The US remains the largest and most attractive global market for international core systems vendors. Domestic vendor consolidation has reduced development resources for some legacy core banking platforms, creating a market opportunity for international vendors.

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International vendors have been eyeing the US market for years, investing significantly in the hope of establishing a beachhead in the competitive and large US market for core banking systems. With a large number of financial institutions — more than any other country — the prospects are attractive enough to warrant investment. As a market dominated by local players, there are significant barriers to entry, but work being done by some global players is starting to pay dividends.

In Celent’s view, the time is rapidly approaching when US financial institutions begin to consider the international vendors as mainstream candidates for their core needs. The banking market in the US is steadily approaching a watershed period for core transformation, where international vendors take meaningful steps to market entry.