Building community trust and financial inclusion through online religious leaders and digital communication: Evidence from Islamic banking in Indonesia

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https://doi.org/10.55942/ccdj.v5i2.1352

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Online religious leaders, online advertising, bank management performance, motivation, product trust, decision to become a customer

Abstract

Online Religious Leader, online advertising and management performance are factors that will influence the existence of Islamic banks. These factors are important for Bank Syariah Indonesia because they impact consumer trust and decisions regarding the use of Islamic bank products in Indonesia. Therefore, banks must understand and adapt to the challenges of future competition. This study aims to evaluate and develop the influence of the variables of online Religious Figures, Online Advertising and Management Performance on trust and its implications for the decision to become a customer of Bank Syariah Indonesia. This study used a quantitative descriptive survey with a population of all Bank Syariah Indonesia customers in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi. A total of 320 samples were collected. This study uses cross-sectional data from various respondents at a certain point in time. Thus, the influence of one factor on another is assumed to occur instantly at the same time. The analysis technique of data processing results in this study is PLSs and Structural Equation Modeling, which are used to determine the influence of variables in this study. Research shows that online religious leaders have a direct, indirect, and significant influence on the decision to become a customer of Bank Syariah Indonesia. Likewise, online advertising significantly influences the decision to become a Bank Syariah Indonesia customer. The performance of Bank Syariah Indonesia Management significantly influences the decision to become a customer of Bank Syariah Indonesia. The findings of this study are novel in banking marketing and consumer behavior, especially those related to understanding the integrative model of the Theory of Reason Action and Stimulus Organism Response to increase the Decision to Become a Customer of Bank Syariah Indonesia.

Author Biographies

Kurniawati Mulyanti , Pancasila University

Kurniawati Mulyanti is currently a doctoral student in Faculty of Economic and Business, Pancasila University, Jakarta, Indonesia. She serves as a lecturer in the Management Study Program at Universitas Islam 45 (UNISMA) Bekasi. She earned her Bachelor’s degree (S.E.) in Management from Universitas Gadjah Mada and completed her Master’s degree (M.M.) in Management from Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi IPWI Jakarta. Her research interests include Islamic banking, consumer behavior, and digital marketing strategies in the financial services sector.

Aris Setyanto Nugroho, Pancasila University

Aris Setyanto Nugroho is an academic affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Pancasila (Jakarta). His scholarly interests commonly align with management and business research themes, including marketing/branding and organizational issues, and he is listed as holding doctoral-level expertise in management in available author metadata.

Darmansyah Darmansyah , Pancasila University

Darmansyah is a lecturer at Universitas Pancasila (graduate school context), with an academic background spanning undergraduate studies at Universitas Indonesia and doctoral studies completed at Universitas Ibn Khaldun and Universitas Pancasila. His teaching/research focus includes advanced management accounting and related applied topics in accounting and taxation

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2025-12-25

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Mulyanti , K. ., Nugroho, A. S. ., & Darmansyah , D. . (2025). Building community trust and financial inclusion through online religious leaders and digital communication: Evidence from Islamic banking in Indonesia. Central Community Development Journal, 5(2), 54–76. https://doi.org/10.55942/ccdj.v5i2.1352
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