Eiichiro Yanagawa
Biography
Eiichiro Yanagawa is a senior analyst with Celent’s Banking practice and is based in Tokyo.
Eiichiro's research focuses on IT strategy issues in the Japanese and Asian banking and financial industries. His recent research has included core banking systems, ATMs, and anti-money laundering technology, and focused on the technologies driving disruption in three areas: innovation, digital, and legacy and ecosystem transformation. Eiichiro's consulting experience includes development of bank IT strategies, thin client / desktop virtualization to support business continuity, evaluation of data centers for hosting core systems, and vendor selection of AML, risk management, and other technologies.
Eiichiro is widely quoted in the press, including Nikkei, Nikkei BP, ITmedia, The Japan Times, Bloomberg, SNL/ S&P Global, Gtnews, The Trade Asia, Asia Insurance Review, Asia Risk, and Asian Banking & Finance. He is a regular speaker, chairman, and panel moderator at the leading industry events in Japan and Asia.
Prior to joining Celent, Eiichiro was the Chief Manager of the Financial Global Solutions Division and the Regional Bank Financial Solutions Division at NEC Corporation in Tokyo. He was responsible for developing NEC’s core banking system, strategic marketing planning, and consulting on financial institution systems.
Prior to that, Eiichiro was the General Manager of the Financial Services Division at NEC Corporation of America in New York. In this role, he worked on the development of IT strategy and advised clients, mainly Japanese financial institutions, on outsourcing and selection of software packages.
Eiichiro earned his Bachelor of Economics from Shizuoka University and his MBA at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Commerce and Management.
Latest reports
-
March 31 2017
This report examines the efforts planned and in progress to shorten the settlement cycle of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) from two ...
-
March 17 2017
Celent has released a new report titled Legacy Modernization in the Japanese Banking Industry Part 1.The report was written by Eiichiro ...
-
March 17 2017
Celent has released a new report titled Legacy Modernization in the Japanese Banking Industry Part 2. The report was written by Eiichiro ...
-
February 22 2017
Japan’s securities industry finds itself in a fairly unique situation in terms of modernization, one which most companies might liken to a ...
Upcoming events
-
26 July 2017
Hong KongWith the resounding success of 2016’s round across cities in Southeast Asia, we are proud to bring back Asian Banking & Finance Magazine's ...