Comparative Study of Factors Affecting on Customer Satisfaction in Public and private banks (Case Study: Meli and Eghtesad Novin Banks)

In today's competitive world, customer satisfaction and customer retention are very important. For this reason, different models have been designed to measure customer satisfaction, since every industry has its own needs, Customer satisfaction models need to be localized according to the needs of each sector and industry. In this study, the Factors Affecting on Customer Satisfaction in Meli and Eghtesad Novin Banks have been identified and with using the Kano model, these factors are divided into three categories: Basic Quality, Performance Quality and Excitement Quality. The study population consisted the customers of Meli and Eghtesad Novin Banks and the sample size for each bank was 384 that was selected by Simple random Methodology. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated through Cronbach's alpha equal to 0.942 for the Meli Bank and 0.875 for the Eghtesad Novin Bank. The results showed that from the viewpoint of the clients of both banks, the low commission rate and the cost of doing banking services are Basic requirements, Appearance adornment and Branch Welfare Facilities, Having branches to serve outside office hours and Expansion of electronic banking services are Performance requirements. Also, uniform staff coverage has been identified as one of the Excitement requirements and Customers are indifferent to offer specific services to specific customers. Based on the results of the research for Eghtesad Novin Bank clients, Timely accountability of Head and staff of the bank as well as Customer protection policies were a Performance requirement, Bank loan terms Such as how to pay, interest rate, time of payment, etc. were identified as Basic needs and they were indifferent to the profits of investment deposits. Whereas For the Meli Bank clients, Timely accountability of Head and staff of the bank was a Basic requirement, the profits of investment deposits was a Performance requirement, Customer protection policies was a Excitement requirement and they were indifferent to the Bank loan terms Such as how to pay, interest rate, time of payment.