Trying to create Spring Data Query for Custom Repository. I couldn’t find the problem. How can I solve it?

Spring Boot version: 3.2.2

Error

Caused by: org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryCreationException: Could not create query for public abstract void com.example.repository.MakerCheckerRepository.merge(com.example.entity.MakerCheckerEntity); Reason: Failed to create query for method public abstract boolean com.example.repository.MakerCheckerRepository.merges(com.example.makerchecker.entity.MakerCheckerEntity); No property 'merge' found for type 'BankType'

Custom Repository

import java.io.Serializable;

public interface MakerCheckerRepository<E extends BaseEntity, ID extends Serializable> {

    boolean persist(E entity);

    boolean merge(E entity);

}

Custom Repository Impl
import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContext;

import java.io.Serializable;

public class MakerCheckerRepositoryImpl<E extends BaseEntity, ID extends Serializable> implements MakerCheckerRepository<E, ID> {

    @PersistenceContext
    EntityManager entityManager;


    @Override
    public void persist(E entity) {
        entityManager.persist(entity);
    }

    @Override
    public void merge(E entity) {
        entityManager.merge(entity);
    }
}

Repository class

@Repository
public interface BankTypeRepository  extends CrudRepository<BankType, Long>, JpaSpecificationExecutor<BankType>, MakerCheckerRepository<BankType, Long> {
}