A Study On Customer Satisfaction Towards The Services of Canara Bank With Special Reference To Tirupur City
A Study On Customer Satisfaction Towards The Services of Canara Bank With Special Reference To Tirupur City
A Study On Customer Satisfaction Towards The Services of Canara Bank With Special Reference To Tirupur City
4 | December’2018
Abstract: This study focuses on the performance and customer satisfaction in banking sector
with special reference to Canara Bank Tirupur city. Data were collected from the customers
of Canara Bank with a sample size numbering 530. A well-structured questionnaire was
employed to collect data from the respondents. Tools such as percentage analysis, chi square
test and garrett ranking tests were used to analyse the data. The analysis revealed certain
interesting results regarding the customer experiences with respect to the bank’ facilities.
INTRODUCTION
The bank system is facing challenges with stiff competition and advancement of technology.
It becomes imperative for service providers to meet or exceed the target customers’
satisfaction with quality of services expected by them. Hence, the present research attempted
to study customer’s satisfaction and awareness of Technology usage of services, customer
expectation features from the perception of quality of services. An efficient financial sector
is an engine for economic growth. In present day competitive world, banks have been
permitted to undertake new activities such as investment banking, securities trading,
insurance business, net – banking etc.
2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A relevant research design was planned so as to proceed in the right direction. Specific to the
statement of the problem at hand, the data source and objective of the study, data analysis and
interpretation were formulated in order to carry out the research. The details are given below.
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Primary data was collected by the researcher from the field personally for the purpose of the research
work. It was carried out mainly through the use of questionnaire and interviews to obtain original
data for the purpose of answering the research questions or problems from the respondents.
The sampling unit of the study are the customers of Canara Bank branches in Tirupur City.
Secondary data was used to ensure completeness of the research work. It involved the consultation
and use of articles, Journals, Journals of management, Canara Bank Annual reports and website and
consolidated balance sheet.
2.1.5.1 Questionnaire: A Questionnaire was drafted according to the need of the study. It was
improved so as to bring in the relevant information.
2.1.5.2 Interview: The researcher used a schedule to collect opinion from the respondents regarding
satisfaction level. These schedule structure set of open ended and closed ended questionnaires. The
interview schedule was prepared after brainstorming, and consultation with experts in the field. After
a thorough study, the questionnaire was finalized so that it is relevant and apt.
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5. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
With the object of understanding the topic of study, the following articles and journals were
reviewed.
Nerkar(2015)2 in his article entitled “Banking Industry in India: Innovations and Challenges”
has reported about the challenges and opportunities for the Indian Banking Industry along with
the innovative way of banking since the inception of the banking industry. The banking sector
in India has seen a number of changes. Most of the banks have begun to take an innovative
approach towards banking with the objective of creating more value for customers in the banks.
Hariharan and Reeshma (2015)3 in their study entitled “Challenges of Core Banking
Systems” have reported that Under core banking, one is not a customer of a branch but is
considered as customer of the bank. All the commercial banks have interconnectivity through a
common operating system.
Ali (2015)4 his study entitled “Perception on Customer Satisfaction Regarding Innovative
Services among Selected Banks in Madurai City Towards CRM” has reported that customer
satisfaction is the sum total of customer expression of the service quality. Banks should know
the perception of customers on innovative service to enable for improvement of quality of
services.
Ganesamurthy (2015)5 in his study entitled “Innovative Services in Banks through Customer
Relationship Management” has reported that, a purpose of marketing strategy is to develop a
competitive advantage; it provides customers with superior value compared with competitive
offerings.
Nejad et al (2014)6 in their study entitled “Service Quality, Relationship Quality and Customer
Loyalty (Case Study: Banking Industry in Iran)”have reported that, Customer loyalty has two
meanings: long-term and short-term loyalty. Customers with long-term loyalty do not easily
switch to other service providers, while customers with short-term loyalty defect more easily
when offered a perceived better alternative.
Analysis of the data has given some very interesting results as shown below.
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The above table clearly shows that percentage of the respondents belong to categories such as
age group, Gender, Education, Marital Status, Profession Status, Family type ,Family size,
Number of Dependents, Number of earning member in the family, Monthly income of the
Respondents in this factor satisfaction respondent response highest in 84.6 percentage gender
wise distribution and in this satisfaction lowest in monthly income of the respondents.
Table - 2
SIMPLE PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS FOR AWARENESS LEVEL OF THE
RESPONDENTS
Sl. Awareness level of the Group Perc
No Respondents enta
ge
1 Bank Caters Aware 90.6
2 Account Marinating Details 1-5years 51.4
3 Card Details Debit Card 57.2
4 Card Usage Level Below 5 59.2
5 Customer Card Usage level VISA 75.4
6 Type of Credit Card Usage VISA 39
7 Advance Banking Technology Public Sector 88.8
Service
8 Banking Service Value Quality of Service 54.2
9 Type of Account Saving A/c 55.8
10 Types of saving Account Details SB Power Plus 24.2
of the respondent
11 Technology in Banking Less time in Transaction 63.2
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From the above table, it can be seen that pleasant musical background ranked first with a score
of 1873 points followed by, clear instruction has been ranked second with a score of 1854
points followed by, voice directions/ on line directions for new users and reasonable number of
voice prompts third with a score of 1805 and due in provide additional options fourth with a
score of 1816 points rank with a score of 1816 respectively.
From the above table, it can be seen that SMS alerts about specific information to the bank
service/ new product was ranked first with a score of 2129 points followed by, prepaid mobile
recharge was ranked second with a score of 1988 points followed by, transaction status at the
third rank with a score of 1968 and rewards points status at fourth rank with a score of 1968
points and expensive services at fifth rank with a garret’s score of 1942 respectively.
Weighted
Final
Features 1 2 3 Average
rank
of ranks
Wealth Management Products 109 161 230 2.24 3
Insurance products 191 203 106 1.83 1
Personal life benefits 201 175 124 1.85 2
Source: Primary data
In order to know the respondents reasons for preferring the Customer Expectation
features in banking sector, weighted average ranking was applied. It is inferred that above table
that, the respondent’s main reason for preferring the Insurance products achieved first rank,
Personal life benefits second rank and Wealth Management product get achieved in third
rank.
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7. Tangibility:
Tangibility offers sense of contact on touch with the various aspects of the bank
especially the modern technique logical developments, such as sophisticated devices.
13. Materials associated with the banks office (Pamphlets, brochures) are visually appealing
at the banks office .Among the 530 respondents, 56 respondents Highly Agree that quality has
Location of the Bank,358 respondents agree and 85 remaining none of the respondents fell
under the category of neutral, the weighted mean score (3.93) and give the rank 4 to the most
of the quality service on Materials associated with the bank office
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15. Guide signs indicating as to which counters are offering which services
Among the 530 respondents,49 respondents Highly Agree that quality has Location of the
Bank,352 respondents agree and 93 remaining none of the respondents fell under the category
of neutral, the weighted mean score (3.89) and give the rank 5 to the most of the quality
service on the guide signs indicating as to which counters are offeringbankoffice.
The above table shows the communication Problem response faced by the respondents. It can
be seen that not giving fast response was chosen as the first ranking problem with a score of
3.00, not providing information was chosen as second ranking problem with score of
3.65,Internet banking can be tampered with by other was chosen as third ranking problem
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with score of 3.82, Too many steps in processing transaction was chosen as fourth ranking
problem with score of 4.57, Leaving the operation unfinished was chosen as fifth ranking
problem with score of 4.02, Too many steps in processing transaction was chosen as sixth
ranking problem with score of 4.57 and Waiting for long time for conducting of transaction
was chosen as sixth ranking problem with a garret’s rank test score of 40.33.
The above table shows the Tele phone banking problems faced by the respondents. It can be
seen that Lack of prompt service was chosen as the first ranking problem with a score of
2.28, Lack knowledge of customer service representative was chosen as second ranking
problem with score of 2.48, Lack of clear guidelines was chosen as third ranking problem
with score of 2.60 and Absence immediate connection to the service was chosen as sixth
ranking problem with a garret’s Rank test score of 2.64.
The above table shows the Mobile Banking Problems faced by the respondents. It can be seen
that Lack of appropriate software was chosen as the first ranking problem with a score of
1.71, Login/Sign off are not easy was chosen as second ranking problem with score of 1.97,
Lack of security in transaction was chosen as third ranking problem with a garret’s Rank test
score of 2.32.
Table No .4 Net Banking
Net Banking Mean Ranking
1 PKD(digital signature) Guidelines 3.88 II
2 Application Forms 3.34 I
3 Online PPF A/c opening 4.42 V
4 Bill payment 4.32 IV
5 Online Tax Payment 4.03 III
6 Online Trading 4.78 VI
7 About e-mail frauds 6.02 VIII
8 Fraud reporting 5.20 VII
Source: Primary data
The above table shows Net Banking Problem response faced by the respondents. It can be
seen that Application forms was chosen as the first ranking problem with a score of 3.34,
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PKD( digital signature) Guidelines was chosen as second ranking problem with score of 3.88,
Online Tax Payment was chosen as third ranking problem with score of 4.03,Bill payment
was chosen as fourth ranking problem with score of 4.32, Online Tax Payment was chosen
as fifth ranking problems with score of 4.42, Online Trading was chosen as sixth ranking
problem with score of 4.78, Fraud reporting was chosen as the seventh ranking problems with
score 5.20 About e-mail fraud was chosen as sixth ranking problem with a garret’s rank test
score of 6.02.
The study found that 37.2 percent of respondents maintain having awareness about the
minimum charges for account maintain remaining 62.8 percent of respondent says that does
not maintain the minimum charges for account maintaining.
Table No.6 Time taken for delivery of the services
Sl.No 1 % 2 % 3 %
1 Opening 449 89.8 228 45.6 70 14
saving A/c
2 Opening 51 10.2 257 51.4 313 62.6
current A/c
3 Availing - - 15 3 117 23.4
Cheque book
Total 500 100 500 100 500 100
Source: Primary data
6.1 Opening Saving Account: The study found that 89.8 percent of respondent time taken
for less than 3 days, 10.2 percent of respondent time taken for 3-6 days, time taken for
delivery of the services.
6.2 Opening Current Account: The study found that 45.6 percent of respondent time taken
for less than 3 days, 51.4 percent of respondent time taken for 3-6 days, remaining the 3
percent of respondent to the time taken for delivery of the services.
6.3 Availing Cheque Book : The study found that 14 percent of respondent time taken for 3-
6 days, 62.6 percent of respondent time taken for 3-6 days remaining the 23.4 percent of
respondent to the time taken for delivery 7-14 days of the services.
Table No. 7 Consideration and priorities for opening an account in the bank
Consideration Mean Rank
score
Speedy service / fewer 2.37 II
formalities
Good product range 1.63 I
Trust of bank 2.67 III
Friends references 3.33 IV
Source: Primary data
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7.1 Speedy Service/ fewer formalities: Among the 500 respondents the weighted mean
score (2.37) showed that most of the quality service and give rank II.
7.2 Good product range: Among the 500 respondents the weighted mean score (1.63)
showed that most of the quality service and give rank I.
7.3 Trust of Bank: Among the 500 respondents the weighted mean score (2.67) showed that
most of the quality service and give rank III.
7.4 Friend’s references: Among the 500 respondents the weighted mean score (3.33)
showed that most of the quality service and give rank IV.
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18. FINDINGS
The age wise distribution of the respondents shows that the majority of the
respondents fall in the 31-40 years with 48.2 percent followed by 26-30 years with
18.2 percent.
Among the total of 500 respondents of customer were 78.4 percent were married, 17
percent were unmarried, 1.6 percent were widowed, and 3 percent were customer
were divorced.
The study finding shows that 84.6 percent of the customer male and 15.5 percent of
customer are female.
The study finding shows that 41 percent of the customer was completed in Degree,
24.8 percent of the customer were completed their High school, 14.4 percent Master
Degree, 12.4 percent Intermediate, 6.6 percent of the customer 0.8 respectively.
The study shows 43.4 percent of respondent were Private Employee, 28.4 percent of
respondent were doing business, 15.4 percent self employee, 11.6 percent were
government employee, 0.6 were student and house wife respectively.
The study finding shows that Family type in 64 percent Nuclear family and 36 percent
of respondents were Joint family.
In this finding were family size of the percentage of respondents 40.6 percent family
size 3 followed by, 26.2 percent family size in 5 above members , 21 percent of
family size in 4, 11.2 percent of family size 2 respondents, 1 percent of respondents
having 1 member in their family.
The study finding shows that the number of dependents were in 47.2 percentage
respondents have 2 dependents and average 28.2 percentage were calculated on 3
dependents in their family.
The Study finding shows that 43.2 percentage 2 number of members earning their
family remaining 43 percentage 1 number of member earning their family remaining
average in the earning the member in family.
The study finding shows that 30.8 percent of the respondents earn maximum o f
25000-30000 monthly income and 15.8 percent earn below 10000 thousand monthly
income.
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There is a significant association between gender of the respondents and the level of
satisfaction perceived by them in terms of the banking services offered by the Canara
Bank.
The test revealed that there is a significant association between the gender and the use
of advanced banking technology.
The findings point out that there is a significant association between gender of the
respondents and their opinion regarding the attributes of the bank.
It can be seen that there is no significant association between the gender and the
knowledge level of the respondents with reference to using bank cards.
The study showed that there is a significant association between gender of the
respondent and the type of saving account used by the respondent.
It can be seen that there is a significant association between the gender and the type of
loan that are availed by the respondents.
The findings reveal that there is no significant association between the age of the
respondents and their opinion regarding the advanced technology offers by the bank.
The chi square test regarding the age and factors that promote the usage of new
technology and it can be seen that there is a significant association between the age
and the factors that promote the usage of new technology.
The study shows that there is a significant association between the age and their
knowledge to use their services.
There study revealed that there is a significant association between the marital status
and the usage of new technology by the respondents.
The study shows that there is a significant association between the marital status and
the perception on the banking services.
The tests show that there is a significant association between the profession and their
use of advanced technology by the respondents.
The study showed that there is no significant association between the profession and
the knowledge to use advanced technology.
The study shows that there is no significant association between the family type and
knowledge to use advanced technology.
The study shows that there is no significant association between the number of
dependents and the usage of advanced technology.
The study shows that there is no significant association between the monthly income
and the usage of new technology.
The study revealed that there is no significant association between the monthly
income and the knowledge of advanced technology in banking services.
19. SUGGESTIONS
After studying the impact the canara bank has on the customer satisfaction, it has been
suggested that proper understanding of the customer and proper identification of their needs
and want must be concentrate on,
The customers have to be made aware of the new developments and advances that are
taking place in the banking sector. The online transactions enter straightaway into the
records revealing the identity of customer. Once these safety measures are taken care
of, then the whole concept becomes very discrete and confidential.
The customers of the bank should be taken into confidence by issuing the loans in
time so that the customer service can be improved.
The problems that are faced by the customers have to be solved weaknesses be
converted into strengths.
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Special training can be arranged for the managers on current developments and the
new ways to carry out customer service.
The bank should consider extending Internet Banking to more branches and enable
more transactions at ATMs and also to open more ATMs for the benefits of the
customers and this will bring in more new accounts.
Increasing manpower would be a very important addition in order to serve the
customers better.
Implementing new methods of transactions would be very beneficial for the
customers and speedy operations would be a better prospect for the growth of the
bank.
Appointing more numbers of youngsters at counters would be a wise decision in
order to give better service.
Recruiting more marketing managers, to create awareness about the services on offer
and find the new difficulties that are faced by the customers.
Information from new customers can be taken in the form of feedback and use it to
improve its services.
20. CONCLUSION
In view of the findings of this study, it is concluded that banking performance and customer
satisfaction in Tirupur has to create any significant impact on service delivery, which will
consequently lead to improved customer satisfaction. Based on the findings of this research,
it is recommended that:
Much needs to be done in the area of creating awareness about the availability of
electronic banking products and services, how they operate and their benefits. Banks
should organize public exhibitions and talk shows and make products accessible to all
customers. In addition, they should improve their service delivery to justify the
benefits of electronic banking products and services. This way, customers’ interest
would be aroused.
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