Credit Risk, Capital Adequacy and Bank’s Performance: An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan 27

Credit Risk, Capital Adequacy and

Bank’s Performance: An Empirical
Evidence from Pakistan
Maryam Mushtaq*, Aisha Ismail**, Rahila Hanif***
Banks need to have adequate capital as a cushion to
Abstract
absorb losses caused by different risk and to increase
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cater such risk, banks have to maintain certain percentage of adequacy not only improves the performance of banks but
capital as cushion with central bank as per BASEL requirements. also used as credit risk mitigation technique (Ogboi and
Efficient credit risk management contributes positively towards
banking profitability. This study aims to investigate; how credit
risk and capital adequacy affects the performance of commercial
banks in Pakistan. This study identifies the exposure of Pakistani
commercial banks towards credit risk and impact of credit risk
management practices for 6 years. The findings of this study
help the risk managers to ensure prudent credit risk management
practices that will help in reducing non-performing loans and
improving banking performance.
Keywords: Credit Risk, Credit Risk Management, Capital
Adequacy, Non-performing Loans
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