“…Various studies revealed that size positively affects the profitability of the banks inspected, such as Abobakr (2018), Kawshala and Panditharathna (2017), Menicucci et al, (2016), Yakubu (2016), Pradhan and Shrestha (2016), and Ally (2014). Mostly, prior studies on the effect of bank size on its profitability line with the argument that larger banks benefit from economies of scale and cost reduction (Ben Naceur and Goaied, 2008;Bourke, 1989;Molyneux and Thorton, 1992;Bikker and Hu, 2002;Goddard et al, 2004aGoddard et al, , 2004b, therefore they are expected to have higher levels of performance than smaller banks.…”