Abstract:
Internet banking is defined as a system that enables bank customers to get access to their accounts
website, without the intervention or inconvenience of sending letters, faxes, original signatures and
telephone confirmations. The study aimed at exploring the factors affecting the adoption of internet
banking by customers in selected Banks in Jimma town. To achieve this purpose, explanatory study
design was usedto analyze the data collected through cross-sectional survey questionnaire from a
sample of 372 bank customers. These respondents were selected using convenience sampling. The
data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using Statistical measure which is correlation
analysis. The major findings of the study include the four internet banking factors i.e., perceived ease
of use, perceived usefulness, culture, attitude and perceived risk internet banking found to be
positively and significantly related. IT indicates that perceived risk is the most important factor to
have a strong and significant relationship with adoption to use internet banking. In addition to this,
all of the factors affecting internet banking in this research significantly explain the variations in
intention to use internet banking. However, except perceived risk, which statistically and predicts the
variation in intention to use, the five factors affecting internet banking i.e. perceived ease of use,
perceived usefulness, perceive risk, culture and attitude statistically and positively predict the
variation in intention to use. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that Banks should
concentrate on their corporate websites to make it more user-friendly since customers should
perceive it as easy to use. They can also educate how to use Internet banking services to customers
and Banks should install security features such as encryption devices, which safeguard sensitive
information
