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    Credit Management and Financial Performance of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria
    (Lead City University, 2023-12) Olanrewaju Ayodeji MUSTAPHA
    This study investigated Credit Management and Firm’s Financial Performance of Deposit Money Bank in Nigeria. The study was guided by Information Asymmetry Theory, Transaction Cost Theory. There were three research questions and hypotheses developed. An ex-post facto research design was used in the study. The population of the study is all commercial banks in Nigeria with the total of twenty-four (24) banks as at year 2023. The sample size for this study was obtained from secondary data of selected seven (7) banks using the purposive sampling technique. The researcher chose banks that their performances are below industrial average specifically, lower return on asset and return on equity. for the data analysis of this study, the panel Ordinary Least Square estimation approach and correlation matrix was applied. Credit management facility had a significant effect on performance as measured by return on asset (AdjR2 = 0.040612, F= 1.973611, p= 0.016466); return on equity (Adj R2 = 0.101017, F= 0.976643, p= 0.009176); and net profit margin (Adj R2 = 0.305936, F= 11.13815, p= 0.000005). It was concluded that credit management facilities have a significant effect on financial performance and positively strengthen the effect of interaction between credit management facilities that is, non-performing loan, loan and capital advancement, and capital adequacy and Firm’s Financial Performance of Deposit Money Bank in Nigeria. It was recommended that Deposit Money Bank in Nigeria should mitigate their Non-Performing Loan Ratios (NPLR), Strategic in Loan and Advance Ratio, Management should Enhance Capital Adequacy and Refine Credit Risk Management Practices. Keywords: Financial Performance, Return on Asset, Return on Equity, Credit Management Facilities. Word Count: 251