The moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking

The purpose of this research is to investigate whether a consumer?s perception of risk in transacting on the internet (Perceived Risk) would have an influence on their trust of a bank?s e-banking website (Specific Trust) and their willingness to use e-banking. The results showed that Perceived Risk...

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Main Authors: Wong, David, Loh, Hwee Kuen Claire, Yap, Kenneth, Bak, Randall
Format: Working Paper
Published: School of Marketing, Curtin Business School 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17834
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Loh, Hwee Kuen Claire
Yap, Kenneth
Bak, Randall
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Yap, Kenneth
Bak, Randall
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description The purpose of this research is to investigate whether a consumer?s perception of risk in transacting on the internet (Perceived Risk) would have an influence on their trust of a bank?s e-banking website (Specific Trust) and their willingness to use e-banking. The results showed that Perceived Risk has a direct influence on a consumer?s willingness to use e-banking and Specific Trust has a positive moderating influence on the relationship between Perceived Risk and a consumer?s willingness to use e-banking. Consumers who have low perceived risk of transacting on the internet are generally more willing to use e-banking. Their willingness to use e-banking was also shown to be more pronounced in cases where the consumer also trust their bank?s e-banking website. These findings are of particular relevance to banks. It highlights that a consumer?s willingness to use e-banking primarily depends on their perception of risk in transacting on the internet; trust of the specific e-banking website was secondary. This suggests the need for banks to not only employ mechanisms to build trust for their specific e-banking website, but that banks should first take measures to educate their customers and manage general consumer perceptions of the risks of transacting on the internet.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-178342017-05-30T08:13:21Z The moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking Wong, David Loh, Hwee Kuen Claire Yap, Kenneth Bak, Randall Trust E-banking Adoption Perceived Risk Internet The purpose of this research is to investigate whether a consumer?s perception of risk in transacting on the internet (Perceived Risk) would have an influence on their trust of a bank?s e-banking website (Specific Trust) and their willingness to use e-banking. The results showed that Perceived Risk has a direct influence on a consumer?s willingness to use e-banking and Specific Trust has a positive moderating influence on the relationship between Perceived Risk and a consumer?s willingness to use e-banking. Consumers who have low perceived risk of transacting on the internet are generally more willing to use e-banking. Their willingness to use e-banking was also shown to be more pronounced in cases where the consumer also trust their bank?s e-banking website. These findings are of particular relevance to banks. It highlights that a consumer?s willingness to use e-banking primarily depends on their perception of risk in transacting on the internet; trust of the specific e-banking website was secondary. This suggests the need for banks to not only employ mechanisms to build trust for their specific e-banking website, but that banks should first take measures to educate their customers and manage general consumer perceptions of the risks of transacting on the internet. 2009 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17834 School of Marketing, Curtin Business School fulltext
spellingShingle Trust
E-banking Adoption
Perceived Risk
Internet
Wong, David
Loh, Hwee Kuen Claire
Yap, Kenneth
Bak, Randall
The moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking
title The moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking
title_full The moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking
title_fullStr The moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking
title_full_unstemmed The moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking
title_short The moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking
title_sort moderating role of perceived risk on trust in e-banking
topic Trust
E-banking Adoption
Perceived Risk
Internet
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17834