The purpose of this paper is twofold: to empirically analyse how customer corporate social
responsibility (CSR) perceptions impact on the perceived service quality (PSQ)-loyalty relationship in
the banking industry of Pakistan; and to evaluate the mediating role of customer trust in that model.
Design/methodology/approach – Based on a field survey of 408 customers of five different banks
of Pakistan, the hypothesized model is tested through partial least squares based structural equation
modelling