The most accessible gadget is the mobile phone. Researchers have defined mobile banking as a system that allows users to access financial services via their phones including making payments, viewing account summaries and conducting financial transactions. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate factors influencing the adoption mobile banking among banks` customers in Tullu Bollo Town, Ethiopia. The totals of 404 clients were required for this study. The study participants were chosen from all Banks using the convenient sampling technique. Data was entered into the Epi-data manager version 4.62 software application and exported to Statistical Package for Social Science version 25. Both descriptive analysis (such as frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation) and inferential analysis was done. The result of this study was presented using text, tables, and charts. A data for this study were collected from 404 study participants, and 391 banks customers were the interviewed and gave the response rate of 96.78%. This study was clearly indicated perceived usefulness, perceived trust and services qualities were significantly associated with mobile banking adoption. Managers and banks workers work hard on giving advice and information on usefulness trust, and services qualities of mobile banking to enhance mobile banking adoption.
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DOI | 10.11648/j.jim.20251403.15 |
Page(s) | 102-115 |
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Factors Affecting, Mobile Banking Adoption, Banks` Users and Tullu Bollo Town
Variables | Variables Categories | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 330 | 84.4 |
Female | 61 | 15.6 | |
Residency | Urban | 148 | 37.9 |
Rural | 243 | 62.1 | |
Marital status | Unmarried | 58 | 14.8 |
Married | 333 | 85.2 | |
Educational status | No formal education | 79 | 20.2 |
Primary education | 132 | 33.8 | |
Secondary education | 119 | 30.4 | |
Diploma and above | 61 | 15.6 | |
Occupational status | Farmer | 112 | 28.6 |
Merchant | 99 | 25.3 | |
Government employee | 101 | 25.8 | |
Self-employee | 68 | 17.4 | |
Others | 11 | 2.8 |
Variables | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | Mean | SD | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
I have been using the cell phone banking for a long time and I have good knowledge in mobile banking | 26 | 6.6 | 80 | 20.5 | 45 | 11.5 | 103 | 26.3 | 137 | 35 | 4 | 1.32 |
Variables | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | Mean | SD | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Mobile banking helps to make transactions | 27 | 6.9 | 36 | 9.2 | 12 | 3.1 | 190 | 48.6 | 126 | 32.2 | 3.9 | 1.16 |
Mobile banking allows one to make payments | 23 | 5.9 | 73 | 18.7 | 30 | 7.7 | 110 | 28.1 | 155 | 39.6 | 3.77 | 1.3 |
Mobile banking allows one to make withdrawals and deposits | 13 | 3.3 | 44 | 11.3 | 28 | 7.2 | 142 | 36.3 | 164 | 41.9 | 4.02 | 1.12 |
Mobile banking is convenient to users | 22 | 5.6 | 78 | 19.9 | 44 | 11.3 | 104 | 26.6 | 143 | 36.6 | 3.69 | 1.3 |
Mobile banking allows for bank to bank transfer | 28 | 7.2 | 60 | 15.3 | 31 | 7.9 | 129 | 33.0 | 143 | 36.6 | 3.76 | 1.29 |
Mobile banking allows customers to check bank balances | 16 | 4.1 | 44 | 11.3 | 34 | 8.7 | 128 | 32.7 | 169 | 43.2 | 4.00 | 1.16 |
Mobile banking minimizes visit to branches | 20 | 5.1 | 44 | 11.3 | 37 | 9.5 | 126 | 32.2 | 164 | 41.9 | 3.95 | 1.2 |
Mobile banking is easily accessible | 18 | 4.6 | 44 | 11.3 | 31 | 7.9 | 137 | 35.0 | 161 | 41.2 | 3.97 | 1.17 |
Variables | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | Mean | SD | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Customers can lose money through mobile banking | 33 | 8.4 | 26 | 6.6 | 24 | 6.1 | 153 | 39.1 | 155 | 39.6 | 3.95 | 1.22 |
Mobile banking is less costly | 30 | 7.7 | 37 | 9.5 | 15 | 3.8 | 156 | 39.9 | 153 | 39.1 | 3.93 | 1.22 |
Mobile banking provides sufficient security | 27 | 6.9 | 50 | 12.8 | 21 | 5.4 | 125 | 32.0 | 168 | 43.0 | 3.91 | 1.27 |
Mobile banking have sufficient security | 44 | 11.3 | 58 | 14.8 | 35 | 9.0 | 103 | 26.3 | 151 | 38.6 | 3.66 | 1.41 |
There are major security issues with mobile banking | 37 | 9.5 | 51 | 13.0 | 37 | 9.5 | 112 | 28.6 | 154 | 39.4 | 3.75 | 1.34 |
Customers can lose money through mobile banking | 14 | 3.6 | 46 | 11.8 | 36 | 9.2 | 117 | 29.9 | 178 | 45.5 | 4.02 | 1.16 |
There are several cases of privacy violation in mobile banking | 48 | 12.3 | 71 | 18.2 | 47 | 12.0 | 98 | 25.1 | 127 | 32.5 | 3.47 | 1.42 |
Mobile banking meets customers’ expectations | 48 | 12.3 | 29 | 7.4 | 16 | 4.1 | 152 | 38.9 | 146 | 37.3 | 3.82 | 1.34 |
Mobile banking has major breakdowns | 52 | 13.3 | 30 | 7.7 | 16 | 4.1 | 136 | 34.8 | 157 | 40.2 | 3.81 | 1.38 |
Variables | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | Mean | SD | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Using mobile banking, I believe my transactions are secured | 32 | 8.2 | 58 | 14.8 | 13 | 3.3 | 106 | 27.1 | 182 | 46.5 | 3.89 | 1.35 |
Using cell phone banking, I believe my privacy was kept secured; | 44 | 11.3 | 63 | 16.1 | 38 | 9.7 | 99 | 25.3 | 147 | 37.6 | 3.62 | 1.41 |
Using cell phone banking, I believe my information was kept confidential | 52 | 13.3 | 51 | 13.0 | 39 | 10.0 | 107 | 27.4 | 142 | 36.3 | 3.60 | 1.43 |
Variables | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | Mean | SD | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
My cell phone service has visually appealing such as graphic, appropriate colors and fonts, and good page layout In my cell phone banking menu | 16 | 4.1 | 31 | 7.9 | 33 | 8.4 | 120 | 30.7 | 191 | 48.8 | 4.12 | 1.12 |
My cell phone banking service was always available without network and system frailer | 34 | 8.7 | 42 | 10.7 | 23 | 5.9 | 155 | 39.6 | 137 | 35.0 | 3.82 | 1.26 |
Variables | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | Mean | SD | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
My cell phone banking menu was very easy to navigate | 31 | 7.9 | 39 | 10.0 | 32 | 8.2 | 134 | 34.3 | 155 | 39.6 | 3.88 | 1.26 |
My cell phone banking menu was very easy to understand | 36 | 9.2 | 39 | 10.0 | 8 | 2.0 | 102 | 26.1 | 206 | 52.7 | 4.03 | 1.33 |
It is easy to make a payment by cell phone | 37 | 9.5 | 34 | 8.7 | 15 | 3.8 | 106 | 27.1 | 199 | 50.9 | 4.01 | 1.32 |
It is easy to make transfer money | 27 | 6.9 | 42 | 10.7 | 21 | 5.4 | 129 | 33.0 | 172 | 44.0 | 3.96 | 1.24 |
It is easy to make a balance inquiry by cell phone banking | 42 | 10.7 | 95 | 24.3 | 54 | 13.8 | 96 | 24.6 | 104 | 26.6 | 3.32 | 1.37 |
My cell phone banking menu was very easy to navigate while activate | 68 | 17.4 | 94 | 24.0 | 46 | 11.8 | 81 | 20.7 | 102 | 26.1 | 3.14 | 1.47 |
Variable | Cronbach’s Alpha | N of Items |
---|---|---|
Perceived usefulness | 0.863 | 8 |
Perceived risk | 0.842 | 9 |
Perceived trust | 0.714 | 3 |
Perceived service quality | 0.578 | 2 |
Perceived ease to use | 0.671 | 6 |
External factors | 0.514 | 4 |
Overall Reliability | 0.916 | 32 |
Variable | Unstandardized Coefficients B | Std. Error | Standardized Coefficients B | % Confidence Interval for B | Collinearity Statistics | Durbin Watson | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||||||
(Constant) | -0.453 | 0.435 | -1.308 | 0.401 | 1.71 | VIF | 1.71 | |
Perceived usefulness | 0.093 | 0.009 | .483 | 0.074 | 0.111 | 0.658 | 1.521 | |
Perceived risk | 0.006 | 0.007 | .034 | -0.008 | 0.019 | 0.934 | 1.071 | |
Perceived trust | 0.045 | 0.018 | .116 | 0.009 | 0.081 | 0.700 | 1.429 | |
Perceived service quality | 0.079 | 0.033 | .119 | 0.014 | 0.143 | 0.644 | 1.553 | |
Perceived ease to use | 0.006 | 0.010 | .023 | -0.014 | 0.025 | 0.990 | 1.010 |
Pearson Correlations | Perceived usefulness | Perceived risk | Perceived trust | Perceived service quality | Perceived ease to use | Adoption of mobile banking |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perceived usefulness | 1 | |||||
Perceived risk | -0.151** | 1 | ||||
Perceived trust | 0.293** | 0.109* | 1 | |||
Perceived service quality | 0.359* | 0.121* | 0.386* | 1 | ||
Perceived ease to use | 0.019* | 0.043* | 0.058* | 0.051* | 1 | |
Adoption of mobile banking | 0.753* | 0.120* | 0.395* | 0.431 | 0.107* | 1 |
Model | R | R Square | Adjusted R Square | Std. Error of the Estimate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.763a | 0.582 | 0.575 | 0.862 |
ANOVAa | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model | Sum of Squares | Df | Mean Square | F | Sig. | |
1 | Regression | 396.297 | 6 | 66.049 | 88.935 | 0.000b |
Residual | 285.187 | 384 | 0.743 | |||
Total | 681.483 | 390 |
Variable | Unstandardized Coefficients B | Std. Error | Standardized Coefficients B | t | Sig. | 95.0% Confidence Interval for B |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Constant) | -0.453 | 0.435 | -1.043 | 0.298 | -1.308-0.401 | |
Perceived usefulness | 0.093 | 0.009 | .483 | 9.865 | 0.000 | 0.074-0.111 |
Perceived risk | 0.006 | 0.007 | .034 | .832 | 0.406 | -0.008-0.019 |
Perceived trust | 0.045 | 0.018 | .116 | 2.438 | 0.015 | 0.009-0.081 |
Perceived service quality | 0.079 | 0.033 | .119 | 2.401 | 0.017 | 0.014-0.143 |
Perceived ease to use | 0.006 | 0.010 | .023 | 0.580 | 0.562 | -0.014-0.025 |
Hypothesis | Findings |
---|---|
Hypothesis one: - Perceived usefulness of the system has positive significant effect on cell phone banking adoption. | B=0.093 P< 0.05=Accepted |
Hypothesis two:- Perceived risk of the system has positive significant effect on cell phone banking adoption | B=0.006 P> 0.05=not accepted |
Hypothesis three:- Perceived trust of the system has positive significant effect on cell phone banking adoption | B=0.045 P< 0.05=Accepted |
Hypothesis four:- Perceived services quality of the system has positive significant effect on cell phone banking adoption | B=0.079 P< 0.05=Accepted |
Hypothesis five:- Perceived ease to use of the system has positive significant effect on cell phone banking adoption | B=0.006 P> 0.05=not accepted |
ATM | Automated Teller Machine |
CBE | Commercial Bank of Ethiopia |
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Chuko, B. M., Melaku, S., Takele, G., Mogos, E. (2025). Assessments of Factors Affecting Mobile Banking Adoption Among Bank Users in Tullu Bollo Town, Ethiopia, 2023. Journal of Investment and Management, 14(3), 102-115. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jim.20251403.15
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Chuko, B. M.; Melaku, S.; Takele, G.; Mogos, E. Assessments of Factors Affecting Mobile Banking Adoption Among Bank Users in Tullu Bollo Town, Ethiopia, 2023. J. Invest. Manag. 2025, 14(3), 102-115. doi: 10.11648/j.jim.20251403.15
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