“…Many research has been conducted in this realm. However, most research focus on commercial banks (Fahrul & Rusliati, 2016;Herdhayinta & Supriyono, 2019;Octavio & Soesetio, 2019;Serly, 2021;Sofie, Manurung, Usman, & Trisakti, 2020;Suryanto, 2017;Usman, 2019;Wardhani, 2020;Widyastuti, Dedi, & Zulaihati, 2017;Wulandari, Anggraeni, & Andati, 2016). Some researches investigated the profitability of Islamic rural banks (Sanusi, 2019;Warninda & Hosen, 2015;Widarjono, Mifrahi, & Perdana, 2020).…”