IntroductionThis report presents the views of 50 business and technology decision-makers in the retail banking sector, drilling down into IT strategy drivers and pinpointing key investment areas for 2007ScopeBased on 50 interviews with Asia Pacific retail banksCoverage of all the main emerging markets: China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, S.
Korea, Taiwan and Hong KongHighlightsRetail banking organizations in Asia Pacific are dominated by revenue generation , improving customer satisfaction and aligning with regulatory and industry standards.
Alignment is driving attention to reporting capabilities in operations.IT expenditure is driven primarily by Basel II regulations, with corporate governance and anti-money laundering initiatives also important.
APAC banks look to North America or Europe for best practices, such as independent rules implementation.Roughly half of the market is currently seeking to reduce costs of running core systems either though implementing new technologies or application rationalization and streamlining of application architecture.Reasons to PurchaseUnderstand rapidly changing trends in end-user opinion to determine your go to market strategyUse robust primary data of to plan 2007 strategy with confidence