Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of customer service quality on consumer satisfaction, a case of the NIC bank limited.Methodology: The descriptive survey research design was preferred for the study. The population of the study was over 10,000 credit card holders in NIC Bank. Snow balling sampling technique was appropriate for this study because credit card customers were not keen on cooperating because of the sensitivity of information gathered and only cooperated on referral from friends. Fishers’ formula was used for calculating the sample size of an infinite population which amounted to 384 but for the purpose of improving the response rate, the study added 16 more respondents to total up to 400. The study used primary data. The study used a questionnaire as the preferred data collection tool. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) for production of descriptive statistics. The results were presented using tables and pie charts to give a clear picture of the research findings.Results: Based on the findings, the study conclded that organizations must offer their customers quality service. It was also possible to conclude that customer service was the base for business expansion because of the stiff competition prevalent in the banking industry. Results also led to conclusion that the survival of banking business is dependent on customer service. Results also led to conclusion that the customers give firms the chance to correct a service failure.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Based on the findings, the study recommends that banks should emphasize that the credit customer service operatives are honest. In addition the study recommends that the banks should give customers a chance to suggest on noted service failure.
Highlights
1.1 Background of the StudyThe use of credit cards rather than cash at point of sale (POS) has increased considerably in recent years
It was possible to conclude that customer service was the base for business expansion because of the stiff competition prevalent in the banking industry
Results led to conclusion that the survival of banking business is dependent on customer service
Summary
1.1 Background of the StudyThe use of credit cards rather than cash at point of sale (POS) has increased considerably in recent years. The array of plastic cards in consumers’ purses is further evidence of a culture of credit that is expected to turn the world into cashless societies in the not too distant future (Worthington, 1995). At present the UK and the USA seem to be the most sophisticated credit card markets in the world (Durkin, 2002). Ever-present in society, credit cards have become a fact of life for most consumers and area part of the consumer culture. As of 2011, seventy-seven percent of US adults owned at least one credit card, with a total of 1.4 billion cards in circulation. The average cardholder owned 7.7 cards and uses a credit card 119 times a year charging an average of $88 per transaction or $10,500 annually (FICO, 2012). By the end of 2011, with the unfolding of America’s economic crisis, the average household credit card debt reached $16,420 (Federal Reserve G.19 March, 2012)
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