“…Furthermore, we introduce a new measure of bank performance, lending e ciency, based on the nancial intermediation services indirectly measured (FISIM) drawn from the system of national accounts (SNA). FISIM is the spread between the loan interest rate and deposit interest rate relative to the market spread rate, and focuses only on the productive activities of banks (Aduba & Izawa, 2021). This spread provides management e ciency for MNB in international markets as the bank is able to exploit interest rate differentials across various markets, transfer funds internally, and reap generous pro ts (Havrylchyk & Jurzyk, 2011;Qian & Delios, 2008).…”