IT Spending Trends in the Japanese Banking Industry 2011
Abstract
Just as Japan's banking industry seemed to be turning a corner from the 2008 financial crisis, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, injecting an element of uncertainty. However, Japan’s banking industry has been formulating new strategies for growth.
In a new report, IT Spending Trends in the Japanese Banking Industry 2011, Celent examines IT investment patterns based on business trends in Japan’s banking industry. Celent forecasts that technology investments by Japanese banks will remain largely flat over the middle term, hovering around US$20.4 billion from fiscal 2011 through fiscal 2015 for a compound annual growth rate of 0.19%. The factors which will flatten IT spending of Japanese banking industry include stagnation of the Japanese economy and Japanese banking industry and a requirement for high cost efficiency.
“While no major growth in IT spending is foreseen for the banking industry, the sector is positive about harnessing new technologies, focusing attention on changes in spending patterns,” says KyongSun Kong, an analyst with Celent's Asian Financial Services group and author of the report.
In this report, Celent analyzes market and IT trends in the Japanese banking industry, and offers proposals and strategies to help banks and vendors capitalize on these trends in the future.
Celent is a research and advisory firm dedicated to helping financial institutions formulate comprehensive business and technology strategies. Celent publishes reports identifying trends and best practices in financial services technology and conducts consulting engagements for financial institutions looking to use technology to enhance existing business processes or launch new business strategies. With a team of internationally based analysts, Celent is uniquely positioned to offer strategic advice and market insights on a global basis. Celent is a member of the Oliver Wyman Group, which is part of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC].
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary | 3 | |
Definitions of IT Spending | 5 | |
Japanese Banking Industry Environment | 7 | |
Business Trends in the Banking Industry | 9 | |
| Multichannel Approach | 9 |
| Online Banking for Corporate Clients | 9 |
| Enhancing Risk Management | 10 |
| Enhancing Transaction Banking Businesses | 10 |
Banking Industry IT Trends | 11 | |
| Enhancing Risk Management Tools | 11 |
| Promoting Shared Systems | 11 |
| Enhancing Cloud Computing | 12 |
| Enhancing Transaction Banking Systems | 12 |
| Enhancing Mobile Tools | 12 |
IT Spending Trends in the Japanese Banking Industry | 13 | |
Conclusions | 20 | |
| Proposals for Banks | 20 |
| Proposals for Vendors | 21 |
Leveraging Celent’s Expertise | 22 | |
| Support for Financial Institutions | 22 |
| Support for Vendors | 22 |
Related Celent Research | 23 | |