Predicting Iran Cooperative Development Bank's Profit/Loss: Two-stage Collective Learning

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD Candidate, Department of Financial Engineering, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

2 Assistant Prof., Department of Management and Accounting, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

Abstract

Objective
This article aims to forecast Iran Cooperative Development Bank's profit/loss using a two-stage collective learning method. Employing machine learning for profit and loss prediction is a novel approach to numerical computations, aligning with the article's goal of leveraging big data. Hence, we employ a two-stage collective learning method utilizing Support Vector Machines, Decision Trees, and Weighted Averaging models for learning, testing, and predicting the profit/loss of the Cooperative Development Bank.
 
Methods
In the initial stage of machine learning, Support Vector Machines, and Decision Trees serve as the base models, while the second stage employs a weighted averaging approach. The combination of base learning models was utilized to initially test the prediction process on the performance of 35 branches of the Cooperative Development Bank nationwide from 2012 to 2021. The two-stage machine learning method relies on the utilization of 12 variables grouped into 5 factors for the task. These variables encompass interest-free loans and short-term deposits, deposit interest expenses, total customer deposits, income from facilities and investments, common income, cash balances, administrative expenses, long-term deposits, non-common income, asset depreciation expenses, and the bank's size. Relevant data for the study was obtained from the financial statements of 35 branches of the Cooperative Development Bank spanning the years 2012 to 2021. To minimize prediction errors and facilitate ratio comparisons, all indicators mentioned were adjusted relative to the total value of the bank's assets. Furthermore, to minimize prediction errors and enhance the comparability of ratios, all the mentioned indicators were adjusted in proportion to the total value of the bank's assets. In the initial stage of applying this method, two machine learning models - Support Vector Machines and Decision Trees - were employed, followed by a weighted averaging approach in the second stage.
 
Results
This article contrasts linear regression with machine learning approaches for predicting the Cooperative Development Bank's actual profit/loss. The results reveal notably high-performance accuracy, evidenced by an MAE metric of 5.66 and an MSE metric of 620.34. Additionally, the correlation between training data and predictions from the two-stage collective machine learning stands at 0.9977. Following this method's performance assessment, it is subsequently employed to predict the Cooperative Development Bank's profit/loss for the years 2022 to 2027.
 
Conclusion
The results, showcasing the high efficiency of the two-stage collective machine learning method, suggest that managers can employ these approaches for profit/loss prediction in banks. Based on this method, and under normal conditions without abnormal or non-normal circumstances, the obtained results indicate a prospective decrease in the accumulated losses of the Cooperative Development Bank in future years, leading to an ultimate increase in profits by the year 1405. The results of data analysis reveal that the average ratio of the net profit or loss of the bank to its total assets has been computed in a manner that reflects the average profitability of the bank branches over the research period.

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Financial Research Journal
Volume 25, Issue 4
2023
Pages 596-613

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