TY  - JOUR
EP  - 1463
AV  - none
JF  - Advanced Science Letters
VL  - 21
N2  - Nigeria is a country with a large population of Muslims, where Islamic banking is at infancy stage with just one newly introduced Islamic Bank, that is, Jaiz Bank Plc. However, given the current extensive program of financial reforms in Nigeria and the rapid growth of Islamic banking in comparable economics, there is growing pressure for a system of Islamic banking to be developed. There is then a pressing need for research into the prospects of Islamic banking from a customer perspective in Nigeria through creating awareness. The main objective of this study is to assess people of North-western Nigeriansâ?? level of awareness toward Islamic banking that is from the retail customerâ??s perspective. Survey research design was conducted on the retail customersâ?? level of awareness toward Islamic banking in order to achieve this objective. Descriptive statistics, Independent sample t-test and one way ANOVA was used to analyze the data. The findings of this study will be of key importance to future researchers in the field of Islamic banking, financial industry and financial policy formations in Nigeria. © 2015 American Scientific Publishers. All rights reserved.
IS  - 5
SP  - 1460
N1  - cited By 0
Y1  - 2015///
A1  - Usman Dalhatu, D.B.
A1  - Abdullah, A.
A1  - Ibrahim, Y.M.
A1  - Abideen, A.A.
ID  - scholars6242
TI  - Awareness level of north-west zone of Nigeria retail customers towards Islamic banking
SN  - 19366612
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84946041530&doi=10.1166%2fasl.2015.6070&partnerID=40&md5=4a97a87221e148ef43da56524ba7cdc3
PB  - American Scientific Publishers
ER  -