Sri Wahyuni

This study aims to compare the credit risk and profitability of banks in Indonesia. For this, the descriptive-quantitative method is used. The sample collection is based on the purposive sampling method. The study involved 71 Indonesian banks listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange and Financial Services Authority, both conventional and Sharia. The research data are secondary data that include published results of quarterly financial reports of both conventional and sharia banks obtained from the website of the Financial Services Authority or the official websites of banks. The profitability of banks in making profit is measured by the Return on Assets ratio. The method of analysis used is the paired sample t-test. The results show significant differences in nonperforming loans (NPL) before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in conventional banking. However, there is no significant difference in Sharia banking. Moreover, there is no significant difference in profitability before and after the new normal implementation. This study provides empirical evidence that Indonesia’s banking restructuring policies to anticipate the impact of COVID-19 did not work optimally. The study is expected to help bank managers and the Financial Services Authority as a basis for evaluating the implementation of government policies to restructure the banking system.

This study delves into the influence of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Fintech lending on bank performance in Indonesia, with a specific focus on its effects on Islamic banks both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a fixed-effects model, unbalanced panel data from 121 banks, including 16 Islamic banks, were analyzed. The findings unveil a significant and positive impact of growth loan disbursement to borrowers from P2P lending on bank performance, particularly in terms of return on assets. Additionally, Islamic Banks exhibit a significant and favorable effect on overall bank performance. Conversely, the joint interaction between P2P lending and Islamic Banks demonstrates a negative and significant influence on Islamic bank performance, suggesting that while P2P lending may benefit conventional banks, it adversely affects Islamic banks. Furthermore, this negative impact is exacerbated during the COVID-19 period. These outcomes underscore the importance of collaboration or strategic alliances between P2P lending platforms and Islamic banks, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This paper aims to study Islamic banking (IB) regulations related to the influence of the Sharia corporate governance (SCG) mechanism on financial reporting timeliness (FRTL) in Indonesia. The unbalanced panel data obtained empirically during a period that ranges from 2016 to 2019 includes observations from 54 Islamic commercial banks (ICb), 82 Sharia business unit (SBu) banks and 82 conventional banks (CB). Panel regression model is used in this study to adjust the unbalanced panel data obtained. The findings indicate that the variation of FRTL for IBs (represented by ICb) is determined by Sharia corporate governance (SCG) mechanisms. Further findings relate to a comparative study of variations in FRTL between ICb, SBu, and CBs. Although there are different determinants between ICb (SCG) and CBs (CG), there is no difference in FRTL variation between the two. Meanwhile, between ICb and SBu, whose regulations have the same determinant, there are differences between the two FRTL variations. The novelty of this paper is that, firstly, SCG is constructed on the basis of the IBs regulation to determine FRTL, and secondly, the variationі in FRTL between the IBs and CBs groups are compared.