DETERMINING LEVELS OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY TOWARDS COMMERCIAL BANKS AND PARTICIPATORY BANKS

Purpose- The purpose of this paper is to determine the difference between customers of commercial banks and participatory banks with regard to levels of awareness, familiarity, image, satisfaction and loyalty. Furthermore, in research is aimed to determine the strength, direction and significance of the relationship among the study variables.

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