A Conceptual Framework of Navigating Digital Banking: How Gender Impacts Adoption Intentions in Klang Valley
Abstract
Malaysian banking users have encountered negative experiences while adopting traditional bank services. Several customers and businesses face limited access to traditional banking products and services due to factors such as low or irregular income, bad credit, or a lack of conveniently located banks. The acceptability of digital banking products and services in Malaysia is currently unknown and inadequate due to the general lack of familiarity among Malaysians with the notion of digital banking. Conventional methods of analyzing consumer behavior, which primarily consider historical data and current resources, will not result in the achievement of branchless banking in the future. This paper presents a framework that examines how various factors such as performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating condition, hedonic motivation, price value, and habit may influence behavioral intention. Additionally, the framework considers gender as a moderator variable. The results of this study are anticipated to expand the existing body of knowledge on behavioral intention and bring advantages to marketers and digital banking providers.
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