail banking is the unequal distribution in banking system between urban area and rural area The table (see Apendix A) shows clearly that 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4,241 92 Source: The State Bank of Vietnam Report, according to the VPBS Report (2014) Table – Distribution of Vietnam banking Infrastructure in 2013 Distribution and Infrastructure Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi Vietnam Density of branches/transaction offices per Km21.000.630.02 Average number of customers/ transaction office Average number of customers per ATM Average number of customers per POS 3,554 3,211 2,010 2,674 420 450 Source: The State Bank of Vietnam Report, according to the VPBS Report (2014) APPENDIX B Interviewees IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW Initial measurement scale Comments Brand Awareness Final measurement scale 12,418 6,367 1,048 Nguyen Tan Loc, 28 years I know clearly the bank I like The interviewees I know clearly my bank suggested to old, Architect; When talking about Nguyen Thi My banking, I will remember Nuong, 26 years the bank I like old, Logistic I can recognize the bank I Staff like among other banks replace "the bank I like" by "my bank" for clearer designation When talking about banking, I will remember my bank I can recognize my bank among other banks I can distinguish the bank I like from other banks I can distinguish my bank from other banks Characteristics of the bank I like could come to me quickly Characteristics of my bank could come to me quickly Convenience All interviewees This bank has convenient location understood the scale meaning This bank has many ATMs This bank has many ATMs This bank has convenient location This bank has convenient hours This bank has convenient hours Service Personnel Employees understand my specific needs All interviewees Employees understand my understood the specific needs scale meaning Nguyen Hoang Employees are always All interviewees Employees are always willing to Huong Giang, willing to help understood the help me 32 years old, scale meaning Employees tell exactly when Logistic Staff; However, they Employees tell me exactly when a a service can be provided Nguyen Thi My suggested to add service can be provided Nuong, 26 years the objective to Behavior of employees Behavior of employees instills old, Logistic make the instills confidence confidence to me Staff statement clearer Employees give prompt Employees give me prompt service service Customer Satisfaction My choice to avail this bank All interviewees My choice to avail this bank service is a wise one I did the right thing when I chose this bank for its services understood the scale meaning Services of this bank are exactly same what I need service is a wise one I did the right thing when I chose this bank for its services Services of this bank are exactly same what I need Social Influence Pham Phuong Chi, 24 years old, Pharmaceutical Representative I often consult other people to help choose the best alternative available from a product class I frequently gather information from other people about a product before I buy I often observe what others are buying and using All interviewees agreed to appoint definitely banking service insteads of the word "products" to avoid respondents' confuse I often consult other people to help choose the best banking service from various banks I frequently gather information from other people about the banking service I intend to use I often observe what banking service others are using Switching costs Nguyen Hoang To change to another bank Huong Giang, involves investing time in 32 years old, searching for information Logistic Staff about other banks Nguyen Thi My Nuong, 26 years To change to another bank involves much effort in old, Logistic deciding which other bank Staff to use The interviewees To change to another bank suggested to add requires me to invest time in the objective to searching for information about help the other banks respondents To change to another bank perceive the switching cost involves me much effort in deciding which other bank to use clearer To change to another bank All interviewees involves a risk in choosing understood the another bank which might scale meaning turn out not to satisfy me To change to another bank involves a risk in choosing another bank which might turn out not to satisfy me Customer Loyalty I not like to change to All interviewees I not like to change to another Page | 70 another bank because I value the selected bank understood the scale meaning bank because I value the selected bank I am a customer loyal to my bank I am a customer loyal to my bank I would always recommend my bank to someone who seeks my advice I would always recommend my bank to someone who seeks my advice APPENDIX C - QUESTIONNAIRE IN ENGLISH VERSION Dear Sir/Madam, I am Pham Thi Phuong Thao, a student of the Master of Business Program, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City I am doing a research on "Determinants of customer loyalty in Vietnam retail banking" For this purpose, I kindly request you to complete this survey Your points of view is very helpful for us to research and help to improve Vietnam banking service in the future Your personal information will be kept confidentially If you have concerns or questions about this study, please contact me with email address: thaochi_9087@yahoo.com.vn, or phone number 0987088978 I know clearly my bank When talking about banking, I will remember my bank I can recognize my bank among other Agree Strongly agree Neutral Survey questionnaire Disagree No Strongly disagree I Survey: The survey includes pages Please choose one bank that you frequently perform transactions to assess and mark X in the box to show the level of agreement with each survey question Vietinbank Vietcombank BIDV Agribank HSBC ANZ  VIB EAB ACB Eximbank Techcombank Others: ………………… You are currently using the service at this bank: Current accounts Savings accounts  Loans Domestic remittance Overseas remittance Inward remittance from overseas Cards Others:…………………… 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 banks I can distinguish my bank from other banks Characteristics of my bank could come to me quickly This bank has convenient location This bank has many ATMs This bank has convenient hours Employees understand my specific needs Employees are always willing to help me Employees tell me exactly when a service can be provided Behavior of employees instills confidence to me Employees give me prompt service My choice to avail this bank service is a wise one I did the right thing when I chose this bank for its services Services of this bank are exactly same what I need I often consult other people to help choose the best banking service from various banks I frequently gather information from other people about the banking service I intend to use I often observe what banking service others are using To change to another bank requires me to invest time in searching for information about other banks To change to another bank involves me much effort in deciding which other bank to use To change to another bank involves a risk in choosing another bank which might turn out not to satisfy me I not like to change to another bank because I value the selected bank I am a customer loyal to my bank I would always recommend my bank to someone who seeks my advice II General information: Sex: Male Female Carreer: Student Worker Marital status: Married Single Office staff Business Person Age: Your monthly income: 20million VND 18-24 years old 25-45 years old > 60 years old Others 46-60 years old Thank you for your contribution APPENDIX D - QUESTIONNAIRE IN VIETNAMESE VERSION Xin chào Anh/ Chị, Tôi tên Phạm Thị Phương Thảo, học viên cao học chương trình ñào tạo thạc sĩ Kinh Doanh thuộc trường ðại Học Kinh Tế Tp Hồ Chí Minh Tơi thực nghiên cứu “Những nhân tố ảnh hưởng đến lịng trung thành khách hàng ñối với dịch vụ ngân hàng bán lẻ Việt Nam” Rất mong Anh/Chị dành khoảng 10 phút ñể thực bảng khảo sát Tất quan ñiểm anh chị ñều đóng góp hữu ích cho chúng tơi thực nghiên cứu giúp ích cho phát triển chất lượng dịch vụ ngân hàng Việt Nam tương lai Thông tin cá nhân Anh/ Chị giữ bí mật hồn tồn Trong q trình thực phiếu khảo sát này, Anh/Chị có thắc mắc nào, xin vui lịng liên lạc với tơi thơng qua địa email: thaochi_9087@yahoo.com.vn số điện thoại 0987088978 I Khảo sát: Phiếu khảo sát gồm trang Anh/ chị vui lòng chọn ngân hàng mà Anh/Chị thường xuyên giao dịch ñể thực ñánh giá ñánh dấu X vào ô vuông thể mức ñộ ñồng tình với câu khảo sát Vietinbank Vietcombank BIDV Agribank HSBC ANZ  VIB ðông Á ACB Eximbank Techcombank Khác: ………………… Anh/ chị ñang sử dụng dịch vụ ngân hàng này: Tiền gửi toán Tiền gửi tiết kiệm  Tiền vay Chuyển tiền nước Chuyển tiền nước Nhận kiều hối Thẻ Dịch vụ khác:…………………… STT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Câu hỏi khảo sát Tôi biết rõ ngân hàng Khi nói đến ngân hàng, tơi nghĩ đến ngân hàng tơi Tơi dễ dàng nhận ngân hàng ngân hàng khác Tơi có thề dễ dàng phân biệt ngân hàng tơi với ngân hàng khác Tơi nhanh chóng nhớ đặc điểm ngân hàng Ngân hàng có vị trí giao dịch thuận tiện Ngân hàng có nhiều máy ATM Ngân hàng có giao dịch thuận tiện Nhân viên ngân hàng hiển rõ nhu cầu Nhân viên ngân hàng ln sẵn sàng giúp đỡ tơi Nhân viên ngân hàng thơng báo cho tơi xác tơi ñược phục vụ Hành ñộng nhân viên tạo tin tưởng cho Nhân viên phục vụ nhanh chóng Lựa chọn tơi sử dụng dịch vụ ngân hàng sáng suốt Tơi chọn ngân hàng Dịch vụ ngân hàng tơi cần Tơi thường tham khảo ý kiến người khác ñể chọn ñược dịch vụ tốt ngân hàng Tôi thường tập hợp thông tin từ người trước sử dụng dịch vụ ngân hảng Tơi thường quan sát xem người sử dụng dịch vụ ngân hàng Việc chuyển sang ngân hàng khác làm nhiều thời gian tìm kiếm thơng tin ngân hàng Tơi nhiều cơng sức định xem nên chuyển sang ngân hàng khác Khi chuyển sang ngân hàng khác, gặp rủi ro ngân hàng khơng làm tơi hài long Tơi khơng thích chuyển sang ngân hàng khác tơi đánh giá cao ngân hàng tơi chọn Tơi trung thành với ngân hàng Tôi giới thiệu ngân hàng cho cần tư vấn II Thông tin chung: Giới tính: Nam Nữ Nghề nghiệp: Sinh viên Cơng nhân Nhân viên văn phịng Doanh nhân Khác Tình trạng nhân: ðã lập gia đình Chưa lập gia đình ðộ tuổi: 18-24 tuổi 25-45 tuổi 46-60 tuổi Trên 60 tuổi Thu nhập/tháng anh/chị:  20 triệu đồng Xin chân thành cảm ơn đóng góp Anh/Chị APPENDIX E – RESEARCH RESULTS Figure – Scatterplot Figure – Histogram ... hypotheses of this study 2.1 Retail Banking Retail banking is becoming one of new marketing strategies in Vietnamese commercial banks in the recent years Retail banking offers banking service to individuals... of businesses lose from 15% to 20% of customers each year (Reichheld and Sasser, 1990) This study aims to define some determinants of customer loyalty in Vietnam retail banking, including Brand... banking in Vietnam However, almost studies deeply focus on the influence on customer loyalty in Vietnam retail banking of one or two determinants Phan and Ghantous (2013) found the influence of