Abstract
Introduction
Online delivery of corporate banking services has been a talking point for
years. Ever since the emergence of the internet as a highly successful new
distribution channel in the retail banking space, it has been widely expected
to be only a matter of time before providers of corporate banking services
followed suit.
Scope
Focuses on Europe and USA; Drills down into implications for vendors,
corporate banks and clients.
Highlights
Many banks have realized that their relationships to corporate clients across
several product lines are often not transparent, resulting in bad visibility
of P&Ls with regards to positions and cashflows. However, recently, some of
these banks have started taking active measures to get their corporate banking
businesses back into shape; There is less ' pull' from corporates demanding
better functionality from their banks, but there will be an increased ' push'
by banks in an effort to retain their front-office delivery presence inside
the walls of the corporate treasury.
Reasons to Purchase
Vendors can view the corporate banking technology landscape from a top-level
perspective; Vendors can understand and appreciate what key issues, trends and
dynamics this industry is faced with at present.
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- key messages
- Corporate banking is evolving but the industry still needs to improve
profitability
- Moving from a product to more of a customer centric orientation is
key to achieving growth
- Banks are replacing legacy systems with componentized application
development
- Banks are ' pushing' more in an effort to retain their front-office
delivery presence
- Banks are in an ideal position to help corporates take advantage of
SEPA
- Table of Contents
- Table of figures
- Market Opportunity
- Corporate banks are now offering more advanced functionality online
- Online delivery is increasing the need for integrated views across
products
- Business drivers
- Corporate banks are looking to increase bottom line profitability
- Customer segmentation is key to achieving growth in corporate banking
- The recent financial markets turbulence has created significant
challenges in the corporate banking sector
- Technology drivers
- Ongoing advances in web-based technology have resulted in strong
uptake of online delivery models
- Banks are increasingly replacing legacy systems with componentized
application development
- Going forward, growth will depend on customer segmentation and
tailored propositions
- Small-cap corporates ( <$10m turnover)
- Mid-cap corporates ($10m - 250m turnover)
- Large-cap corporates ( >$250m turnover)
- Banks are racing to offer open and flexible connectivity options to
corporates
- Back office integration is key priority and convergence of front
office interfaces is second
- Relationship management touch points must be supported by better
integration of back-office silos
- Cross-product rationalization of direct connectivity interfaces is
starting to take off
- Convergence of front-office interfaces continues, but is concentrated
on vanilla transaction services
- Customer Impact
- Banks are ' pushing' more in an effort to retain their front-office
delivery presence
- SEPA will offer banks wider area to service and will intensify
competition
- For consumers, SEPA will allow faster, more efficient and cheaper
payments
- Banks are in an ideal position to help corporates take advantage of
SEPA
- Corporates' relationship with SWIFT is evolving
- SWIFT initiatives can help corporates overcome some key challenges
- Banks can offer value added services to corporates via SWIFT
- Challenges lie ahead for banks, corporates and SWIFT
- Cash management and trade finance will be closely integrated in the
near future
- Trade finance inefficiencies with the corporate structure lead to
payment delays
- Banks are responsible for effectively managing data from trade finance
transactions
- How can treasuries improve their trade finance processes?
- Adopting a centralized transaction hub is key for integrating trade
finance and cash management
- Competitive Landscape
- Customized nature of deployments
- Regulatory environment
- Standards
- Vendor categories
- Online delivery / front-office specialists
- Front-to-back office players
- Corporate banking product specialists
- Vendor positioning
- Geographic focus vs. size / type of institution
- Europe
- US
- Emerging markets
- Corporate banking product coverage vs. integrated delivery focus
- Corporate banking coverage
- Integrated delivery focus
- Go to Market
- Buy vs. build
- Target market
- Recommendations
- Targeting top-tier institutions
- Targeting SMEs
- Corporates need to ensure their vendor solutions can accommodate
multiple standards
- APPENDIX
- Methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Differences in business models across the three corporate
banking segments
- Figure 2: Different phases of competitive differentiation in corporate
banking
- Figure 3: Geographic presence vs. size / type of institution