Information Technology And The Banking Industry

The change and advancement in technology are a significant factor in the banking business. Technology has led to tremendous improvements in this industry. Since the commencement of this millennium, people have shown great love for their mobile phones (Ozaki 1992). It necessitated the invention of mobile applications (APPs). From the introduction of the mobile banking, APP people rarely go to the banks. All their transactions get done simply by the stroke of a finger. Businesses face a challenge of adapting to changes in the technology sector. Mobile banking either through actual investing or any other means is on the rise.

It relied on operating high volume but very small orders, maintained low-margins along with low latency. This meant that all orders were placed and withdrawn in a matter of a few milliseconds. Specific 'algorithms,' which analyzed the market, were used to perform these strategies. Another noticeable trend was that most traders adopted short risk holding periods of less than five seconds for greater efficiency.

Nigerian banking industry has become highly ICT-based and is reaping the benefits of technological revolution as evidenced by its application in most of its operations. The objective of this paper was to determine if the Nigerian banks have failed or succeeded in the adoption and use of ICT (see table 2.1). An evaluation of the adoption and use of ICT infrastructures from the periods between years 2000 to 2008 indicated steady growth. It is presumed that as of today, the Nigerian banks may have attained their ICT potentials in their operations, though with some

The telecom, banking and regulatory infrastructure varies country to country. Yet none of these important issues seems to be a limiting factor for the banks that are most successful at attracting digital customers and getting them to use these channels. Finalta has run benchmarking studies in the region for the past three years and has identified several trends in Latin American digital banking that this paper

Technology has always been a major driver of bringing changes and making things simpler in an auspicious manner. A technological breakthrough has carried major changes particularly from the most recent century. The internet is just one of the contributions of technology that has reshaped practically every component of our lives. With the boom of new technologies such as Internet and mobile phone it reshaped the banking of today from traditional banking to e-banking. Online banking is characterized as the services provided by the banks to its customers through the Internet. (Geyskens, I., Gie1ens, K., and Dekimpe, M.G).

Digital changes in the banking industry now require that banks offer service options that reflect the technological advances that have taken place in the industry. Consumers no longer expect to spend a lot of time in a bank to find their financial solutions. Banks need to capture customers’ attention by providing extraordinary service and mobile options to differentiate themselves from their competitors. For this reason, a Bank’s computer systems need to reflect its vision if it wants to compete with top institutions, especially if its current system is plagued by legacy databases issues. Relationship Managers need to perform customer needs-assessments that will generate sales at a later time. Without a good onboarding system, a bank is

Banking in today’s era is in process of upgrading itself by joining the wave of latest technologies and trends. Currently, it is in the midst of chaos and disruptions and is in process of reshaping its business models to alienate the traditional processes. The driving force for Banks to adopt such changes can be a. Changing customer needs, b. Optimization of cost and Banking Operations, c. Digitization and Automation, d. Streamlining of complex and lengthy processes and e. New competitors in the industry.

Businesses must invest in IT for numerous reasons; three of those reasons are to achieve operational excellence, gain competitive advantage and for the company’s survival. Information technology has completely changed the world and for businesses to thrive and to gain and sustain competitive advantage, investments in IT must be made.

On the other side, IT innovation has increased bank’s competition as well. By integrating IT in the operations, small and relatively new banks has became in a better place to compete with the established and large banks. To provide uninterrupted services, bank need to invest more in call centers and ATM’s. Internet banking requires IT infrastructure integrated with their business strategy to be customer focus.

Technology is revolutionizing every field of human endeavor and activity. One of them is introduction of information technology into capital market. The internet banking is changing the banking industry and is having the major effects on banking relationship. Web is more important for retail financial services than for many other industries.

In-spite of its multiple advantages, there is a need to step back and re-think on perceptions it carries with the masses. Is Internet Banking truly replacing the layers of branch banking in a big way? Is Internet Banking a definitive future of how world people will transact over

The key to efficient banking lies in maximizing the use of information technology. The brave new path of tomorrow’s banking will be on the

Internet banking is the act of conducting financial intermediation on the internet. It includes offering of information and selected services through the World Wide Web by banks and other financial service firm. For those who are quite new to the concept of online banking, this type of service offered by banks actually works the same way as traditional banking. The major difference lies in the convenience offered by online banking particularly when it comes to making payments, obtaining updated information of the account, or merging account statements. Rather than personally visiting the local bank, customer can now access their account and perform bank transactions using the computer. At the comfort and

Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, Vels University, Pallavaram Chennai, India1 Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, Vels

Today banks operate in an extremely globalized, liberalized, privatized and a competitive environment. Indian banking industry has witnessed an incredible growths due to extensive changes that are taking place in the information technology. The development and the increasing progress that is being experienced in the Information and Communication Technology have brought lot of changes in almost all facets of life. In the Banking Industry, it has been in the form of online or e-banking, which is now replacing the traditional banking practice. The e-banking constitutes an electronic alternative network of payments and benefit of services. E-banking has the potential to transform the banking business as it significantly lowers transaction and delivery costs. Today e-banking has experienced phenomenal growth and has become one of the main avenues for banks to deliver their products and services. Online banking has a lot of benefits which add value to customers’ satisfaction in terms of better quality of service offerings and at the same time enable banks gain more competitive advantage over other competitors. There are some associated challenges identified in the study that seem to hinder the success of e-banking services and thus constitute major concern to both financial institutions and customers. This