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Digital Transformation Strategies and Customers Satisfaction in Money Deposit Banks in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Happiness Nwanyi Elekwachi PhD, Blessing Onwuanaku PhD

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between digital transformation and customer satisfaction of deposit money banks in in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The population of the study was 90 bank staffs that are in charge of the commercial or retail banking units, corporate and investment banking units, as well as operations and services units in all the branches of these banks. All of the population was adopted as the simple size. The content validity of instrument was achieved using supervisors vetting and approval, while the internal consistency of instrument was achieved using the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient with all the items above 0.60. Data was analysed and result presented using tables, mean and standard deviation. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman Rank Order correlation coefficient. The study found out that there is a significant positive relationship between Digital Transformation Strategies and customer satisfaction in Money Deposit Banks in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It recommends that deposit money banks should take advantage of technological innovations and advancements as they are powerful tools for increasing efficient operations. Deposit money banks should set up virtual queuing system as it is a tool for managing people and operations, making it easier to manage the number of persons in the bank. Organizations should employ contactless/cardless transactions as it makes transactions and customers access to their accounts easier, while still maintaining privacy and Management teams should set up clear digital transformation strategies as it specifies how business transformation and processes are carried out.

Keywords

Digital TransformationCustomer SatisfactionDeposit Money BanksPort Harcourt

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